| Date | Title | Description |
| 02.07.2025 | Yaspa receives $12M investment to fuel US expansion | Yaspa, a hyper-growth London fintech, has received $12 million in investment in a funding round led by Discerning Capital to fuel its expansion in the United States. Metavallon and TechStars Ventures also participated in a round.
Yaspa is a... |
| 24.06.2025 | Wibo: The Future of Corporate Learning Takes Flight with €500K Investment | In the bustling heart of Turin, a revolution is brewing in corporate training. Wibo, an innovative EdTech startup, has secured €500,000 in funding to reshape how companies develop their talent. Founded by Tommaso Seita and Alessandro Busso,... |
| 23.06.2025 | Wibo secures €500K to scale its corporate learning startup | Wibo, the startup helping companies grow by strengthening their internal capabilities through executive-led learning paths has closed a €500,000 investment round.
Founded in Turin by Tommaso Seita and Alessandro Busso, Wibo started as a rew... |
| 21.04.2025 | 3 Clever Ways to Push the Envelope and Grow Your Business in 2025 Start making your boldest aspirations a reality by exploring options you may have never considered before. | With growing uncertainty spanning politics and financial markets, a business owner's initial reaction may be to hunker down and wait it out. But successful entrepreneurs always see opportunities when things look difficult.
As a business own... |
| 17.03.2025 | Nimblemind.ai Secures $2.5M for AI-Powered Data Infrastructure Platform | What You Should Know:
– Nimblemind.ai, an innovative AI-powered data infrastructure platform secures $2.5M in funding led by Bread & Butter Ventures, with participation from prominent investors including Great Oaks Venture Capital, Spri... |
| 18.09.2024 | Mosaic raises $28 million to expand the adoption of its automated FDM 3D printers | Canadian 3D printing hardware manufacturer Mosaic Manufacturing has raised $28 million CAD in a financing round led by Idealist Capital, with follow-on participation from Freycinet Ventures.
The funding will be used to expand the global ado... |
| 16.09.2024 | Global recognition for Swiss startups |
Julia Carpenter, co-founder and CEO of ETH Spinoff Apheros has been recognized by MIT Technology Review's “35 Innovators Under 35”, an award and list which recognizes exceptionally talented young innovators whose work has the potential to ... |
| 25.07.2024 | Navigating the Startup Landscape: Culture and Innovation in Focus**
** | ** In the ever-evolving world of startups, culture and innovation are the twin engines driving success. Recently, two stories have emerged that highlight the delicate balance between these elements. One revolves around Techstars, a prominen... |
| 25.07.2024 | Techstars Faces Cultural Reckoning Amidst Leadership Changes**
** | ** In the fast-paced world of startups, culture is the backbone. It can make or break a company. Recently, Techstars, a prominent startup accelerator, found itself in the eye of a storm. David Cohen, the CEO and co-founder, acknowledged tha... |
| 25.07.2024 | Techstars and Risevest: Navigating Change in the Startup Landscape**
** | ** In the ever-evolving world of startups, change is the only constant. Two recent stories highlight this truth: Techstars grappling with its corporate culture and Risevest eyeing expansion through acquisition. Both narratives reflect the c... |
| 23.07.2024 | “Maybe some things got a little wobbly,” says Techstars CEO addressing criticism about its corporate culture | The CEO and co-founder of Techstars, the well-known US startup accelerator which has backed thousands of startups, has admitted that “maybe things got a little wobbly” as he addresses criticism over its corporate culture.
David Cohen was sp... |
| 17.05.2024 | Meet the Founder: hexafarms bets on indoor ag: ‘We want to push the limits of AI in this space’ | While still a student at New York University, David Ahmed used to watch growers coming to and going from the farmers markets in Manhattan. Sometimes they left with empty trucks; other times, the vehicles were still full of produce.
