has received the Babson College 2011 Student Business of the Year Award. Founders: * John Xie ’11 built his first website at the age of 9 and started his first business, Cirtex, at the age of 13. His work was crucial in building Microsoft SQL Server 2000. Receives Babson College 2011 Student Business Of The Year Award. MORE >>

Though this was 2000 , and all startup & VC blogs we've grown to love didn't exist yet, I did have mentors available. Since 2000, I've been doing and thinking about startups constantly. No plan survives first contact with customers. Cure: make a spreadsheet and try to predict the key metrics of your business. MORE >>

The Golden Age (1970 – 1995): Build a growing business with a consistently profitable track record (after at least 5 quarters,) and go public when it’s time. VC’s worked with entrepreneurs to build profitable and scalable businesses, with increasing revenue and consistent profitability – quarter after quarter. Carpe Diem. MORE >>

In 2000, venture capitalists poured a staggering $112.2 According to Dow Jones VentureSource Senior Manager of Corporate Communications Kim Gagliardi, 3,404 venture financing rounds were completed in 2011, down 47% from the 6,361 closed in 2000. That was up 29% over 2000 in just five years. It just doesn’t fit. Slimmer Pickings. MORE >>

Small wonder that women made up just 21% of all programmers in 2010, off from 24% in 2000. Small wonder that women made up just 21% of all programmers in 2010, off from 24% in 2000. The high-tech industry is largely a guy’s world made up of "brogrammers" and job ads that ask, “Want to bro down and crush code?” It’s Still A Man’s World. MORE >>