5 Things Not to Do at a Networking Dinner
If you’ve recently joined the Bay Area tech and startup community, the rites and rituals of this unique population may be more bewildering than the first time your boss made…
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10 Marketing Hacks For Entrepreneurs
Finding cost effective and efficient advertising tactics is an age old challenge for entrepreneurs. In today’s new information age, there’s no shortage of tech-based options but the key is choosing…
Films That Every Entrepreneur Should See
For better or for worse, art often imitates life and vice versa. Films like Jerry McGuire, Bad Company and Swimming With Sharks have become iconic depictions of what it’s like…
SeedStartup Graduates 3 Teams in its Pilot Program
Last May, we told you about SeedStartup, a Dubai-based incubator that has since gone on to become a member of the TechStars network, and has mentored 3 startups, after receiving over 70…
Inside Apple: A Video Interview with Author Adam Lashinsky
Adam Lashinsky, author of Inside Apple (included in our TNW Book Club selection), is the latest book to give fans and business moguls alike an insight into Apple, sat down at…
Social Media: The New American Brain Drain
You went to an Ivy League school, you mastered the Socratic method as an infant and solving the Rubix cube in less than 5 minutes is your favorite party trick;…
How to Be a Great Mentor (And a Great Mentee)
Do you have a mentor? Ask any successful person this question, and they will surely tell you stories about how their deep, long-standing relationships with their mentors helped inspire, guide,…
FoundersCard Celebrates its 2nd Year
In May of 2011, we introduced you to the FoundersCard, a global community of entrepreneurs and innovators that offers a unique benefits program so startup founders can have the same sweet…
A GLOBAL Startup Competition Launches
It’s inevitable there will be the next Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Google or Facebook, the question is; where in the world will they come from? As the cost of innovation…
Meet Africa's Bill Gates: ShopAfrica53
Tall and well-built, cheerful with an appearance of nonchalance, the man Inc. Magazine described as Africa’s Bill Gates is a man with a few tricks up his sleeve – as…
How I Used Airbnb to Fund a Hit iPhone App
Once upon a time, while helping my girlfriend prepare for a trip, I noticed that she took a photo of every outfit before packing it. “What are you doing?” I…
Why You Should Attend the Women 2.0 PITCH Conference
This is not another conference about why there aren’t enough women in technology. The Women 2.0 PITCH Conference is about making connections, not drawing complaints; it’s about forward momentum, not the…
If Steve Jobs Had Been African
Innovation is not what it used to be. It’s no longer limited to the usual places, to the usual social groups, or the usual personality types. As it grows in…
An Inside Look at Transformative Entrepreneurs
What is it about entrepreneurs that leaves us so inspired and intrigued? Is it their gargantuan balls of courage? Their robotic work ethic? Or the wake of success they leave…
What If You Owned Sunken Ship Costa Concordia?
I have been asking myself that question all day. How would I react if I owned that ship, and employed the captain that sunk it. How would you react? We…