Believin... |
| 10.04.2024 | NBIF invests $50K in Chick Pick: Tech Startup Graduates from Energia Ventures Accelerator | Investment Analyst
NBIF invests $50K in Chick Pick: Tech Startup Graduates from Energia Ventures Accelerator
Chick Pick, the innovative tech startup revolutionizing chick sorting for poultry farms, has graduated from the Energia Ventures Ac... |
| 20.03.2018 | Aster Center: March is now Eating Disorders Awareness month | In 2014, The Aster Center took home the top prize at Global Startup Battle: Delaware, hosted by Start It Up Delaware and 1313 Innovation in Wilmington. This month, founder Kiersten Jones Schwendeman and fellow advocates went to Legislative ... |
| 16.11.2017 | Techstars Ventures launches fourth fund, eyes up to $400m | Early stage investor Techstars Ventures has launched a new fund and is hoping to raise up to $400m. It has not raised an |
| 06.09.2017 | Why the Indiana Startup Ecosystem Is a Hidden Gem of Innovation | West Lafayette is known for housing Purdue University where you can find innovation, forward-thinking students and professors, top research labs, entrepreneurship programs. The Greater Lafayette ecosystem also has a blossoming startup tech ... |
| 22.02.2017 | Creating new solutions overnight | |
| 03.11.2016 | Startup Weekend is coming to Karachi | Startup Weekend, one of the largest entrepreneurial events held throughout the world, is coming to Karachi from 25th to 27th of November. The event is being hosted by Aplos Innovations in collaboration with SEED Ventures.
Startup Weekend i... |
| 06.10.2016 | Two Fintech Startup Weekends to disrupt finance | |
| 04.10.2016 | Techstars’ Philly Startup Weekend is happening this fall | Denver-based accelerator Techstars is coming to town this week for a quick Q&A, but they have a bigger Philly jawn planned for the fall called Philly Startup Weekend.
From Nov. 11-13, at CityCoHo, attendees can join a community of peers... |
| 30.09.2016 | The Nigerian Startup Ecosystem Reference Book | Share this article:
Over the past eight years, the Nigerian technology sector has recorded some level of growth in a silent manner. The recent visit by Mark Zuckerberg to Yaba, Lagos revealed some five to six years of work done by passionat... |
| 31.08.2016 | Startup Weekend returns to Manchester – get yourself a free ticket! | This article was originally posted on the Tech North website.
Update: This Startup Weekend Manchester event has been postponed, but the organisers say they’ll announce a new date soon.
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Startup Weekend events are a great way of learning... |
| 25.08.2016 | A Complete Guide to Startup Resources in Agriculture and Food Technology Innovation | Editor’s Note: Today, AgFunder, AgThentic, and Ag Innovation Development (AgIDG) Group release a new report entitled: A Guide to Startup Resources in Agriculture and Food Technology. The report details the 77 startup resources available to ... |
| 17.06.2016 | Two New Agtech Accelerators Join the Growing Number of Resources on Offer to Food and Ag Entrepreneurs | Two new agtech accelerators have launched in the US and EU, showcasing the serious attention that businesses are starting to pay to the rapidly growing sector.
Startup Next Food & Tech
Representing a collaboration between Minnesota-base... |
| 19.04.2016 | Looking back: Startup Weekend Helsinki | This past weekend, Startup Weekend Helsinki took place in the elegant surroundings of the NewCo building in the Kallio region of Helsinki. Here is our look back at an inspiring weekend.
Chris Georgiev, founder of Imagga, was the lively mas... |
| 18.04.2016 | This weekend’s Startup Weekend DC is all about social impact | Calling all do-gooding entrepreneurs, inventors, designers and developers — this one’s for you!
