startup

If you're a venture capitalist, your office is typically swarmed on a daily basis with startup founders of archetypal fashion: college students and recent grads in their “signature Mark Zuckerberg hoodie attire” who inhabit the local Silicon Valley coffee house and claim to have...

Banana Republic, a subsidiary of Gap (NYSE: GPS), sent out an email last month with a look labeled as the “Startup Guy.” The outfit in question features a half-tucked button down, rolled-up khakis and (what appear to be) suede Oxford-style shoes. It's part of Banana Republic...

As part of of the ”Rise of the Rest” road tour, Detroit-based Stik.com received a $100,000 check from former AOL (NYSE: AOL) CEO Steve Case. “Rise of the Rest” is a four-day, four-city bus tour put on by UP Global, Revolution and Google for Entrepreneurs. It features pitch competitions by local...