Startup News
Will New 'Excubator' Model Increase Startup Success Rates?
Forbes - 26 Mar 2014 17:07
Over the last five years, Red Rocket Ventures has consulted or mentored over 500 startups. But, unfortunately, most of these companies have had the same problem. They are typically so focused on building their produc...
Midas List 2014: The Methodology
Forbes - 26 Mar 2014 15:56
Some years, a major exit for a company like Facebook can shake up the ranks of venture capital’s top investors, putting an entire fund into the black and returning millions, if not billions, to a firm’s limited partn...
The Top 10 Venture Capitalists On 2014's Midas List
Forbes - 26 Mar 2014 15:47
FORBES staff counts down this year's top 10 venture capitalists on the Midas list -- featuring a new number one.
The Foolproof Recipe For Picking A Business Mentor
Forbes - 26 Mar 2014 23:53
For the longest time, I was in search of the best business mentor. I wanted someone I could readily speak to about my problems. I figured that If I found someone with the right amount of experience, someone that had ?mad...
Behind Box's public slap-fight with 'enterprise dinosaur' Intralinks
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2014 23:45
Guest Post: The difference between the enterprise companies of the '90s and their successors is as stark as the contrast between dinosaurs and mammals.
Stress, Scams And Hot Tubs - Is Zaranga The Least Anxiety-Inducing Vacation Rental Site?
Forbes - 26 Mar 2014 23:12
When Amitav Chakravartty was charged with finding somewhere for his extended family to stay for a graduation in Southern California, he turned to Craigslist.
If you use this startup once, you will never ship a package again
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2014 23:03
The latest startup to alleviate the hassle of posting and packaging is Shyp.
Does NYC need yet another delivery startup? Instacart elbows in
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2014 22:40
New York's market for on-demand delivery startups feels like it's just about to reach capacity. What little room was left has just been filled by Instacart's new speedy grocery service.
Google I/O is coming, now with a new, horrible registration system!
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2014 22:26
Unlike in years past, it's not going to sell out in a few minutes with technical glitches aplenty. No, this time, they've devised a new means of torture.
Last.fm is killing off its subscription radio service on April 28
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2014 21:52
Instead of a streaming radio service, Last.fm said it plans to focus all its attention on improving its recording and scrobbling of tracks on other streaming music services.
Funding Daily: March 26, 2014
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2014 21:48
Big bucks for Bitcoin -- yet again.
Security firm ThreatMetrix takes $20M after hooking up with Internet gambling companies
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2014 21:39
The firm most recently raised $18 million in March 2012. Following that round, ThreatMetrix told VentureBeat that its new funds would be used to fuel its international expansion.
Ambry Genetics Launches a New Generation of Clinical Exome Sequencing
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2014 21:01
Sponsored Post: Ambry Genetics ("Ambry") announces the launch of ExomeNext™ and ExomeNext-Rapid™ at the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) conference today in Nashville. The new assays feature lower turnarou...
Verizon joins Google, China Mobile at the Linux table
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2014 20:35
Verizon says it will ramp up its development of open cloud and virtualization solutions. It's a smart move for Verizon, which only recently started focusing on cloud computing.
Ariosa, maker of a genetic test for pregnant women, files for a $69M IPO
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2014 20:29
Ariosa Diagnostics is already a firm favorite with pregnant women. But it's about to become a big name on Wall Street, with its impending initial public offering.
King Digital Trades Below $22.50 -- An Omen For Wall Street?
Forbes - 26 Mar 2014 20:19
Anyone who is closely following the Initial Public Offering (IPO) market cannot help but ask a question about King Digital’s (NYSE:KING) IPO that made its debut today: where is the hype?
Amazon goes on a price-slashing spree, maxing out at a 61% cut
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2014 20:15
Amazon.com dropped prices for its cloud services -- for the 42nd time.
7 Reasons Why Your Business Should Invest In SEO
Forbes - 26 Mar 2014 20:09
Google the term "Is SEO dead?" and what comes back in return is over 44 million references including the aptly titled article of the same name by fellow Forbes contributor Jayson DeMers. In his article DeMers shares a co...
Amazon strikes back at Google: The cloud wars have only just begun
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2014 19:52
Public cloud heavyweight Amazon Web Services has added instances designed for apps that needs lots of memory and lots of storage.
Data for dummies: SugarCRM just got stupid-simple business data
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2014 19:52
Popular customer relationship management (CRM) vendor SugarCRM is enlarging its data offering today by announcing integrated business data from Dun & Bradstreet (D&B). The new data will help its users better pinpoint sal...
How Avis Budget Group Uses Data To Drive Its Marketing
Forbes - 26 Mar 2014 19:17
Avis Budget Group focuses on a 360-degree view of the customer by applying a segmentation strategy called 'customer lifetime value.' This allows it to look at the relationship not just as a transaction but from a longer-...
King CEO shakes off sour Candy Crush Saga investors
Venture Beat - 26 Mar 2014 19:16
King's stock price falls in its first day of trading, but its CEO says the social-game company can deliver in the long run.