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Said investor Marc Andreessen earlier today of Marissa Mayer's post as Yahoo's newest CEO: “On the one hand, there have been very few Web turnarounds.” On the other, he said, “it’s hard to overestimate how screwed Apple was in 1997.”
Top employment attorney Cliff Palefsky speaks to peHUB about arbitration agreements generally, their growing ubiquity, and why in many cases, he thinks they border on scandalous.
Digg, the once high-flying news aggregation and discovery site, has sold to Betaworks for a reported $500,000. The Wall Street Journal says that none of the company’s remaining employees will be joining Betaworks. The amount is a far cry from the company’s perceived value several years ago. No doubt it’s also a disappointment to the company’s […]
The pro wrestling giant World Wrestling Entertainment is no joke, and neither is its interest in making more investments in Silicon Valley startups.
San Francisco-based Tout.com, maker of a smartphone and Web application that enables real-time video status updates, has raised $13.4 million from a wide array of investors that includes World Wrestling Entertainment, 819 Capital, and individuals Gordon Crawford, Stan Shuman and Jack Schneider. The company had previously raised a $2 million Series A, in December 2010, […]
Kleiner didn't have a great morning in court today, but all is not lost, either.
Here’s an embarrassing disclosure: about a year ago, my annual bonus became tied in part to Klout. Why am I embarrassed about this objective?Because four years after its founding and despite $40 million in funding, it’s just not apparent that Klout works very well.
AM General, a South Bend, Indiana-based company that produces specialized vehicles for commercial and military customers, has hired Jeffrey Adams as its executive director in charge of marketing and communications. Adams spent the last 15 years at Lockheed Martin. AM General is backed by billionaire investor Ron Perelman. PRESS RELEASE: AM General today announced the […]
One month after announcing a $9 million Series B round led by Austin Venture Partners and Milestone Venture Partners, the Austin-based online health and fitness company MapMyFitness has announced an additional $3 million in financing from Square 1 Bank. The company is also announcing that it has surpassed 10 million registered members. PRESS RELEASE: MapMyFITNESS, […]
In many ways, technology and political campaigns were made for each other, but should startups be public about the campaigns they're helping to organize?