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When looking to start a potentially venture-backed company, it's important to check the numbers to see if VCs are more or less likely to invest their funds. Back in January,

A story last week in the San Jose Mercury News highlights, as the title suggests, "the dearth of women in tech." The article begins with a description of InDinero founder

Last summer IBM began asking their 120 venture capital partners what it would take to launch the world's most successful initiative for helping startups capture new business. They concluded that

The first client, first sale, the website launch, the availability of the first prototype... Throughout the life of a startup there's no shortage of exciting milestones. Yet, I'm fairly confident

Twenty-one entrepreneurial teams have been selected to participate in Seedcamp Week 2009, a London-based, startup-focused event now in its third year. Seedcamp also selectively funds (and subsequently accelerates) around 5

At this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we announced our collaboration with Microsoft around a $100,000 grant that they are offering to four Indian entrepreneurs as follows: A

Growing up on the coast of Maine we would do all sorts of things to pass the time. In back of our house was a small stream with steep

We have been tracking Series A deals in Web technology since the market mayhem in October 2008. Last month, we started researching this with our new partner, ChubbyBrain, which tracks

Holding down the proverbial fort for the mid-west, Chicago, the Windy City, is the third largest city in the U.S. and the most populous city that doesn't sit on an

In the last two months, we have interviewed six VCs. In each case, we asked the same question: "How is early-stage financing doing during this downturn compared to the last

This morning, I attended Startup 2009, "Rising from the Ashes", an event put on by Business Insider in New York City. This was one of those deals where entrepreneurs get

Today's roundtable brought some core issues up for debate regarding media startups that are focusing largely on Content and Community features and expecting to get funded. So, I would like

This week's roundtable, co-hosted with Volusion, was focused on e-commerce entrepreneurs, and needless to say, one of the key topics of discussion was customer acquisition via search engine marketing. First

At today's roundtable, we had a jam-packed pitch session with five Israeli start-ups. Israel Startup Network (ISN), led by Arlene Marom, one of our affiliate partners, organized the event with

"Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes ... the ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules,