Category Archives: Crowdfunding

Reblogged from RocketNews24: Tadashi Yanai, chairman and director of Fast Retailing and the main force behind the expansion of Japanese clothes retailer UNIQLO, has recently made public his intentions to introduce a worldwide universal wage system for shop managers and … Continue reading →

Reblogged from VentureBeat: Upstart, the startup that can help recent graduates step off the treadmill of a corporate career, just closed its first round of funding. The San Francisco-based company, which has been described as a “Kickstarter for people,” secured $5.9 … Continue reading →

Reblogged from Small Business Compliance Services: President Obama declared April 9, 2013 as Equal Pay Day to highlight  the discrimination women currently face in equal wages for equal work. It is said that women make 77 percent of what their … Continue reading →

Reblogged from VentureBeat: Starting a company is a possible at any age. To prove that innovation isn’t just a young man’s game, we gathered together a group of founders from successful companies like Box, Hubspot, and Poshmark. These entrepreneurs say … Continue reading →

Reblogged from Streams of Conscience: Solar Sister is a network of women selling solar lighting to poor communities.  The women make a commission on each sale, with most of them spending the extra income on education for their children. Using … Continue reading →

Reblogged from luisylin: How are you going about making money? What if you could make money with some of your craziest ideas? Here are five of my favorite off-the-wall businesses: Game Truck – In 2006, Scott Novis, fed up with the … Continue reading →