Flying robots are going to become a lot more common in the U.S.
Investors and entrepreneurs are betting on a future full of flying robots that can be programmed to do anything from survey crops or wildlife to delivering vaccines to remote villages in Africa.
Continue reading… “Entrepreneurs and investors bet on the future of the drone economy”
“Colorado has developed into a state that every investor should watch.”
Silicon Valley is no longer the only option for entrepreneurs. Burgeoning tech hubs like Seattle, Boulder, Austin and Denver offer a strong community, tax breaks, and a lower cost of living.
Rock Health predicted 2013 would be a record year for digital health.
According to some of the biggest names in health investing, it’s a great time for health startups to raise money. Digital health funding grew dramatically in 2012 and it is continuing to grow.
Continue reading… “Now is the time for digital health startups to raise money”
Hedge funds, Wall Street investors and other institutions are crowding out individual home buyers.
Wall Street investors are pouring unprecedented amounts of money into real estate hard hit by the housing crash, bringing those moribund markets back to life but raising the prospect of another Wall Street-fueled bubble that won’t be sustainable.
Continue reading… “Wall Street investors buying up distressed area single family homes”
Mike Merrill has been selling shares of his self.
Since 2008, Mike Merrill has been literally selling himself. Not his body, his self. The straight-laced entrepreneur has been selling shares of his person at Kmikeym.com.
Continue reading… “The world’s first publicly traded human”
There are many ways that live “corporate whales” can cultivate entrepreneurship ecosystems.
When a whale dies, the 30-100 ton body — or “whale fall” — slowly, silently sinks to the ocean bottom where it becomes the wellspring of a complex new microcosm of seabed flora and fauna that can thrive for well over half a century. These new ecosystems with their hundreds of species from flesh-eating sharks to sulphur-metabolizing worms also include “innovative start-ups” — previously undiscovered new sea animals that have naturally selected to flourish in the unique ecosystem.
Continue reading… “Entrepreneurship rises when big companies fall”
Incubators and accelerators are churning out thousands of startups a year.
There has been a glut of tech incubators and accelerators and for over a year now we have been warned about them. With at least 100 such programs churning out thousands of startups a year and the expectation that 90 percent of them won’t return their money, the seeming launch of a new accelerator program each week is a valid concern.
Continue reading… “Accelerators are headed for a shakeout”
Sustainable farming, which often ties into organic growing, has been reaping profits.
Last week, in an auditorium at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, startup companies sought out investors to help take their ideas to the next level. This wasn’t a tech conference. Venture capitalists were here to check out sustainable farming.
Continue reading… “If you are looking for a new startup idea, try farming”
Republicans and Democrats will agree on little during this years elections, including how to get the U.S. economy growing. Will it take higher taxes or smaller government to get the economy growing again? One path to growth that is widely agreed upon is technological innovation, which has historically been closely associated with the American venture-capital-backed startup company.
Continue reading… “The limitations of venture capital on true innovation”
Honduras
The Honduras government has signed a deal with private investors to create three privately run cities with their own legal and tax systems.
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Today’s workers care intensely about how their employer operates in the community.
The notion that companies have an obligation to “give back” to the world in which they work and, especially, profit is an oft-debated topic of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Not every C-level executive is convinced of its importance. But the growing trend is for CSR to play an integral part in successful companies’ business planning.
Continue reading… “Debunking 4 myths of Corporate Social Responsibility”
The amount of capital available for entrepreneurs when you count the customer market is much larger.
The startup community gave itself a high five in April when the JOBS Act was signed. Crowdfunding would enable startups to reach out to the whole world to get access to funding, not just a small cabal of investors living in a 20-mile radius of Menlo Park.
Continue reading… “Crowdfunding from customers – new class of investors for startup capital”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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