Small Business

Once in Silicon Valley's shadow, the LA tech community is home to some of the most valuable startups...but can it rise to become THE startup capital?

A lot of VC-entrepreneur relationships last longer than the normal marriage.

Caliber co-founder Andres Blank to make the case for his networking startup in an 'elevator pitch' on FBN's Risk and Reward with Deirdre Bolton.

There’s something special about the first month of the school year. How can leaders take advantage of the back-to-school spirit?

Practice these tactics and, like the Pope, you too can break through any crowd and connect

The second quarter of this year saw the most U.S. venture funding since the dotcom boom days, according to data from Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association.

Urban Compass, a New York-based real estate site which matches buyers with brokers, has raised $40 million in venture financing, as it looks to expand to new regions.

There has already been more venture capital poured into digital currency bitcoin this year than all of the last year, CoinDesk data shows. In fact, $113 million has been invested into bitcoin startups in 2014.

Traditionally a field dominated by technology and biotechnology, venture investors have developed an appetite for food.

In Silicon Valley, it's never too early to become an entrepreneur.

Trupanion a pet insurance company, rose 14% in its trading debut Friday. After pricing at $10 per share, the company raised $71 million in the offering.

Edible Arrangements, a company specializing in fruit bouquets and chocolate-dipped fruit, opened its first store in 1999.  Today, the business has more than 1,200 stores and looks to cash in on this year’s Mother’s Day holiday.

London peer-to-peer lender Zopa and Irish greeting-card company CleverBug were two of the startups that raised funding this week.

Despite their success as entrepreneurs, women find it exceedingly difficult to obtain venture capital funding, new research finds.

This week on the 3TechGuys show, Gene Marks, Brent Leary and Ramon Ray talked about the recent IRS lost email controversy and the ‘Starting FY15 – Bold Ambition & Our Core’ memo sent from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to all his employees.

Indiegogo CEO Slava Rubin discusses funding at Fortune's Brainstorm Tech 2014 Conference in Aspen, Colorado.

Though they might not do much for employee morale, narcissistic CEOs can do wonders for companies' bottom lines, new research finds.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba may be looking to invest in photo messaging app Snapchat at a $10 billion valuation, according to a report by Bloomberg.

New research from the International Franchise Association predicts that franchise growth will outpace the rest of the economy this year, but both franchisors and franchisees say lower tax rates would be a huge help.

Bernd Schoner, author of the upcoming book ‘The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide,’ on the employees you should hire for startup success.