Posted on: February 4, 2011 by Alastair Goldfisher3 Comments »
Tim Westergren, the founder of online radio network Pandora, wouldn’t discuss his company’s plans for a potential $100 million IPO, which Reuters reported last month is imminent, but he offered plenty of lessons for startups that are struggling to make a go of it. “Do what it takes, get people to work for free, and [...]
Posted on: January 6, 2011 by Alastair Goldfisher2 Comments »
You don’t have to like music to work at RootMusic. But it doesn’t hurt. The San Francisco-based company—which developed the BandPage Facebook application for musicians—announced today that it raised a $2.3 million Series A round led by Mohr Davidow Ventures. Founder and CEO J Sider told me yesterday the funding will be used to “hire [...]
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
The surging popularity of bitcoin has some brand-name venture capitalists investing real money in the controversial virtual currency. Just since
Author : laragon
It’s that time of the year when every VC (or, well, most VCs) secretly pulls up Forbes’ Midas list and,
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Blackstone Group LP is planning to create a hedge fund which will consist of the boldest trades from the third-party
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Shares of Tableau Software soared nearly 64% on Friday, promising a massive return for its venture capital backers New Enterprise
Author : lbeltran
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