Startup Weekend is coming back to D.C., and this time the focus is all on social impact. As the event page puts it: “Any idea that helps the wor... |
| 13.04.2016 | Start your engines: Startup Weekend Helsinki VII is coming | This coming weekend, 15-17th April, the 7th Startup Weekend Helsinki comes to town. To “Launch a Startup in 54 hours” is the opportunity. Kicking-off on Friday evening, designers, developers, and innovators will pitch ideas to the crowd, fo... |
| 17.03.2016 |
Startup Weekend Ventura County Winner Gets $10,000
| Camarillo-based Semtech, which manufactures analog and mixed-sginal semiconductors, says the winner of the recent Startup Weekend Ventura County event, which was held in Camarillo last weekend, has been awarded $10,000 in seed funding. Semt... |
| 03.03.2016 | 2. Startup Weekend Biel / Startup Weekend revient à Bienne | |
| 24.02.2016 | What Detroit wants to be known for next | In 1805, a citywide fire leveled Detroit. At the time, Father Gabriel Richard ran a school that was destroyed. Reflecting on this experience, Gabriel coined a phrase that serves as Detroit’s motto to this day: “Speramus Meliora; Resurget Ci... |
| 12.02.2016 | Pitching The Community | I’ve run a few pitch workshops over the last few months, including Open Mic Night this week at Sixty27, and there’s more pitch sessions coming up. So I thought I’d share some of the stuff I’ve learned.
A pitch is a “Persuasive Summary of Yo... |
| 01.02.2016 | Startup Weekends in Lausanne, Biel and Lucerne | |
| 22.01.2016 | Techstars Expands Programs for Early-Stage Michigan Entrepreneurs | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Techstars has been doing a bit of revamping in the last year—it acquired and merged networks with UP Global, the nonprofit organization behind Startup Weekend; it launched a r... |
| 12.01.2016 | Startup Weekend to Hold 54-hour Agriculture and IoT Event in Ventura County | Startup Weekend, a 54-hour startup competition that fosters ecosystem development, is coming to Ventura County, California.
Designed to help local startups launch, receive mentorship, and recruit experienced entrepreneurs as board members, ... |
| 18.12.2015 | See How PANDORAHUB Is Revitalizing Rural Areas and Inspiring Changemakers | PANDORAHUB is a rural revival movement addressed to startups, digital nomads, careers shifters and young families. Something that started as a personal way to build a tailor-made lifestyle, is now bound to become a more general movement.
A... |
| 19.11.2015 | The third edition of Startup Weekend Lagos begins on the 20th of November | The 54-hour hacking event, Startup Weekend, will hold for the third time in Lagos between the 20th and 22nd of November, 2015. The event is part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week and the Global Startup Battle.
Up to 100 developers, design... |
| 19.11.2015 | Startup Weekend Vancouver fuels entrepreneurial ideas | Article content
Got an idea to launch a company? Then join Startup Weekend in Vancouver this weekend, where some of the city’s top tech investors and entrepreneurs will meet and mentor teams, ultimately judging the ones most likely to succe... |
| 16.11.2015 | Startup Weekend Dhaka Partners With Founder Institute, Offers Free Enrollment For Top Team Members | Startup Weekend
Startup Weekend Dhaka, a 54 hour long global startup building event, has partnered with Founder Institute Dhaka, a Silicon Valley based early-stage startup accelerator and global launch network that started its operation in... |
| 29.10.2015 | Pictures, Learnings, Winners, Leaders | |
| 22.10.2015 | Get Ready Seattle, Startup Week is Heading Your Way | What is it that makes an ordinary city blossom into a robust tech hub? It’s a question that pervades the minds of almost everybody involved in building a tech ecosystem in a city, all the way from the locals up to the VC investors.
There ar... |
| 19.10.2015 | What is the Dallas Startup Community and Why Should You Care? | If you haven't heard of Dallas' robust startup community, you’re probably asking “Wait… Dallas has a startup scene? What is it? And, why should I really care?” Ah, so glad you asked. Take a seat, because you're about to get schooled on what... |
| 15.10.2015 | Oslo Innovation Week sets new standards for the Nordics | More than 60 events have been gathered at the annual Oslo Innovation Week, the largest innovation fair in all of Europe.
Ranging from investors meetings to insightful talks and pitch competitions, Oslo became a global arena for connecting,... |
| 02.10.2015 | Here’s who won Startup Weekend DC Flip the Ratio | D.C.’s Startup Weekend (Sept. 25-27) was no different, only this city’s had a twist. The “Flip the Ratio” initiative looked to reverse the typical male-to-female ratio at tech events, which is about 70-30.
