In February 2013, Geckoboard teamed up with Econsultancy to survey 368 startups about how they use data and what challenges they face in developing a culture of data. What follows is a brief synopsis of one of the more interesting themes — you can find…

Facebook recently announced that Facebook Messenger would let users call each other through VoIP. Microsoft bought Skype. Google has both Google Voice and Google Talk. And the recent emergence of WebRTC is finally warming the waters for…

The following post was contributed by Melissa Miranda, founder of Tiny PostPregnant. That was my big secret when I was pitching (and winning) at Women 2.0 a year ago. Not only am I a female founder, I’ve also led my startup while becoming a mom at the same time.I wish we didn’t…

Matt Berman recently joined 500 Startups as an in-house Distribution Hacker. As part of his role, he launched the 500 Distribution Program where he’ll work 1:1 with select 500 portfolio companies on user…

In addition to having lots of women on the 500 team, we’re proud to say that the startups we support are incredibly diverse, with a healthy mix of male and female founders from nearly every continent. We think it…

Post Contributed by Mark Kofman. He and Anton Litvinenko are the co-founders of Import2, an online service for automated data migration. With three startups behind them, today they help businesses and consumers to move…

Geeks on a Plane (GOAP) is a 10–12 day trip to various parts of the world with 20–25 “Geeks” (entrepreneurs, techies, designers, angels, VCs, mentors). The first Geeks…

This past year has been nothing short of AWESOME for 500 Startups. The #500STRONG family is on every continent except Antarctica, with Venture Partners on the ground in NYC, China, Mexico…

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