Tag: Startup
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Knowing who owns your company should be easy, right? Just keep a spreadsheet with the names and percentages and you’re all set! Unfortunately, company ownership is a lot more complicated than that. Different investors buy in at different prices and different terms over time. That’s where Capbase comes in. Capbase…
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Only about half the world has internet access. Even rural America lags behind in broadband penetration. But what if everyone on earth had incredibly fast internet for $1 a month? A fascinating company called Akash Systems just might pull that off. It is delivering internet 100 times more cheaply than…
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+ Broadband, Elon Musk, Internet, Inventions, Materials Science, Satellites, Space, SpaceX, Startup, Tech+
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If you run a retail business, you know what a royal pain online review sites can be. Get one unreasonable customer, and all of a sudden their bad day is turned into your business nightmare. An angry one star screed torpedoes your average and you’re left to rebuild, bit by…
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The Chinese Communist Party has launched a severe crackdown on the technology industry: Didi Chuxing, the Chinese equivalent of Uber, had its app removed from all Chinese app stores shortly after its US IPO ByteDance, parent company of TikTok, shelved its IPO plans under regulatory pressure. Its CEO has resigned.…
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+ Angel Investing, Asia, CCP, China, Communism, Investing, Startup, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital, Xi Jinping+
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If you have a car to sell, you generally have 3 options: 1) Craigslist. You can get a good price, but buyers are flaky and the process takes forever. If you can sell it at all. 2) Dealer trade-in. Easy but the price is terrible. 3) Sell to a used…
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+ Angel Investing, Automobiles, Cars, E-commerce, Entrepreneur, Internet, Investing, Salt Lake City, SLC, Software, Startup, Startups, Tech, Utah, Venture Capital+
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The Indian tech industry is growing at an incredible pace: Indian startups have raised a record $10.46 billion in the first half of 2021, up from $4 billion during the same period last year Salaries are also increasing rapidly, from an average of $40,000 to $70,000, and even $150,000 for…
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I’m super excited about today’s company! Of all the startups I’ve looked at recently, Crafter might have the most compelling product. This San Diego-based company makes arts and crafts kits of the very highest quality and provides great instructional videos that will have you making beautiful crafts in no time.…
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+ Arts & Crafts, Crafting, Crafts, Hobbies, Investing, relaxation, Startup, Startups, Tech, VC, Venture Capital+
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In the birthplace of baseball and Frank Sinatra, on a quiet street near the waterfront, lie the offices of one of the hottest tech companies in the world: Attentive. We’re used to thinking of the tech startup scene as confined to the Bay Area. Maybe a few in New York…
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+ Angel Investing, Garden State, Hudson County, New Jersey, NJ, NYC, Startup, Startups, Tech, VC, Venture Capital+
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It’s not just about the Bay Area anymore. Indian startups have raised venture funding at a record pace this year, on track to double from 2020: Startups raised total investments of $7.8 billion in the first four months of this calendar year, which is almost 70% of the overall corpus…
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+ Angel, Angel Investing, Angel Investor, Asia, India, Investing, Software, Startup, Startups, Technology, VC, Venture Capital+
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Yesterday, I attended the Remote Demo Day for the latest class from the Launch Accelerator, a startup accelerator run by noted investor Jason Calacanis. We hear a lot about accelerators (also known as incubators), from famous programs like Y Combinator or Techstars to small, local outfits. One thing most of…
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+ Accelerator, Angel Investing, Bay Area, Incubator, Investing, Silicon Valley, Software, Startup, Tech, Venture, Venture Capital+
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Tremendous 