UpGlobal challenged the D.C. tech ... |
| 02.10.2015 | Drei Startup Weekends und eine Premiere | |
| 21.08.2015 | Startup Weekends in Sicht | |
| 30.07.2015 | Startup Weekend Dhaka 2015 Is Here. Apply Now. | Startup Weekend Dhaka-a 54 hour long global event where anyone can join and pitch their startup idea-has announced its 3rd episode in Dhaka today. Startup Weekend 2015 will be held at Newscred, Inc in Banani from November 19 - 21, 2015 wher... |
| 16.07.2015 | Startup Weekend EDU Organizer, Education Entrepreneurs Heads to (4.0) Schools | Since the first Startup Weekend EDU began in San Francisco in August 2010, the 54-hour hackathons have seen thousands of education enthusiasts pitch, prototype and present their ideas. A few have also continued on the path to building tools... |
| 02.07.2015 | Sexism and startups: 3 founders from first-ever Women Startup Challenge weigh in | It was Ladies’ Night on Tuesday — but not the kind that involves little black dresses or discounted drinks.
Instead, men and women across the country tuned in to the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team as they took on Germany, while members o... |
| 19.06.2015 | Techstars Acquires UP Global | Techstars has acquired UP Global, which operates the Startup Weekend, Startup Week, Startup Next and Startup Digest programs.
The amount of the transaction was not disclosed.
All UP Global programs will now become part of Techstars but will... |
| 19.06.2015 | @iBizAfrica Is Hosting Kenyan’s First Startup Weekend For Education | Kenya’s Strathmore University’s business incubator, @iBizAfrica, will host the Startup weekend Education (SWEDU) event, scheduled to hold on July 1o.
The event will run from July 10 to July 12, 2015, iBizAfrica says on event page on Up glob... |
| 16.06.2015 | Techstars Acquires Nonprofit UP Global, As Startup Industry Matures | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Techstars, one of the nation’s foremost startup accelerator programs, has acquired the nonprofit entrepreneurship education outfit UP Global in a bid to cover the full spectru... |
| 16.06.2015 | Techstars Acquires UP Global and the Startup Weekend Franchise | Startup Weekend, a 54-hour experience dedicated to helping budding entrepreneurs ideate and pitch new products and initiatives, is switching up owners.
On Tuesday, June 16, UP Global, the nonprofit behind Startup Weekend, announced that it ... |
| 21.05.2015 | Celebrating Women Entrepreneurs in Dallas | The Dallas startup scene is BOOMING and this month LAUNCHDFW, The DEC, Tech Wildcatters and Startup Grind have partnered to produce a day to celebrate female entrepreneurs.
Jennifer Conley of the organizing team encourages all women to come... |
| 06.05.2015 | Barcelona Tech & Startup Events and Conferences Guide For Summer 2015 | Spring has sprung and summer is close behind. Barcelona entrepreneurs have about 12 weeks to hustle and close deals before Spain grinds to a halt for summer holidays. However, in between now and August, there are a few dozen opportunities t... |
| 30.04.2015 | Startup Weekend Ibadan Will Begin This Friday | Share this article:
Startup Weekend is a global movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. It is a large community of passionate entrepreneurs with over... |
| 26.03.2015 | Startup Weekend to help Melbourne entrepreneurs crack into the fast-growing fintech space | Melbourne will host a fintech meet-up this weekend aimed at giving early-stage entrepreneurs an understanding of the skills they will need to disrupt the big banks and major financial institutions.
The event, which will run from Friday Marc... |
| 25.03.2015 | Mapping Seattle’s incubators, accelerators and co-working spaces | Inside the UW’s new Startup Hall, home to Techstars Seattle and a co-working space.
With the birth of Y Combinator in Silicon Valley a decade ago, the number of accelerators, incubators, and co-working spaces has increased exponentially ove... |
| 21.03.2015 | Video: Watch teen entrepreneur Brooke Martin pitch iCPooch on ‘Shark Tank’ | Brook Martin and James Helland of iCPooch on Shark Tank. (Photo: ABC)
15-year-old tech entrepreneur Brooke Martin of Spokane, Wash., made her debut on Shark Tank last night — pitching her invention, iCPooch, a video conferencing device and ... |
| 17.03.2015 | Steve Case to embark on third Rise of the Rest tour | AOL cofounder Steve Case will soon pack his bags to embark on his third “Rise of the Rest” bus tour, which this time will focus on the South.
