The Pros and Cons of Startup Accelerators A startup accelerator is built to foster rapid growth of its portfolio companies. It's a man-made perfect storm of mentorship, access to technology, office space and an innovative community, packed into a short time frame. Essentially, the function of an accelerator is to turn the art of starting a company into a program that can be repeated, churning out valuable companies as if on an assembly ...
June 11, 2013 - Mashable
Developing world oil demand surpasses wealthy nations - EIA NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil demand in developing countries surpassed that of wealthy nations for the first time ever in April, a U.S. report revealed on Tuesday, in the latest demonstration of how rapid growth ...
June 11, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! Finance