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With fierce competition for spotting early startup winners, some venture capitalists are developing new strategies to find promising young businesses, such as sponsoring student-run funds.
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After just 16 months and a fleeting stint as a popular app, the anonymous social-networking service Secret is shutting down.
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Teladoc Inc., an early player in the field of telemedicine, has filed preliminary paperwork to trade on public markets, the company said in a news release Wednesday.
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Goldman Sachs is one of two lead investors in a $50 million funding round for bitcoin startup Circle Internet Financial.
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Yahoo Inc. said Chief Executive Marissa Mayer’s compensation last year was valued at $42.1 million, up from $24.9 million in 2013.
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A Florida entrepreneur saw her dream of running a computer-software bootcamp disappear after a falling out with an investor and cofounders.
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Intarcia said it raised $225 million in the latest in a series of financings to support development of its implantable drug-delivery pump for patients with diabetes.
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We looked at automated investment services from startups and financial giants. Advice on how to choose.
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E-commerce site Jet.com has yet to launch its marketplace, but it has landed a $600 million valuation and has been lauded for its business model.
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More small businesses are falling victim to “ransomware,” in which malicious code locks up computer files and cybercriminals demand a ransom to free them.
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Facebook announced changes to its news-feed algorithm that will result in people seeing more posts from their friends, while making it harder for companies to drum up traffic through unpaid posts.
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Chip designer ARM beat first-quarter expectations amid strong demand for its smartphone and tablet technology and said it expects 2015 revenue in dollar terms to meet expectations.
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Columnist Anne Kadet weighs in on the growing number of New Yorkers who are using the library for office space—and what the perks and drawbacks are.
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Here’s a secret for budding entrepreneurs using crowdfunding platforms to finance their projects: It pays to go back for seconds.
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New Jersey doesn’t have a statewide sick-leave law, but that hasn’t stopped Newark, Jersey City, Montclair and other towns from adopting their own, prompting a backlash from the business community.
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Chinese consumer drone maker DJI is in talks to raise funding at a valuation as high as $10 billion, a sizable bet by investors.
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The timetable for production of electronics hardware is being sped up, thanks to incubators with labs full of equipment for prototypes and firms offering expertise and manufacturing capacity in China, writes Christopher Mims.
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Women tend to launch businesses with less financing than men and have more difficulty raising funding. But early data suggest that women are outperforming men in raising money via crowdfunding sites, such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo.
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Europe’s unemployment crisis has compelled hundreds of thousands of people to try to reinvent themselves as entrepreneurs. But these inexperienced business operators are flying into harsh headwinds.
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Jeff Raider, co-founder of online shaving company Harry’s, talks about new hires, dealing with investors and coming up with the perfect name.
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The web-hosting firm hopes a coming $20-a-share IPO will help its transition to serious small business.
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What makes Warren Buffett Warren Buffett? That question will dominate this weekend’s annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway, on the 50th anniversary of Mr. Buffett’s takeover of the company.
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Starting a business is a lot like becoming a parent. Not only do you have to prepare for your start-up emotionally and financially, but you have to be committed to its constant needs until it's mature enough to hum along on its own. And even then (much like a child) it will always need you in some capacity, no matter how old it gets.
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Entrepreneurs often launch their businesses with the conviction that their ideas are bound to succeed. But the fact of the matter is three out of four startups fail, according to research by Shikhar Ghosh of Harvard Business School. How can failure help founders in future ventures? Are there certain things that only failure can teach you? Entrepreneurs and startup investors share their views.
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After assuming full executive powers at Repsol, Chief Executive Josu Jon Imaz now faces the challenge of completing the Spanish oil giant’s biggest acquisition in years.
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First Solar Inc. swung to a loss in the first quarter as revenue plunged, saddled by project delays and completed projects held ahead of its proposed joint venture with fellow solar-panel maker SunPower Corp.
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North Dakota is revamping the way it taxes the oil industry amid the recent slump in oil prices, aiming to tone down big fluctuations in tax revenue.