Case will be making stops in Richmond, Va., Raleigh-Durham, N.C., Charleston, S.C., Atlanta, Ga., ... |
| 03.03.2015 | Fashion magazine-retailer hybrid Need sees huge growth with innovative e-commerce model | Need COO Imran Sheikh and founder Matt Alexander at Need’s HQ just outside of downtown Dallas.
DALLAS — Matt Alexander sat inside a London pub three years ago and started jotting down ideas on a piece of paper. He had calculated that the me... |
| 28.02.2015 | Led by two brothers, this startup turns smartphones into microphones at events and big meetings | CrowdMics co-founders Sean and Tim Holladay. Photo via CrowdMics.
MESA, Ariz. — During a session on Thursday at Phoenix Startup Week, an investor advised entrepreneurs in the crowd that founders within the same family may have a harder time... |
| 24.02.2015 | Dallas Startup Week Announces Inaugural Year | The startups at night are big and bright…deep in the heart of Texas! And, this March 2-6, we will be celebrating startups during the day and night with our inaugural Dallas Startup Week.
So, what is Startup Week and what can you expect from... |
| 19.02.2015 | Don’t mess with Texas startups: Why the Dallas tech scene is set to explode | Photo via Shutterstock.
Editor’s Note: GeekWire has partnered with UP Global and Chase to cover four Startup Week events around the country, starting with Tampa Bay earlier this month, Phoenix next week, and Dallas from Mar. 2 to 6. Tune in... |
| 11.02.2015 | Three Startup Weekends coming up | |
| 11.02.2015 | Silicon Desert: How Phoenix is quickly — and quietly — becoming a hub for innovation | Photo via Shutterstock.
Editor’s Note: GeekWire has partnered with UP Global and Chase to cover four Startup Week events around the country, starting with Tampa Bay earlier this month and now Phoenix from Feb. 23 to 27. Tune in to GeekWire ... |
| 03.02.2015 | How this veteran’s itchy beard and a buddy’s untimely death led to a profitable skin care cosmetics business | Nicholas Karnaze, the founder of Stubble & Stache, at Tampa Bay Startup Week
Editor’s Note: GeekWire has partnered with UP Global and Chase to cover four Startup Week events around the country, starting with the Tampa Bay Startup Week f... |
| 02.02.2015 | Tampa mayor kicks off Startup Week, says city will be transformed in next 5 years with a little help from Bill Gates | Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn. Photo via Chase.
TAMPA— When I arrived in this sun-drenched Gulf Coast city late Monday afternoon, things were a bit quiet. Just a sleepy start to the work week, I presumed.
But then one of the locals informed me w... |
| 29.01.2015 | Techstars Ventures Raises $150M Fund | According to a blog post by David Cohen (read here), Techstars Ventures raised a $150m third fund.
Techstars Ventures 2014 is making seed and Series A investments in startups emerging from the Techstars ecosystem, which includes Techstars a... |
| 28.01.2015 | Startup accelerator Techstars launches third, $150M venture fund | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Tech accelerator franchise Techstars today announ... |
| 27.01.2015 | UPDATE: TechStars Ventures Raises $150 Million As It Expands Into Series A Investments | Update: This post has been updated to reflect the scope of Techstars Ventures’ investments. The fund will back not only graduates of its accelerator program, but also companies founded by mentors and former mentors.
Techstars has raised $15... |
| 23.01.2015 | Former National Geographic execs raise $8M for education platform [Startup Roundup] | WHO’S GETTING FUNDED?
