Small Business

The latest round, co-led by Greylock Partners and Sequoia Capital, brings total funding to $66.5 million.

The Austin-based startup also announced a $4 million Series A round of funding from Charles River Ventures.

Will venture capital move beyond the boundaries of Silicon Valley?

If there’s one practical lesson that jury duty teaches small business owners, it’s the need to be proactive in delegating and preparing for the day you will not be around. And it doesn’t have to be a total time waste, here’s why.

Business transaction platform Tradeshift closed a $75 million round, while sales solutions startup ClearSlide raised $50 million. Here’s a look at some of the startups that closed rounds of the funding this week.  

Entrepreneurs share why they feel writing a business plan is valuable -- even if you don't need one in order to raise money or secure a loan. 

Eight entrepreneurs answer the question: What is the most catastrophic choice -- think hiring or funding -- you've made and how did you recover from the failure?

The right business plan is often the difference between a great idea merely sitting in your head and that same idea being turned into a multi-million dollar company. Here are the do's and don'ts of drafting a winning one.

Although you may have the greatest product or a brilliant idea for your startup, you need something else.

PayPal is expanding its Blueprint program. Now, startups participating in 18 incubators and accelerators will receive free processing for up to $1.5 million in payments.

With This Land, Marine Corps veteran Dan McCready is hoping to shed a spotlight on some of the United States’ most talented artisans and craftspeople.

Recent research by professors at Harvard Business School, Wharton and MIT Sloan finds that investors are more likely to fund startups when pitched by men than women. And for men it helps to be attractive, but not for women.

In an effort to prevent students from taking the Mark Zuckerberg and Sean 'Diddy' Combs route, campuses around the country are developing opportunities to keep their innovative students on campus. 

What's the backup plan? When I left Google in June 2012, I didn’t have one. I only knew one thing: It was my destiny to become an entrepreneur and the time had come.

Entrepreneur caught up with the Summly founder to talk about his success, Yahoo, his favorite gadgets, and what it takes to get your big break as a young entrepreneur.

New app marketing itself as 'Thinking person’s alternative to Tinder.'

A new Citibank Small Business Pulse survey shows the small business outlook is improving, but many owners are still dipping into their own savings to keep the business going.

Social-networking experts share their top tips for small businesses looking to make the most out of Facebook, without spending a ton of time or money.

The first lesson in business is figuring out who you should listen to and who you shouldn't.

The same care and effort you take in building your bracket should be used when hiring, and similar elements should be evaluated. Here a few analogies: