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Are You a Leader or a Laggard?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

GS1 US, an information standards organization that helps brands identify their products for commerce, recently surveyed more than 500 entrepreneurs to identify best practices to achieve sustained success. The results are presented in “Charting the Growth Journey: From Product to Profitable Business.”. Are you prepared to think big?

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Autonomous driving startup Momenta raises another $500M

TechCrunch

Momenta often speaks of how its alliance with car manufacturers differentiates itself from its peers, which have chosen a more cash-intensive route of developing in-house robotaxi fleets. Instead, it counts on gleaning data from a network of mass-produced vehicles powered by its solutions.

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21 Ways to Grow Your New Business Online in 2021

StartupNation

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, everything from working to socializing to ordering and shopping online has become the norm. In fact, according to emarketer.com ; “U.S. e-commerce sales will reach $794.50 billion (in 2020), up 32.4% year-over-year. That’s a much higher growth rate than the 18.0% That’s a much higher growth rate than the 18.0%

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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

David Teten VC

That said, Navid Nathoo, Founder at The Knowledge Society , told us, “The ability to self-learn and self-start is a superpower that is not learned in school; in fact it must be learned outside of school.” We use Asana at Versatile VC for managing tasks and projects with other collaborators in our teams. 1) Your school. 1) Your school.

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4 Essential Insights for the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Embrace the challenges and “failures” because they give us valuable insight into doing it better the next time. REMEMBER: Educate yourself, talk with other professionals or mentors, discuss with appropriate peers and, above all, listen to your instincts. Without the right people, the client mix will suffer.

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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. We're entering another election year, and recent history has given us unprecedented access to information and interaction with our elected representatives. What areas are going to change? Reader beware.).

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7 Ways to Find Startup Funding

StartupNation

If your business sells a unique product, consider using a crowdfunding site like Kickstarter or Indiegogo to raise funds. You know you’ll require startup funding, but aren’t sure where to start. Will you self-fund and bootstrap? Will you take investment from others? On the road to funding. Apply for free grants. For veterans.