These Are The Reasons Your Startup Might Fail
The number of startup businesses that end in tears can be rather daunting. A new study has shown exactly why this is the case and what these guys and girls have been doing wrong.
So You Know Rubybox? Now Imagine That Was Filled With Marijuana
We know how much the average stoner hates to leave the house, so these California whizzkids decided to bring the weed to their door.
STOP EVERYTHING – Has Someone Just Invented An ACTUAL Hoverboard? [Video]
While many have tried and failed, some engineers have maintained the search for the holy grail of urban transportation: the hoverboard.
Win Office Space In The Buzzing Woodstock Exchange
Save a month’s turnover by winning office space for 2 from The Bureaux in the trendy Woodstock Exchange.
Start-ups And Shared Office Space – An Interview With The Bureaux’s Greg Beadle
We sent Greg Beadle, the owner of The Bureaux here at The Woodstock Exchange, 10 questions on himself and how The Bureaux started in the first place.
Local Burglar Alarm Startup Makes A Mockery Of The Industry [Video]
If you have always thought that this new-wave of high-end alarm systems that can be operated and monitored from a smart device are only for the rich and famous – you’d be thinking right. Until now.
Forbes’ Hottest Global Startups Of 2013
Judging the success of an individual startup company is complex. Forbes has researched its way through swathes upon swathes of startup companies, in an attempt to quantify the most successful new businesses of 2013. This is their list.
Jessica Alba’s Startup Raises $25 Million
LA-based start-up, The Honest Company aims to make eco-friendly, non-toxic, affordable products for babies and their families. In the normal run of business, it might have been hard to get going. But when Jessica Alba is one of your co-founders, that’s not too much of a worry.
This Is Why Starting Your Business On The Side Is A Good Idea
Budding entrepreneurs out there will be keen to pack it up at their current job, sign a lease for a new office space, and ship out immediately. But in such a competitive market where more businesses fail than succeed, its important you consider every step as carefully as possible. The first step is to decide whether to keep your job, and have your business on the side or to go the full Montgomery Burns and dive straight in to business. Here are a few reasons why you ought to be doing the former.
Pinterest Raising Millions In A Bid Fund International Expansion
Pinterest, the hottest social photo sharing website right now, looks set to receive a nice $50 million injection from Japanese giant, Raukten. Plus another reported $70 million coming in from other international investors! This means that Pinterest’s valuation is now in the range of between $1 billion and $1,5 billion. Impressively, they’ve only been around for two years.
Google Launches ‘Umbono,’ Cape Town Based Startup Funder
Google has set up the first of its startup-funding offices in Cape Town, under the ‘Umbuno’ flagship. “Umbono” is isiZulu for ‘vision’ or ‘idea’. Google also showed that it knows how to make a girl feel special, saying it chose Cape Town because the city is in “the process of positioning itself as a hub for innovation and technology”.