How Marketers Are Utilizing Social Media In 2010 (infographic)
“Social media is hot. And for businesses it represents a marketing opportunity that transcends the traditional middleman and connects companies directly with customers. This is why nearly every business on the planet – from giants like Starbucks and IBM to the local ice cream shop …
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Seed Accelerator Map
The new environment for Start-ups and entrepreneurs seeking funding and Mentoring. View Seed Accelerator Map in a larger map “Seed Accelerator” is the generic term for the concept of holding a public contest for startup businesses that combines a small amount of seed stage investment …
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The changing Start-up Financing environment, the VC perspective #w2s
On Tuesday night at the Web 2.0 Summit, Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures and John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers sat down and talked about how they see the current state of the Investment environment in the start-up sector. They also give their views …
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Report: The Social Layer, How the Rise of Web-Oriented Architecture is Changing Enterprise IT.
ReadWriteWeb have released a new premium report: The Social Layer: How the Rise of Web-Oriented Architecture is Changing Enterprise IT. The report explores how social technologies in the enterprise is now evolving into a new “social layer,” that allows people to access information from a …
Read More →Brilliant European Thinking; AIFM Directive: How to strangle early stage innovation
Unfortunately, this seems to be a trend in European Startup arena. Last night, I watch Gordon Brown fail to understand that the Economy does not equal the State and any recovery is dependent upon New Ventures starting-up and innovations in the Digital and Cleantech sectors, as well as SME in established sectors. Fred …
Read More →Entrepreneurs Petition against AIFM Directive – Act by Sunday 25 April !
Euro Entrepreneurs, time to lobby ! By this Sunday night, April 25, we need to get a significant number of European entrepreneurs to help the European Venture Capital Association in lobbying the EU and signing a petition against this damaging Directive. Vote against an extensive …
Read More →Want to Make $100 million? Here Are Some Helpful Tips
At the New Ventures BC event on Tuesday night in downtown Vancouver, successful entrepreneur and NVBC rep Bob de Wit gave some timely advice that some successful tech companies have used in order to move on to fame and fortune: Find mentors to expand your …
Read More →Look 2 Private Equity Funding rather than the Banks Part 2
Second part of an interview with Jacoline Loewen explaining how to access private equity market (angels, venture capitalists and institutional fund managers). As traditional finance options (Banks) tighten up, private equity is an increasingly important source of capital – debt and equity for SME’s. While it is Canadian orientated, it …
Read More →Looking 2 Private Equity Funding rather than the Banks Part 1
First part of an interview with Jacoline Loewen explaining how to access private equity market (angels, venture capitalists and institutional fund managers). If you are interested in accessing capital from the private equity market (angels, venture capitalists and institutional fund managers), this interview will be of interest …
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