Steam Engine, Inc., an early-stage simulation-based learning platform based in D.C., raised $8 million, according to an SEC filing. The early-stage company was founded by Tim Kelly and Vijay Lakshman, two former top ex... |
| 21.01.2015 | Welcome to Tampa: A startup scene emerges in this beach paradise | Beach lifeguard tower in Clearwater, Florida at sunset. Photo via Shutterstock
Editor’s Note: GeekWire has partnered with UP Global and Chase to cover four Startup Week events around the country, starting with the Tampa Bay Startup Week fro... |
| 13.01.2015 | Get Your Game On at Startup Weekend Barcelona 2015 | It’s that time of year again! Back by popular demand after last year’s successful edition, where more than 100 people from Spain, UK, France, Germany and Portugal came together to build new companies, Startup Weekend Barcelona will host its... |
| 15.12.2014 | St. Louis to Host Startup Weekend Education in January | It was recently announced by UP Global that they’ll be hosting a Startup Weekend Education in St. Louis, starting January 16 thru January 18, 2015. The program will focus on fostering ideas to improve education in the St. Louis region.
Star... |
| 11.12.2014 | Scholarship startup partners with UD [Startup Roundup] | WHO’S GETTING BUZZ
Raise.Me, an early-stage startup that helps high school students earn microscholarships for doing well in class, was recently featured on our sister site, Technical.ly Philly. Raise.Me has already partnered with the Unive... |
| 05.12.2014 | Startup Weekend Nairobi kicks-off today at Nairobi Garage | While the rest of us scramble for weekend plans, people in Nairobi, Kenya are taken care of. The city’s weekend promises to be exciting as the Startup Weekend Nairobi kicks-off today at the innovation hub, Nairobi Garage. An invite has been... |
| 05.12.2014 | Startup Weekend Nairobi kicks-off today at Nairobi Garage | While the rest of us scramble for weekend plans, people in Nairobi, Kenya are taken care of. The city’s weekend promises to be exciting as the Startup Weekend Nairobi kicks-off today at the innovation hub, Nairobi Garage. An invite has been... |
| 25.11.2014 | Aster Center resource for eating disorders wins Global Startup Battle | Kiersten Jones Schwendeman says Delaware needs a treatment facility for people with eating disorders. With the help of a move-fast entrepreneurial zeal, the Aster Center is a freshly-launched first step in the process.
The Aster Center proj... |
| 17.11.2014 | Startup Weekend DC selects 3 for Global Startup Battle | It was a grueling 54 hours for the 98 Startup Weekend DC warriors who convened at Disruption Corporation‘s Crystal City headquarters.
But it was worth the wait, since the three winning teams will now move on to the regional round of the Glo... |
| 14.11.2014 | Time for a national health tech ecosystem, says Queensland Health Tech Innovation group founder | The founder of the Health Tech Innovation Queensland Meetup has called for the creation of a national heath tech ecosystem, as interest in health-related startups booms in both Melbourne and Brisbane.
The comments come ahead of Australia’s ... |
| 07.11.2014 | 10 Things You Need To Know Before Startup Weekend Perth, #4 Is Vital | With Startup Weekend Perth fast approaching, we thought we’d compile the ultimate guide to the event.
Startup Weekend asks teams to take an idea and turn it into a functioning business in a weekend. That sounds ridiculous if you’ve never do... |
| 05.11.2014 | Registration open for Start-up Weekends in Berne, Zurich and Geneva | |
| 03.11.2014 | Startup Life Is Hard, But It’s Your Only Option | This post was going to be around n reasons why you should participate in Startup Weekend Lagos, but then n quickly resolved to 1 because there’s only one reason – the startup attitude.
Startup is an attitude. Regardless of your industry, an... |
| 31.10.2014 | Talk Of The Town: Friday 31st October 2014 | Talk of the town is our weekly post of links and tidbits that we hear about, but didn’t get time to write about.
Do you want to learn how to program and develop web applications for Ruby on Rails and have no idea where to start? Or, are you... |
| 31.10.2014 | Cairns joins Startup Weekend events in Townsville and the Gold Coast as local startups bloom | The Cairns startup community is set to link up with events in Townsville and the Gold Coast as part of Startup Weekend Queensland later this month, as the local startup scene goes from strength to strength.
