Research shows that so-called angel investors who write cheques to startups have a much bigger and more positive impact than governments providing ‘founding’ help to entrepreneurs.
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New research shows supporting angel investors, rather than giving startups ‘founding’ help, fosters entrepreneurship.
Under pressure, young entrepreneurs would tend to forget to take into account the effects of their ambitions on their surroundings.
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The enthusiasm for business creation is not without negative consequences, especially for the many who fail. However, the “all entrepreneurs” discourse remains predominant.
Quantum physics can offer astonishing insights into the different modalities of innovation in large companies and startups.
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The study of innovation in large companies and start-ups would benefit from being inspired by physics, which mobilizes different sets of laws for large masses and particles.
Alan Soon of Splice Media is promising a million dollars to give to start-ups to transform media in Asia.
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What does the future newsroom look like?
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We often hear about media companies shedding staff and revenues, but is there hope? We ask the man with a mission to launch 100 media start-ups in three years: what does the future newsroom look like?
The results of a recent study indicate that it’s never too late to get a crowdfunding campaign on a successful track – provided creators can get a surge in pledges rolling
Start-ups funded via business loans tend to outperform those using personal loans or having no loans at all.
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Pinar Ozcan, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick; Dize Dinçkol, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, and Markos Zachariadis, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Challenger banks are on the rise but they need to prove themselves to be trustworthy to survive – and profit.
Start-up should not be synonymous with young people.
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Drivers for online ride-hailing services face several social conditions that may challenge their efforts to transform collective action into a solid union.
Start-ups are innovative and agile, while big companies have abundant resources. Corporate accelerators bring them together, and a new case study outlines best practices.
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Even as digital social innovations (DSI) are booming in Europe, obstacles remain for their being able to provide effective solutions to the big challenges of our times.
The trend in establishing start-ups, collaboration and “freelancing” contributed to the growing market of co-working and virtual spaces.
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The growth of creative hubs is good for innovation but it may also widen a digital and economic divide in Indonesia.
The new way of getting investors involved through crowdfunding will be treated just like any normal share issue — without any special tax offsets, write-offs or capital gains tax relief at all.
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To learn why some new nonprofits prosper when others do not requires dealing with the fact that everyone has trouble remembering things the way they happened.
She’s crowdfunding her start-up. But can it get off the ground?
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Crowdfunding has seen booming growth for several years. A study of Ulule, Europe’s leading crowdfunding platform, shows that reciprocal gift can be a path to success.
SoftBank Group Corp Chairman and CEO Son attends a news conference in Tokyo in February 2017.
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Softbank has become one of the biggest global names in tech. The story of its founder and CEO Masayoshi Son offers some prescient insight in how to navigate highly competitive global markets.