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
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  by TravisWright / on May 14, 2013
• in Social Media
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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “startup”

 

• Quote of the Week: Start

  
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  The Business Quote topic for this week is, appropriately for a Monday, about starting new things. “It is always the start that requires the greatest effort.” – James Cash Penney J.C. Penney started one of the largest department store chains of the last century so he knew a thing or two about starting something ...
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• MyStartupStory: Learn How Tumblr Got its Start

  
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  This entry is part 1 of 27 in the series MyStartUpStory Tumblr founder David Karp turned his company into a billion dollar business. This video highlights how it all got started. The big tech announcement that kicked off the week is Tumblr’s acquisition by Internet giant Yahoo! for $1.1 billion. If you’re ...
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• Startup Genealogy

  
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  We’re beginning to see an interesting phenomenon occur with the success of Startup Communities. Readers are extrapolating the lessons within the book and are raising some interesting questions about the drivers, best practices and key components of startup communities. Recently, Dan Moore, a local Boulder IT ...
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• 88MPH seeks to send African entrepreneurs west, and bring Western Startups back to Nairobi

  
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  Last week, 88mph, a startup seed fund and accelerator based in Nairobi and Cape Town, announced that they will be sending one startup to Silicon Valley this summer to participate in Blackbox Connect Summer ’13, a two-week immersion program for startup founders based outside of the United States. The program will ...
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• The 10 Best Cities to Start a Business

  
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  A new report ranks the top cities for startups based on lending, business friendliness, hiring pool and local economy.
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• The Best Franchises for Military Veterans

  
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  Are you a military veteran considering starting a business, or do you know a veteran seeking opportunity? As Memorial Day approaches, Victory Media’s 2013 Military Friendly Franchises ® list helps veterans decide which franchises they should consider, which ones give them the best financial incentives and ...
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• Tech Startup High Flyers: Israel, India and Brazil

  
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  Brazil, India and Israel are without question three of the world’s most important tech hubs outside of Silicon Valley. All these countries, thanks to their specialties and their large populations of digital consumers are pushing the envelope on some of the coolest innovations in technology and engineering. By ...
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• Why A Professional Accountant is Important for a Start-up Business

  
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  Starting a business can be complex. You first need to come up with a business. Then you need to decide a name for your business. Next, you need to come up with a business plan. A business plan includes the … Continue reading → The post Why A Professional Accountant is Important for a Start-up Business ...
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• Get a Real Job! A Job Fair for Startups and Techies

  
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  Event Date:  05/23/2013 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm Event Location:  The HUB Seattle 220 2nd Ave S Seattle , WA United States ...
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• How to Move From a House to an Apartment

  
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  [ by Josh Dudleston, Priority Moving ] Change is inevitable. For example, at some point or another, you may move to a new home. The reasons are numerous: a need to cut expenses, a new job in a new city , a desire for a better lifestyle, a need for a change of scenery, the breakup of a relationship. Any move can ...
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• ChicksStarter Pulls Together Funding For A Lucky Female Startup

  
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  There has long been a disparity between the number of startups founded and started by women, and those founded by men. Plus--with a majority of venture investors being men--its often difficult to break through the invisible curtain between that "old boys" network and women founders. However, a new effort, ...
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• What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know (Part 3)

  
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  Startups are a Social Good by Brian S. Cohen [This is the third in a four-part series of excerpts from Brian S. Cohen and John Kadors book, What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know, which is... ___
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• Why ‘Old-School’ Customer Service Will Never Be Replaced

  
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  Want to set yourself apart from your competition and keep your customers coming back? Answer the phone. You’ve heard the cliché that you must answer the door when opportunity knocks, yet despite often having great business concepts, many entrepreneurs fail to answer when opportunity calls . Yes, opportunity ...
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• Tahrir Square Defense: ِA facebook game based on battles between Egyptian protesters and thugs during the 2011 uprising

  
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  Alkottab, an Egyptian games developer has released a Facebook game based on battles between protesters and thugs during the 2011 uprising. The company describe it as a “tower defense game” that is built Read More......( read more )
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• Beyond Money: What Startups Need From Investors

  
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  As creatives, we might imagine investors to be souless suits behind Excel spreadsheets who do little more than sign checks — but thats far from true. Increasingly, VCs are people who used to be entrepreneurs (Kevin Rose, Mark Suster, Josh Kopelman). Many startup founders actually prefer to take money from someone ...
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• Yahoo! Acquisition Of Tumblr Gets Them Fresh Street Cred

  
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  Today as we reported earlier , Yahoo! agreed to acquire New York based microblogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion. The bold move by Yahoo!’s CEO Marissa Mayer, which she announced on her Tumblr with an animated gif , has been the subject of analysis from just about everyone. For some, the billion dollar ...
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• Principles of Powerful Relationships

  
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  “The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” Emotional Abuse … Frustration because your needs are not met… Lack of Support… Emptiness … Distance… Five things you want to avoid in relationships. The best way to ...
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• [Singapore] Startup grind Singapore hosts Shashank Dixit

  
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  Startup Grind Singapore Hosts Shashank Dixit, CEO of Deskera Open Source Shashank Dixit is a successful entrepreneur and currently the CEO of Deskera Open Source. From a humble background to the CEO of a multi-million dollar software company, Shashank’s success reminds us about “from rags to riches” story but ...
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• Managing Startups: Best Blog Posts By Thomas Eisenmann

  
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  I wanted to read a new book for new idea. Maybe, its about something startup. Yes! For something new, thats a good idea. I chose to read " Managing Startups: Best Blog Posts " book By Thomas Eisenmann. This book, Harvard Business School Professor Tom Eisenmann annually compiles the best posts from many blogs on ...
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• [APAC] APAC Start-Up Webinar Series | Achieving Profitability on AWS

  
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  APAC StartUp Webinar Series | Achieving Profitability on AWS 30 May 2013 9:30am to 10:30am (India), 11:00am to 12:00pm (Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta), 12:00pm to 1:00pm (Beijing, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Perth, Singapore, Taipei), 1:00pm to 2:00pm (Seoul), 2:00pm to 3:00pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time), ...
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