My friend Sheryl of Greenopedia was just accepted to Startup Chile , which provides office space, a little seed money and an adventure in Chile, without giving up any equity. This seems like an incredible opportunity for any seed stage internet company. Startup Chile. Kickstarter. IndieGoGo. Profounder. Profounder is US based. MORE >>

The strong get money and live to fight another day. To get the mentors and the seed money, the start-up teams must clearly demonstrate what I call Moxie, the strength of character to play the game to its conclusion. Relationships , I said back then. And I stand by that assertion. What’s special about these operations? MORE >>

Startups are undergoing the same transformation that technology does when it becomes cheaper. Its a pattern we see over and over in technology. Plus in a startup you could make much more money. Standardization When technology makes something dramatically cheaper, standardization always follows. Now theyre a commodity. MORE >>

The company was founded with seed capital from Austin Ventures. With seed money recently going into Workstreamer, Spredfast , Manuel Rosso’s new venture, Scott Harmon’s new venture, and it’s community outreach office hours programs, I would say that Austin Ventures is still interested in the early stage. MORE >>

You need three things to create a successful startup: to start withgood people, to make something customers actually want, and to spendas little money as possible. The way a startup makes money is to offer people bettertechnology than they have now. Andyet theres a lot of money at stake. Its the same with technology. MORE >>