After eight technology startups, several books and a decade of teaching, some would say that Steve Blank has turned the art of creating a tech company into a science. Still, he never thought his skills would be desired by actual...
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Steve Blank is teaching science entrepreneurs how to take their lab-created products into the market.
Can Startup Guru Steve Blank Help Save the Sciences?
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ODesk has 300,000 businesses using its software to help find, hire and pay contracted workers in remote locations.
T. Rowe Price Deepens Startup Bet With Investment in ODesk
T. Rowe Price is bolstering its bet on technology startups, and no longer just the ones that get all the headlines. Following investments in Facebook, Twitter, Zynga and Angie’s List among others, the mutual fund company today led a $15...
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OpenView Venture Partners, left to right, George Roberts, Adam Marcus, Scott Maxwell and Brian Zimmerman.
OpenView Shows It’s Not All About Facebook and Groupon for VCs
For venture capital funds not focused on social networking, mobile apps or e-commerce, there’s still hope when it comes to fundraising. OpenView Venture Partners took less than three months to raise its latest $200 million fund, and all of that...
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Kiva Systems Inc. robots sit at an Acumen Brands Inc. warehouse in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Bain Capital’s Kiva Investment Lifts Venture Profile in Silicon Valley
The best way for a venture capital firm to make a splash in Silicon Valley is to turn a signature investment into a big time profit. It looks like Bain Capital Ventures has arrived, thanks to Amazon.com’s $775 million acquisition...
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Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc.,
The Temptation of Tim: What Does Dividend Say About Apple’s Future?
Steve Jobs didn’t spend much time worrying about shareholders’ complaints. I recall talking with him in 2008 about some mini-crisis that had caused Apple’s stock to dip. “Who gives a s– about the stock price,” he let slip before getting...
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Kevin Rose,
Kevin Rose’s Road to Google
Kevin Rose likes four-letter words, and he’s about to learn a new one: GOOG. The search giant is hiring Rose, whose social media endeavors have included founding crowd-source news site Digg; Milk, which made the now-defunct Oink app; and Revision3,...
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Bruce Springsteen speaks at this year's SXSW in Austin.
SXSW Bears No Resemblance to Austin’s Technology Scene
South by Southwest Interactive is known as the place to find the next big social startup, be it Twitter, Foursquare or Airbnb. But what is Austin, the event’s host city, known for? Something far less sexy: business software companies. Putting...
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Chris Sacca is seeking investors for a new fund focused on startups.
Sacca Becomes Latest ‘Super Angel’ Investor to Go Bigger
Chris Sacca is the latest “super angel” investor to discover the challenge of having a small venture capital fund: There’s not enough cash when you need it. With his second fund, Lowercase Spur, Sacca is following the footsteps of Mike Maples and Jeff Clavier, raising more...
Read more »Dell’s Deal for SonicWall Intensifies the Land Rush in Security
Dell’s decision to pay what analysts peg at more than $1 billion for firewall company SonicWall shows that the computer maker sees protecting corporate networks as a ripe area for expansion – and a gateway to get more companies to...
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Felix Investments’ Privacy Policy Is All Latin to Us
The Securities & Exchange Commission has been investigating Felix Investments in preparation for an action it plans to bring against the New York-based broker of private-company investment vehicles, we reported today. The regulator may also want to red-flag Felix’s website,...
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