Over the last ten years, the number of angel investors, and the amount of dollars they’ve invested, have increased significantly. That’s good news for entrepreneurs, as they have more opportunities than ever to launch their dreams and to provide innovative products and services to their customers. The infographic below, presented by InvestorPitches.com, visualizes this significant increase in…
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The State of Women-Owned Businesses survey, conducted jointly by NAWBO (National Association of Women Owned Business) and Web.com, found that 85 percent of women entrepreneurs surveyed believe that more women will venture to start their own businesses in 2013 than in 2012. Over 500 NAWBO members participated in the survey, and on average, they have been in business for over six years. Stats on women entrepreneurs according…
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What a year it’s been. We saw Facebook, the envy of all startups, fall from grace, and the Jersey-Shore-ification of hustlers, hackers, and designers. 2012 will go down as the year of the Wantrepreneur, the Pret-Angel, the Series A Crunch, and a whole bunch of whining – by me, by angels, by VCs and founders….
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On November 25, Indian startup blog YourStory.in hosted the MobiSparks conference and startup showcase in Bangalore. As part of the event, YourStory.in released a report on the mobile industry in India and named the top 19 startups and apps in the country, selected by judges. The lineup shows a penchant for startups targeting enterprise and…
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On Tuesday, Startup Genome released a report analyzing the world’s top startup ecosystems that showed that women are still underrepresented. The overall rankings, topped by Silicon Valley, Tel Aviv, Los Angeles, Seattle, and New York City, respectively, also included factors like age, education, work hours, and gender. Here are the top 18 startup ecosystems ranked by percentage…
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To many young Asian entrepreneurs, starting a company is an act of rebellion. It means defying the lessons of parents, teachers, and culture, who say: Be proper. Find a stable job. Risk taking is foolish. It means – in many cases – feeling uncertainty, shame, and fear of failure. It’s a struggle they will continue…
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The team at Perth, Australia-based startup Floq, which we recently covered, has been working on a project mapping the tech scene in Oz. “Australia might not be top of mind as a hot spot for digital innovation,” said Floq founder Jonah Cacciope, “but with Aussie companies like Kaggle, Atlassian and 99Dresses making a dent in…
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Today, Silicon Valley Bank released its Startup Outlook 2012, based on a February survey of 270 executives from early-stage US startups. Here’s a quick roundup: The Good According to the report, “The survey revealed that the tech sector in the U.S. is healthy, hiring, has great business qualities and that startups are optimistic.” 64% of…
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Last week we polled you, the Tech Cocktail reader, to find out who is Boston’s Hottest Startup. The tribe has spoken. And the winner is… Apptopia We last covered Apptopia, the marketplace for mobile app ownership, as a participating in the #Startuplife celebration at SXSW. At the time, they were three weeks shy of…
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Angel investors play a pivotal role in the backbone of the early-stage startup ecosystem (note: understatement of the century). Not only do angels provide roughly the same amount of financing as venture capital firms ($20.1B versus $23.3B in 2010), but startups who acquire their funds from angels are more likely to survive the first four years as…
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Earlier this month, the Kairos Society announced the Kairos 50: 50 innovative companies founded by undergraduates. Partnering with the United Nations and the New York Stock Exchange, Kairos held a global summit in New York City where the companies pitched to business leaders and press. The Kairos Society is a not-for-profit foundation – with branches…
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Lots of entrepreneurs in DC – including the team at Tech Cocktail – are skipping happy hours and giving up time we’d otherwise spend sleeping to pursue our dreams and help build Washington’s startup ecosystem. But are we doing it wrong? According to a new report from FounderCorps and StartupVirginia, we may be. The way…
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DC-based startup KikScore created a patent-pending Confidence Badge and online trust score platform that enables small online businesses and non-profits to demonstrate trustworthiness through data and information. Last month, they released the findings of the first KikScore Online Trust Survey. Kikscore co-founder Raj Malik, a lawyer-turned-entrepreneur, said, “The main takeaway from the survey is that website…
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A Vietnamese entrepreneur I interviewed recently said: “Developing countries with big populations have lots of opportunities: China, India, Indonesia, Vietnam. You can make a lot of money from collecting dimes and cents from a lot of people.” But where are those people? According to a December 20 Pew Research Center survey, they’re on cell phones…
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Earlier this we week, we covered the social sharing trends from 2011. The biggest standout theme from AddThis’ data revealed what we had already suspected; 2011 was the year that widescale mobile adoption went from a future prediction to our current reality. With today’s release of the “Mobile Year in Review 2011″ by MobileFuture, this…
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It’s official – we are hyper-connected. But you didn’t need me to tell you that. One quick stroll down the sidewalk will reveal people intently focused on the 10 sq. inch screen in front of their face. You’ve seen it for yourself. Or maybe you haven’t; you were too busy looking at your own smartphone…
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