The city’s startup scene is centr... |
| 30.10.2014 | We Learn Live Envisions New Model of Entrepreneurship Education | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Yoli Chisholm, a Microsoft marketer, thinks there are lots of people like her: They’ve got good ideas, and aspire to be entrepreneurs, but may lack the resources or safety net... |
| 23.10.2014 | The Startup Hall Story—How it Could Transform Seattle’s U District | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The second floor of what used to be known only as Condon Hall—and the University of Washington’s ugliest building—holds seeds of a re-invented neighborhood where students, res... |
| 19.10.2014 | Startup Week kicks off in Seattle with 60 events, keynotes from Rich Barton and Rob Glaser | More than 60 events, keynotes from veteran entrepreneurs, and a party — Seattle Startup Week is here.
Kicking off Monday, the week-long event will feature a series of events that aim to educate those interested in the startup space and help... |
| 17.10.2014 | Toowoomba hosting its first Startup Weekend: The challenges of building an ecosystem in regional Australia | The regional city of Toowoomba, in Queensland’s Darling Downs region, is set to host its first Startup Weekend event as its local startup ecosystem gathers momentum.
The event is set to take place at The GRID hybrid arts collective at Level... |
| 07.10.2014 | Startup Weekend DC flips the gender ratio | In time for Tour de Code, Startup Weekend DC promised to flip the ratio — and it delivered.
For 54 hours, more than a dozen teams of makeshift entrepreneurs — 90 percent of them women — worked collaboratively to create the seeds of new star... |
| 03.10.2014 | Startup Weekend Calls For Stories | Startup Weekend has been an integral part of the growth of the Perth Startup community, and hundreds of people have attended one or more of the events. They want to hear the stories.
Here’s an example from Al, one of the more colourful char... |
| 22.09.2014 | Silicon Valley Fast Track is looking for ambitious Swiss start-ups | |
| 16.09.2014 | Video: Inside the University of Washington’s new Startup Hall | Condon Hall isn’t exactly the University of Washington’s most impressive space. From the outside, the building looks like a prison. On the inside, few windows and narrow hallways make for a less-than-stellar working environment. Plus, I’m b... |
| 13.09.2014 | How working at a day job can make you a better entrepreneur | Photo via RootStartup
I’m an entrepreneur with a day job. For a while now I’ve been asking myself if this is reasonable, and I’ve recently decided that it is.
The caveat: I believe day job entrepreneurs can only still consider themselves an... |
| 11.09.2014 | Microsoft Ventures head stirs debate over Startup Weekend events for women | Participants at the Startup Weekend event for women in 2012. Photo via Kyle Kesterson
Rahul Sood, the General Manager of Microsoft Ventures, isn’t thrilled by the idea of Startup Weekend events exclusively for women, calling them “pointless... |
| 09.09.2014 | Startup Next: Google’s Top Pre-Accelerator is Back in Barcelona | Picture this: You’re an entrepreneur at heart, had a great idea for a business a few months ago and now you’re working your ass off to make it a reality. Today, you have an MVP, you’re interviewing your first users and perfecting your pitch... |
| 22.08.2014 | Talk Of The Town: Friday 22th August 2014 | Talk of the town is our weekly post of links and tidbits that we hear about, but didn’t get time to write about.
//Startup News is growing and needs someone that wants to help out around the newsroom. Students, grads, entrepreneurs, anyone ... |
| 30.06.2014 | New Partnership Will Ease Startup Accelerator Application Process | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Surviving the intense months it takes to go through a startup accelerator is hard. But getting in might be harder.
A new partnership between UP Global, a Seattle-based nonprof... |
| 25.06.2014 | AOL Founder Steve Case: Detroit Has All the Ingredients for a Comeback | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The Rise of the Rest bus tour kicked off in Detroit yesterday as part of a broader effort to shine a national spotlight on a shift in the geography of high-growth entrepreneur... |
| 24.06.2014 | EdSurge Partners with UP Global’s Startup Education Program | Two weeks ago we shared Startup Education’s new name and new programs. This week we’re thrilled to announce that EdSurge is partnering with Startup Education to support its global entrepreneurship community and action-based programming. We’... |
