TechCrunch:
Keith Teare was hanging around the Real-Time CrunchUp today showing off his newest project – Speedi.ly. What does Speedi.ly do? One thing, very well and at scale. Speedi.ly takes a piece of content, or grabs the content from (Read More)
Submitted by mogston
from blog:
As I have written many times before, answering the vexing question of when founders should remain or be replaced as CEO is probably both the most important and most difficult part of the job for both founders and the VCs who (Read More)
TechCrunch UK:
This is our third guest post written by a London-based VC. To allow them to speak plainly without jeopardising their fund or their career in the small village that is the London VC scene, I’m allowing them to post anonymously (Read More)
VentureBeat:
eBay said it has completed the sale of a 70-percent stake in Skype communications service for an amount that values the company at $2.75 billion.The buyer is an investor consortium led by Silver Lake Partners, the private equ (Read More)
TechCrunch:
eBay has just announced that it has completed the sale of Skype, valuing the company at $2.75 billion. The investor consortium who is the buying party and will control an approximately 70 percent stake is an investor group le (Read More)
VentureBeat:
NeoEdge has gone through some big changes in the in-game advertising market, which has been battered by the recession and disruptions in casual game sales.Today, the company is announcing that is merging with casual game deve (Read More)
VentureBeat:
IPWireless, a maker of mobile network equipment, has raised $15.5 million in a new first round of institutional funding. The company previously raised $235 million and was acquired by NextWave Wireless in 2007, but NextWave s (Read More)
VentureBeat:
The latest game company to raise a round of funding reflects the global reach of the industry. Chile’s Atakama Labs has raised $4 million from two Chilean venture capital funds, Austral Capital and COPEC-UC.The company hasn’t (Read More)
Submitted by SquidLord
from Google Reader:
Electronic Arts announced today that it is closing Pandemic Studios, developers of such co-op titles like Mercenaries 2 and Lord of the Rings: Conquest. With the closure comes around 200 layoffs as well as Pandemic founders (Read More)
Submitted by louisgray
from Google Reader:
According to PR Newser Ken Auletta reports in his book, Googled that Larry Page told his PR department that he would give them “a total of eight hours of his time that year for press conferences, speeches, or interviews.”Supp (Read More)
Submitted by competent
from Google Reader:
← Presenting Founder Collective Pitch yourself, not your idea November 14th, 2009 | startups, venture capital There is a widespread myth that the most important part of building a great compa (Read More)
Submitted by PinkLisa
from Google Reader:
Justin Timberlake held on tightly to his script yesterday as he arrived for another afternoon on the LA set of The Social Network. He came in a fedora and a plaid shirt, but it didn't take long before he was suited up to get (Read More)
Submitted by mogston
from blog:
Punchbowl Software out of Framingham, MA, which has set-up as an Evite alternative, has acquired I’m In!, a site for group travel and local trip ideas used by bros or BFFs as they travel to Las Vegas or Miami. No financial te (Read More)
VentureBeat:
(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany. This column originally appeared on his blog.)I joined the board of Cafepress.com when it was a startup. It was amazing to see the tw (Read More)
VentureBeat:
New hardware companies aren’t formed every day. But Origin PC, a new maker of computers for gamers, sees an opening in the market for computer gaming enthusiasts that it hopes to exploit.It’s targeting Hardcore PC game fans w (Read More)
TechCrunch:
I wasn’t kidding around when I wrote that Rdio, the latest online music venture backed by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis – the original founders of Kazaa, Skype and Joost – was assembling a killer team by hiring away top ta (Read More)
Submitted by stewbagz
from blog:
I Joined The Board Of Cafepress.Com When It Was A Startup. But Cafepress S Most Memorable Moment Was When The Founders Used A Lessons Lea
. (Read More)
Hacker News:
When Americans think of the Indian technology sector, they still perceive a nation of call center workers and low-level computer programmers administering databases and updating websites. But while the West was sleeping, Indi (Read More)
Submitted by zelkovavc
from Twitter:
We are proud to have 2 Zelkova porfolio co founders on the list of mentors for the Founders Institute! @founding @mobilecommons @beammepro. (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
Google came to Syracuse’s campus to recruit new graduates when I was a senior. I attended the information session and learned which jobs I could qualify for. I created a fancy cover letter and resume, crossed my fingers and (Read More)