Successful Startups

A solar company president who introduced President Barack Obama at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, showcasing how the sun powers the museum’s environmental system. Two engineers who…

In my last post, I discussed why the odds of a rookie entrepreneur getting seed financing from a VC are very slim. The reality is that less than 5% of venture money goes to seed-stage startups;…

One of the myths that you see so often in the entrepreneurship and business space is that you need help and aggressive funding to really succeed. While most Silicon Valley startups receive tons…

There is a lot of talk about the lean startup and whether it works or not. Some proclaim it is critical to the success of any startup and that it is even the DNA of any modern startup. Others…

“Food is one of the top global problems, after water, in terms of quality, quantity, distribution, and access, ” she says. “At the same time, it’s become extremely clear to people that, in terms…

Peerzada Abrar, ET Bureau (Shrikumar Suryanarayan…) Turning seaweed into bio fuel was an idea so audacious that most people who heard of it dismissed it as a pipe dream. But for a group of tenacious…

We have a lot of freelance designers, developers, artists, startup professionals and other entrepreneurs that visit Bit Rebels daily. Many creative people enjoy the flexibility of owning their…

Startup Grind brings new chapter to Greenwich, the first Startup Grind Chapter in Connecticut. Just as the first settlers to the area innovating with their own ideas of how a country should operate…

While most women’s shopping list being incomplete without brands like HushPuppies, Inc5 and Catwalk, there are a growing number of startups that give people the choice of handmade, customized…

Stop me if you’ve heard this one. Have you ever found yourself mired in thisprocess? Come up with idea! Build idea! Put idea online… Wait for sales… … wait for sales… Double down and try to figure…

It’s chaos. One hundred aspiring entrepreneurs. Half who have an idea they want to turn into reality in less than 54 hours. And that’s just the beginning. When the dust settled, new companies…

By Victoria Lennox | PIVOT Magazine Larry Keating is an Ontario-based serial tech entrepreneur who started his first company, Keating Technologies, in 1987 at 27-years old in his home with $11…

Today we are releasing the first Startup Genome Report with in-depth analysis on what makes internet startups successful based on data from over 650 startups. Here is a small window into the…

An entree sold via the food delivery site and app, Munchery. Munchery.com Online food delivery has become big business. Another way that Munchery stands out in this crowded market is with a hybrid…

When Whirlscape first came on the scene early last year, the University of Toronto-incubated startup had just suggested a rather radical approach to touchscreen typing — a keyboard for smartphones…

Verily magazine founder Kara Eschbach Kara Eschbach Founder, Verily magazine The glossy pages of fashion magazines offer visual escape filled with exotic destinations and fabulous clothes, yet…

Building Apps is not enough. Build your company! Agenda: 5:30PM Networking 6PM Introduction 6:10 Speakers Carl Showalter, General Partner, Opus Capital Herman A. White, Jr. – Senior Vice President…

Keep an eye on these ten new startup companies as they change the landscape of business in 2012 and beyond: Pawngo brings the pawn shop from the street corner to the online sphere. As more and…