Making It to CES on a Kickstarter and a Dream

The crowdfunding platform is bringing many new entrepreneurs to the world-famous electronics trade show.
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“Hi, I’m From the Government and I’m Here to Help”

What one arm of government giveth, another arm can quickly taketh away.
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Venture Capital to Suppress Its Appetite for Risk in 2013

Internet entrepreneurs have had the upper hand over venture capitalists in recent years but that balance of power is now showing some signs of shifting, a trend that could accelerate in 2013.

Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook’s Early Days: Go Hard or Go Home

The Facebook CEO gives sage advice to a crowd of young entrepreneurs.
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The Venture Capital Secret: Three Out of Four Start-Ups Fail

It looks so easy from the outside. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. But now there is evidence that venture-backed start-ups fail at far higher numbers than the rate the industry usually cites.

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Overly Optimistic Things Entrepreneurs Say

Entrepreneurs possess an extreme optimism. Sometimes a little too extreme.

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Forget the Web, Start-Ups Get Real

A long-shunned Silicon Valley technology sector — consumer-electronics start-ups — is showing some surprising signs of life.

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Tech Entrepreneurs Get a Hand Pairing Up

When David Hegarty moved to San Francisco from Seattle in 2009 to start a company, he had a problem: He didn’t know anyone he could to team up with.

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Cybercriminals Sniff Out Vulnerable Firms

With cybercriminals a greater threat to small businesses than ever before, more entrepreneurs like Lloyd Keilson are left asking themselves who is to blame for hacking attacks that drain their business accounts.

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Plan for U.S. “Entrepreneur’s Visa” Moves Forward

A bipartisan group of senators will introduce legislation Tuesday that would seek to make it easier for foreign students who hold post-graduate degrees in math, science or engineering from American colleges to remain in the U.S. after they finish their studies.