New US website lets 'crowd' fund college grad startups

San Francisco (AFP) Aug 8, 2012
A former Google executive on Wednesday opened an online venue where college graduates with dreams of starting companies can be matched with investors and mentors. Recent and soon-to-be graduates are invited to pitch entrepreneurial ideas at Upstart.com, which one-time Google Enterprise president Dave Girouard created as way for young people to launch businesses with "crowd funding." "Thr

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