In 2005, Y Combinator developed a new model of startup funding. Twice a year we invest a small amount of money (average $18k) in a large number of startups (most recently 65). The startups move to Silicon Valley for 3 months, during which we work intensively with them to get the company into the best possible shape and refine their pitch to investors. Each cycle culminates in Demo Day, when the startups present to a large audience of investors. But YC doesn't end on Demo Day. We and the YC alumni network continue to help founders for the life of their company, and beyond.
to provide entrepreneurs with the tools and assistance necessary to help achieve their desired goals as well as to provide a forum for the exploration of entrepreneurial ideas and issues.
What's NOT included: Taking Surveys, Get Paid to Surf the Internet, MLM, Programs with a ton of negative user experiences (based on researching forums, googling them, etc.), Contest Sites, "Buy my DVD, CD, Audiobook", etc.
by Fred Wilson - Most web apps will be monetized with some kind of media model. Don't think banner ads when I say that. Think of all the various ways that an audience that is paying attention to your service can be paid for by companies and people who wan
By Evan Miller. essay about how you can get paid to write great open-source software. If you're not a software developer, you should probably spend the next few minutes of your leisure time on a web page other than this one.
The Chilean government has put together an incredible slate of incentives for technology-based companies that export their products. The government wants you to invest $500,000 over 5 years, but is pretty flexible about how you do this.
He rinsed and repeated a few times till he was left with about 15,000 people who saw him get it right several times in a row. They were obviously very impressed. He then invited them to pay $5,000 each for a seminar with him on picking stocks! :)
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Now, any business can create a Facebook profile, or business page, which any Facebook user can become a "fan" of. You no longer have to be a Fortune 500 company to afford this. It's free.
A home-based millionaire and a redworm farmer Radio Show Home-Based Business StartupNation's Rich Sloan, chief Startupologist, interviews winners from the 2007 StartupNation...
four Austin wireless companies were able to attend and showcase themselves at the CTIA press event, ShowStoppers, at a 70% cost savings. Digby (aka 30 Second Software), edioma, Media Excel, and BrainMedia.
Austin was ranked today as one of the five "Startup Hubs" in the US by Fast Company magazine. Click here for the entire list of "Fast Cities," and here to read why those chose Austin.
Xigi ("ziggy") is a discovery platform, a place we are creating as a community we can all learn about the emerging capital market that invests private debt and equity in enterprises that create good for people and the planet. It's an interactive, searchable database for information about people, organizations and investment offerings in social enterprise, microfinance, housing, fair trade, cleantech, nonprofit facilities and many other sectors. Xigi is a nonprofit creative commons: a volunteer-driven resource by and for this emerging community.
In my room I have whiteboard with a task list that I slowly work through as part of my working day after I finish responding to time sensitive emails. Generally I work on a website or do some form of writing, which can be copy for a website, an article fo
With all the 2.0 hype, I think it’s unfair to unanimously declare all new Internet startups as 100% junk. It can’t be much more than 95%. So I thought it would be an interesting diversion to switch the tone of my writing for a change. Here are some ti
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