Entrepreneur's Edge
Online startup seeks to rival the Ivy League
- Former Silicon Valley CEO Ben Nelson has two years and $25 million to transform higher education.
Big venture firm raises the networking stakes
SAN FRANCISCO - Andreessen Horowitz, a three-year-old venture capital firm, has made a big mark in Silicon Valley partly through the sheer scale of its endeavors, with big funds totaling some $2.7 billion and big investments in high-profile companies including Facebook, Twitter, Zynga and Groupon.
Tech startup 2tor rides surge in online education
TORONTO - Long-distance study is rising in popularity and cracking open a market for online educators whose infrastructure brings the portable classroom to life.
Startup aims to Kaptur bigger slice of lucrative wedding market
NEW YORK (Reuters.com) - Following his 200-guest wedding in Tuscany and two-week honeymoon to Egypt, Tejpaul Bhatia's inbox was bombarded with photo attachments and links to pictures from his special day. Frustration mounted as he faced the onerous task of organizing all of these images. | Video
Web startup tackles student debt "crisis"
- Sue Khim was in her third year of medical school, $50,000 in debt and wondering if she would ever dig herself out. | Video
Startup Gtrot looks to simplify online travel planning
CHICAGO - During forays to all seven continents, Brittany Laughlin was frustrated she couldn't more easily tap her friends' social network feeds for travel tips and recommendations. | Video
Wired founder becomes real-life Willy Wonka
SAN FRANCISCO - The world doesn't need another chocolate company, according to digital media pioneer Louis Rossetto, but that didn't stop him from starting one anyway. | Video
Entrepreneur develops low-cost housing solution for Haiti
TORONTO - A million Haitians remain homeless after last year's devastating earthquake, but entrepreneur Terry Ball has a solution to help put roofs over their heads faster. | Video
Yobongo focuses on making chatrooms cool again
SAN FRANCISCO - Entrepreneur Caleb Elston is using an outdated form of communication -- chatrooms -- to try to make it "less socially awkward to meet people." | Video
Mother creates unsweetened solution to "boring" bottled water
SAN FRANCISCO - Struggling to wean herself off soft drinks, Kara Goldin inadvertently discovered her own bottled water business. | Video
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