New York City’s Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) is graduating 10 startups from its Winter 2013 class this morning, and we’re… Continue reading ⟩

This is a guest post by editor Polina Polishchuk As the web infiltrates commerce and social life more each day, more consumers are… Continue reading ⟩

Big banks have been keen early-adopters and patrons of the “big data” movement. One early proponent, Citigroup famously hired Watson, IBM’s number-crunching… Continue reading ⟩

Source: TheUglySweaterShopPhoto courtesy of TheUglySweaterShop Tonight is the VentureBeat holiday party in San Francisco. Granted, it is not an ugly… Continue reading ⟩

Los Angeles’s rise as an incubator for media-driven technology startups is well-documented, but it’s also becoming a hotbed for innovation… Continue reading ⟩

LendUp, a website and mobile app where people with poor credit can apply for short-term loans, wants to help people… Continue reading ⟩

There's a phenomenon known as “shopping therapy” or “retail treatment,” where people go shopping to feel better about them or… Continue reading ⟩

Citigroup, along with other companies, borrowed billions in emergency loans from working class individuals. However, it might turn out to… Continue reading ⟩

Douglas Merrill helped launch Google into the online-payments business with Google Checkout. Now he’s looking to help people afford to… Continue reading ⟩

It was a big year for cleantech. After a dismal start in the first quarter, things picked up, leaving it… Continue reading ⟩