Posted on: October 25, 2012 by Connie LoizosNo Comments »
Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh is endeavoring to do something more ambitious than ever before. He’s trying to transform 1.5 miles of arid, dust-caked downtown Las Vegas into a bustling entrepreneurial center with up to $350 million of his own money. The question is whether he can pull it off without someone to simply say, “no.”
Posted on: October 16, 2012 by Connie LoizosNo Comments »
Much has been written about how popular crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter are merely scratching the surface of a big funding vacuum – and taking on venture capitalists in the process. But Kickstarter may ultimately evolve into more than a replacement to VC or even a lead-in to it. Today, in fact, it becomes a direct retail outlet for a fully baked product.
Yahoo’s $1.1 billion planned purchase of blogging site Tumblr is the largest exit of a pre-public venture-backed New York-based company
Author : mboslet
It’s that time of the year when every VC (or, well, most VCs) secretly pulls up Forbes’ Midas list and,
Author : mahendra
Venture-backed IPO activity has been sluggish so far this year, but there are signs this could change. Two recent issues,
Author : mboslet
The Michigan Venture Capital Association said 29 venture capital firms now do business in the state and contributed to the
Author : mboslet
MassChallenge said it selected 128 startups for its 2013 MassChallenge Accelerator Program. The companies come from eighteen states and 11
Author : mboslet
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