After two and half years of helping to foster entrepreneurship, the Startup America Partnership has announced they will be rolled into Startup Weekend, which is backed by the Kauffman Foundation. The two brands will live under the new brand, Up Global which according to their announcement is backed by the Kauffman Foundation, the Case Foundation,…
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The following post is sponsored by LogiAnalytics, a business intelligence company, named a challenger in the Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms. Test. Measure. Refine. Achieving desired results requires meaningful data. You wouldn’t dare launch a website without including analytics. Your app should be no different. With the world of application analytics still…
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Launch Fest is an event that combines an entrepreneurship conference with a demo day for the Launch Pad accelerator class of 2013, and yesterday marked their fourth annual event. The goal of this year’s Launch Fest, from the startup perspective, was to showcase the best investment-ready companies in New Orleans to local angel and national…
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Justin Stewart and Jamie Hodari spent a good year and a half scouring office space in Chicago to open up Industrious. This year, they finally found what they wanted – a space in Chicago’s River North area with exposed brick, high ceilings, and big windows – the “New York feel,” says community manager Danielle Darah….
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Boston-based Healthbox, a leading business accelerator that supports early-stage health care companies, kicked off its second program recently, along with anchor partner Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA). The program supports innovative startup companies as they respond to continued industry demand for creative solutions to pervasive healthcare challenges. “Blue Cross is committed to bringing…
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AngelHack, the unique hackathon that tacks on an accelerator program for winning teams, is coming to 36 cities this May and June, from Europe, Israel, and Russia to India and Asia to Australia and South America. This year, the winning teams will get 12 weeks of mentorship in their home city, then an expenses-paid two…
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Last week, American Express OPEN and Daniel Isenberg announced a new program to help grow startup scenes across the United States, starting with Milwaukee. The program, called OPEN for Enterprise: Coalitions for High-Growth Entrepreneurship, is based on Isenberg’s work fostering entrepreneurship in Colombia, Brazil, and Denmark through BEEP. His perspective is that ”scale-ups” are more…
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As summer approaches, SummerQAmp is now matching tech companies with 18- to 24-year-old student interns in the field of quality assurance (QA). The program was cofounded last year by GroupMe’s Steve Martocci, Jon Bon Jovi, former White House CTO Aneesh Chopra, and Kevin Haggard of RetailMeNot. By focusing on QA, they’re offering an alternative to…
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Entrepreneurs have until Monday, March 25, to apply to live rent-free in Brad Feld’s new Kansas City house, complete with warp-speed Google Fiber Internet. Applicants must be at least 18 years old, be willing to live in the house for one year, and have a compelling reason for using Google Fiber. This competition is Feld’s…
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Today, mobile rewards network Kiip announced a $100,000 fund that will help developers launch their apps or games. Ten developers will each receive $10,000 in cash plus $5,000 in services like Amazon Web Services and Localytics. They will also get access to mentors from organizations like Facebook, Path, MacHeist, Jawbone, and True Ventures. This is…
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As most entrepreneurs know, startup success doesn’t happen in a vacuum. It usually thrives because the startup, and the people who run it, have been supported by a vast network of people who believe in innovation and entrepreneurship. The Illinois Technology Association (ITA) is acknowledging those who have supported the growth of the Illinois technology…
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Triangle serial entrepreneurs and mentors Chris Heivly and Dave Neal announced this week the six companies that will make up the third Triangle Startup Factory accelerator session. TSF, the most highly capitalized technology accelerator in the southeast, runs an intensive, three month program customized for early stage startup companies. In addition to seed capital, startups…
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The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the organization whose CES conference is famous for attracting the biggest of the big in the technology industry, is also lending a hand to the little guys: startups. In promoting the consumer electronics industry, CEA has a mission that includes spurring innovation in America. That’s where startups come in. “Startups…
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When you walk into the I Am My Own Social Network meetup at SXSW next Monday, you’ll surrender your cell phone. When you start chatting, you won’t be allowed to talk about work. Oh, and no business cards can be traded either. Instead, hopefully, participants will talk about their true selves. The meetup will include…
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As tens of thousands of people gather, chatter, download, and code at SXSW, somehow trends and themes emerge. Last year the talk of SXSW Interactive was social discovery – location-aware apps that help you find people nearby. Here are some of our predictions for trends at SXSWi 2013. (If you want to hear the official…
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SXSW Interactive attracts over 32,000 attendees (along with Film), scattered across a handful of venues in downtown Austin. Some people are corporate employees, some are individuals, and others are startup entrepreneurs. Here’s where to find the startups. SXSW Startup Village Located on the fourth floor of the Downtown Austin Hilton, this is where a lot…
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