Startups apply for entry to elite accelerator spaces hoping to gain a competitive edge in the form of mentors, in-house legal and tax advice, and easy press from tech publications. But most do not pick up any investment and must eventually disband. Here’s how their effort could be channeled more effectively.
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Time or money: the freelancer’s dilemma
As a free agent I almost always have time or money, but rarely both. This leaves me doing things in my business that I just suck at sometimes. By Katy Tynan, author of Free Agent
The new rise of the workspace marketplace
Workspace marketplaces like LiquidSpace, Share Your Desk, DesksNear.Me, SpareChair and more are vying to connect flexible workers with available workspace. What are they doing differently, and what role will they have in the future of work?
The no-bullshit guide to becoming a public speaker
Tech entrepreneur Salman Ansari explains how he got started public speaking and why it makes all the difference to start inspiring others by sharing your experiences.
The rise of tech entrepreneurship in India
As India’s working-age population rapidly increases, tech entrepreneurship is being viewed as a way to meet the large-scale demand for jobs. As a result, Indians are starting to embrace freelancing and entrepreneurship as career choices.
Bootstrap your business with bartering
Every new business starts off the same: with little or no cash, and little social proof to win over new customers and clients. But some serious bartering can solve both of these problems by helping your business get what it needs and provide you with your first clients.
Devised Theatre brings collaboration to the stage
In most theatre productions, everyone has a fixed role. But Devised Theatre is a new breed of collaborative theatre that blurs the lines between the creative and the created.
What a startup job fair looks like: Uncubed NYC
Uncubed brought 80+ startups and hundreds of job seekers together in New York for a new kind of career fair based on what we’ve come to associate with startup culture: chutzpah, high energy, and foosball.