15 points to reveal the “Launching a Startup is easy” myth. (1/15): Critical mass is absolutely necessary

In the last few weeks I have been busy doing a number of different things that prevented me from writing posts on businesshackers. I appreciate my faithful readers for patience and kindness. Today I would really share some thoughts on how to successufully launch and manage startups. It is not exactly what I do in [...]

How I Raised $5.3 Million in Venture Capital at Age 22

We have been blogging about startups since 2006, but there is always something interesting to discover. If you search the net, you can find Ryan Allis, the author of entrepreneurship book bestseller ‘Zero to One Million’ shares how he raised $5.35 million in venture capital for iContact at age 22. This guy is absolutely great, [...]

iFutbal - much more than a YouTube clone for football fans

The football is almost over, but I am still excited as the Euro Cup is going to start soon. A nice site has been recently launched, which is a sort of YouTube clome. In a nusthell, iFutbal is an audience-driven video site dedicated to the most popular sport in the world.
Soccer fans are able to [...]

Average startup profitability is to decrease by 30-40% in 2008-2018

Despite the fact that I am currently only partly involved in the “startups community” I am starting to observe trends in the industry that will influence the way investors look at startups.
It was in 2001-2002 that mature economies experienced the burst of the Internet bubble. In the US investors lost millions of dollars and when [...]

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