startup

Startup companies are entrepreneurial business ventures. Usually founded by an individual or small team of professionals, startups are generally based on an invention, innovation, or improvements to existing products or services. The combination of this business insight, plus ambition and hard work, can create a new company.

Starting a new company has become easier and cheaper since the arrival of the Internet. Historically, the expense of starting a new company was higher, due to inventory, infrastructure, employee, legal, and advertising costs. Today venture capital is often less necessary, as initial costs are lower.

The Internet’s rapid expansion has also opened startup opportunities for entrepreneurs worldwide. The interconnected nature of Internet communications enables the rapid spread of information, inexpensive collaboration between geographically distant parties, and low cost website software and tools that enable the sale of goods via e-commerce and online advertising.

Startup companies are more common than ever. This is a trend likely to continue as more people worldwide become connected to the Internet and invest in their own futures by working together to build new companies.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “startup”

• in Technology
  Tech Startups Are Teaching Kids to Code
  Technology surrounds us, and our children are growing up in a dramatically different world because of it. Yet, the tools our children use to learn, and toys they play with, haven't evolved.
  by TravisWright / on May 14, 2013
• in Social Media
  NovoEd Brings Collaboration to Social Learning
  New startup NovoEd bring collaborative learning to the MOOC world.
  by cmimanagers / on Apr 16, 2013
• in Business
  SXSW Startup Insight: 12 Tips to Pitch to Top Global Media
  Media-Savvy Start-up Do's and Don'ts
  by ecoleader / on Mar 11, 2013

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• “Entrepreneurs in Thailand need to start local but think regional”

  
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• 7 Ways to Stop Treating Your Business Like a Hobby

  
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• Financial Architect® “The Fastest Way to Legally Raise Capital – Guaranteed!”

  
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• How Teaching English in Bolivia Sparked One Young Trep’s Bankable Business Idea

  
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• How Many Entrepreneurs Really Need a Business Plan?

  
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• Kerala Government And Livares Technologies Launch m-Governance App On Android

  
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• Linda Franco, Co-Founder, MACHINA: Making Cutting Edge Tech Wearable!

  
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• Startup Diaries from the US: Launching a Business on Capitol Hill

  
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  Maria Giesta tells the story of how she emigrated from Portugal to the US and, after university, started working in government, eventually becoming Chief of Staff to  Congressman Barney Frank, before launching her own lobbying business.  After graduatingfrom UMASS-Dartmouth in 1985, I began a career in ...
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