Welcome to the Draper University of Heroes, a new school in San Mateo, California, where aspiring entrepreneurs get a taste of the madness involved in running a startup. We featured the program in this week’s issue of Bloomberg Businessweek and...
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Draper University Gets Aspiring Entrepreneurs Out of the Classroom
New Relic Reels in $80 Million to Expand Into Mobile
Lewis Cirne sold his first company for $375 million in 2006, eight years after getting it off the ground. His second company has reached a value of twice that amount in just over half the time. New Relic, which provides...
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A chicken soup dish with accoutrements is served at Naamyaa Cafe in London
Hungry for Photos: OpenTable Buying Foodspotting for $10 Million
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but photos of restaurant food are apparently worth $10 million. OpenTable, the online restaurant reservation company, is announcing today it’s paying that amount to buy Foodspotting, a smartphone application that lets people share...
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There are over a million home design photos to browse and save, to create your dream space.
Houzz Raises $35 Million to Connect Architects and Homeowners
Like so many entrepreneurs, Adi Tatarko and her husband, Alon Cohen, got into the startup game after they couldn’t find a solution to their problem. The Israeli couple wanted to renovate their newly-purchased Palo Alto home, but picking the right...
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Donald Trump is the latest billionaire interested in owning the New York Times.
Why It’s Hard for Trump — or Anyone — to Buy the N.Y. Times
Ridicule of Donald Trump has become an almost daily occurrence. This week, the mockery came after he was revealed to be the latest billionaire interested in owning the New York Times. Again, and again, and again. New York Magazine’s Joe Hagan, who decided...
Read more »Lynda.com Lands $103 Million in Biggest Education Financing
Over the past two years, as money poured into online education startups, Lynda Weinman sat back and operated her profitable bootstrapped company to little fanfare. With 2 million members signed up for Lynda.com’s tutorials on web design, photography and business...
Read more »Cox Enterprises Invests $250 Million With Board Member Rackley
Cox Enterprises is investing a quarter of a billion dollars with board member Tripp Rackley, betting the serial entrepreneur will be able to profit from emerging trends in media and technology. Cox Enterprises, the closely held company that includes the...
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Ron Hirson at the Fortune Brainstorm TECH 2012
Boku Co-Founder Hirson Eyes Next Mobile Startup
Boku President Ron Hirson is leaving the mobile payments provider he co-founded about four years ago to start working on his next gig. Hirson has signed on with Khosla Ventures and Mayfield Fund as an entrepreneur in residence, where he’ll...
Read more »Hey, Cisco — East Carolina University Wants Its Slogan Back
(This post was updated with Cisco’s response.) Cisco started an advertising campaign last month using the slogan “Tomorrow Starts Here.” Take a look at a commercial from Cisco’s website. It may sound like typical corporate jargon that doesn’t really mean...
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Esther Dyson is still excited about the possibilities with collecting data, and health devices that can give real-time feedback.
Angel Investor Esther Dyson Increases Dosage in Health Startups
Angel investor Esther Dyson continues to spread her wings. The former technology analyst found success as an early backer of photo-sharing service Flickr and bookmarking site Delicious, both of which sold to Yahoo. She’s on the boards of high-profile sites...
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