'The Bay Area has long been an incubator for great startups, predominantly those in high-tech. Based on numerous criteria, including business mission, overall promise, social responsibility, and bleeding edginess, here are 5 of the best startups in San Francisco. It’s hard to go wrong with a good cause, and that’s exactly what this startup, founded by Doniece Sandoval, accomplishes. As of this writing, the company has already secured the rights to at least one Muni bus , which Sandoval hopes will be the first of the 40 buses that Muni plans to scrap. MORE >>

m sure whatever you did was interesting but I… … I attended Startup Weekend  in New Delhi. Startup Weekend is a global network of passionate leaders and entrepreneurs on a mission to inspire, educate, and empower individuals, teams and communities. Startup Weekend has been bringing together people from across the country on a common platform to present their ideas. So not only does Startup Weekend provides a platform where your ideas are heard, but it also supports entrepreneurs financially. 54 hours and you get to launch a startup … Phew! Partied? MORE >>

Startup teams have one objective, make money before running out of cash. Bootstrappers and VC-funded startups are shying away from splashy (TV) and tricky (PPC) tactics and giving content marketing strategies and blogging a second look. Some of the more nimble startups are finding that blogs are more versatile than previously thought. If you are unsure about how a blog can help your startup, then consider these 3 points: 1. But, I found myself on the Kissmetrics blog almost everyday reading posts like “How to Use a Single Metric to Run Your Startup.” How?”. MORE >>

The first week of 500 Startups Batch 6 just finished.  We were then told that we were going to demo our companies in front of everyone on the spot. Everyone went up, one at a time and pitched their companies.  There are a lot of international companies in our batch.  I knew that 500 invests in a lot of international companies but I didn’t expect to see it so prominently in the accelerator. can’t say it was the most productive week in terms of cranking out actual work, but from the company direction perspective, it’s been huge.  Startups MORE >>

startup can be engrossing, distracting, and stressful. Serial entrepreneurs are the Careers of the startup landscape. They Essentially, like the Careers, they’ve been trained since the birth (of their last company) to eat you for lunch, so watch out. entrepreneur careers hunger games katniss kim oksenberg launching a business Meridith Dennes project eve startupToday’s guest post is written by Meridith Dennes and Kim Oksenberg. Launching a business is always an adventure. In fact, it has a lot of similarities to competing in the Hunger Games. Do your homework. MORE >>