Startups

Dining Dialog Wins $50,000 MillerCoors Grant

Dining Dialog, a startup based in Bolingbrook, IL, recently won the 2012 MillerCoors Urban Entrepreneur Series grant of $50,000. The…

14 años ago

Chicago Techweek Gets New Executive Director; Pasky Out

Arabella Santiago has been appointed the new Executive Director of Chicago tech conference Techweek.  The Board of Directors at Techweek…

14 años ago

Instagram May Soon Be Valued At $500 Million

Instagram, the mobile image sharing app, is rumored to soon secure $40 million in financing. The new round of investors…

14 años ago

Foursquare Hours – The Yelp Killer?

Foursquare announced a new feature for merchants this week just in time for SXSW: hours. This comes two months after…

14 años ago

SXSW: “Don’t Cut Your Toenails During a Pitch,” And Other Advice by Oren Jacob

As an ex-"entrepreneur in residence" with August Capital, and the current CEO of  ToyTalk, Oren Jacob knows more than a thing…

14 años ago

10 VC Blog Posts A Founder Can’t Miss

Entrepreneurship is a lonely road. Ask any entrepreneur and they'll tell you about the doubt, the long hours, and the…

14 años ago

Flypad: Here, Take My iPhone And Drive

[vimeo id="35823386" width="600" height="350"] Orthogonal Labs' Flypad is based on an interesting idea: Using the accelerometer and touchscreen built into…

14 años ago

Should Startup Incubators Offer Charm School?

Nerds are becoming business leaders, but they are lacking social skills for the business world. Should incubators be teaching charm…

14 años ago

Bloom.com Takes Social Beauty To The Next Level Thanks To $5.4 Million Series A

Social commerce site Bloom.com raises $5.4 million to become the top destination for beauty on the web.

14 años ago

Surviving, Thriving and Splitting on the StartupBus to SXSW

Startupbus, for those unfamiliar is a competition where 10 cities (11 this year) each have a bus heading towards Austin,…

14 años ago