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RSS start-upPeter Cochrane's Blog: Start-up failures
Comment Perhaps even worse, I seem to be continuously engaged in conversations with people inside and outside the sector on how and why new start-ups fail. I have been investing in new start-ups since 1998 and, as a result, seem constantly to be addressing... [08 Feb 2006]
Start-up of the month: "We're building a brain!"
Comment But a small London-based start-up called Lobal Technologies is working on a system to simulate the way humans use language more closely than ever before. He has been to start-up land before, in Silicon Valley back in 1996 before things really... [21 Mar 2002]
Start-up of the month: Ecommerce without tears - or credit cards
Comment UK start-up CAST Technologies is a company that says it can solve this. But, in the grand traditional of technology start-ups, it has big ambitions. They just don't want to know about technology start-ups, at least not at a price which any company... [17 May 2002]
Start-up of the Month: A government portal?
Comment You find start-ups in the strangest of places these days. Saunders claims one of the biggest challenges lay in overcoming the cultural barriers - not only in launching a start-up within the traditionally risk-averse civil service but also in... [31 Jan 2003]
Start-up of the Month: Reply Wireless - the WAIP of Savile Row
Comment Unfortunately for Robert and others at the company, Zed ran out of funds at the start of this year following the Finnish parent's 3G licence forays and the general downturn. Savile Row, late summer sun and police sirens blaring - perhaps not the... [26 Sep 2002]
Start-up of the Month: Carefree.tv - serious fund raising
Comment Carefree.tv has picked a hell of a time to start up, and a hell of potential user base. Drumming up cash for a start-up in these troubled times is no mean feat. Seated around a massive conference table in a start-up unit a few minutes trek from... [23 Jul 2002]
Start-Up Costs vs. Organization Costs
White Paper Start-up costs are sometimes confused with organization costs. Start-up costs relate to the beginning operations of a new business, whereas organization costs relate to the establishment of the business’s existence. [24 Feb 2004]
Start-up of the month: Aleri - from classical music to banking analytics
Comment Sitting in the austere reception room of financial software start up Aleri one can't help but notice it has the hushed aura of a dentist's waiting room - minus the smell of disinfectant and copies of last year's gossip mags. [25 Jun 2002]
Start-up offers eBay-style user ratings for your site
News Propelled by the idea that user rating systems like those on eBay and Amazon.com can benefit all businesses, a Florida start-up has launched a reputation management service that any website can use.iKarma's new service allows any website owner to... [03 Mar 2006]
Start-up finds funding despite venture capital drought
News M's funding comes at a time when the venture capital well has dried up for many start-ups. London-based 7M, which sells software that web enables applications for ASPs, has gained the funding from a group of investors including 3i, Holland Venture... [01 May 2001]
Start-up of the Month: Webscreen Technology
Comment If Gary Milo's company was a proper 1999-style start-up, that waiter would probably be dishing up sizzling PowerPoints as a business development director by now. Nonetheless, Webscreen is close to having some of the energy of a proper gold-rush era... [19 Apr 2002]
Start-up touts alternative to Wi-Fi for homes
News A networking gear start-up hopes to popularise a new, faster form of home networking that relies on existing cable TV connections. Coaxsys, a San Jose, California-based company formed by a former networking guru at Intel, plans to start selling its... [15 May 2003]
Start-up tries to slash hardware costs
News Closely watched start-up Cassatt is joining the ranks of IT providers convinced that corporate computing is too expensive. The company on Monday is expected to disclose its product plans and reveal the names of initial software partners that intend... [06 Dec 2004]
Start-up offers online prescriptions to UK
News Last month another UK start-up, Pharmacy 2U (see 'Web prescriptions get all clear from UK authorities' http://www.silicon.com/a34959 ), worked alongside the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) to set out regulations to sell medicines online. [07 Feb 2000]
Start-up investments plummet as VCs struggle for cash
News Sliding stock markets meant virtually no start-up firms were able to float, reducing income for VCs and hence forcing them to cut back on further investments. Investments in fledgling companies plunged 65 per cent in the US during 2001, as venture... [29 Jan 2002]
