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Hiring for startups – advice from @WorkableHR

For years, Workable recruited for fast-growing companies. Went through thousands of resumes, down bottomless mail threads and countless job boards, each with its own posting structure. Roughed it with tedious applicant tracking software, the obligatory excel files on-the-side and the impossible coordination of interviews and feedback. Nikos Moraitakis, founder of Workable, is sharing his experience in […]

What is crowdfunding?

Original post by Georgina-Kate Adams via Startups How does crowdfunding work and is it right for your business? With the economic downturn causing banks to tighten their purse strings, you may need to find alternative sources of funding to get your start-up off the ground. Indeed, 65% of entrepreneurs planned to seek alternative finance in 2012, according to […]

TechSentiment lets you follow Social Sentiment for your favorite Tech stocks

In the past decade behavioural finance has debased the existing economic theories that financial markets are efficient. Various emotional factors have been proven to also impact share prices. Social media has provided us with the means to capture and analyze these emotions in real-time. TechSentiment makes these sentiment analyses available for the most popular tech […]

Using Angel Investors To Raise Startup Capital

Using Angel Investors To Raise Startup Capital

Original post by go4funding  Many people who are looking for startup capital for their new business do not want to utilize outside angel investors to raise the money. For the most part this is because they do not want to be tied to another individual when it comes to the profits and business decisions. But for some people […]