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New Pew Internet data–Twitter growing, but Facebook still teens’ favourite
As you can see from the latest Pew Internet research Facebook is still used by far more teenagers than any other social sites, and that they were used by more teenagers in 2012 than in 2011. It is of course possible that more teenagers are using Facebook, but they are doing so less [...]
MIT Contest Winner 3dim Brings Gesture Control to Mobile Devices
Courtesy of MIT $100K 3dim Tech's gestural technology being used to type on a projected keyboard.
The winner of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's 2013 MIT $100k business-plan competition, 3dim Tech, has created software that...Show More Summary
Calling All Angels – Fort Collins Version
Three keys to a building a strong ecosystem for startups are: (1) entrepreneurs; (2) technology; and (3) investors. For a long time, newer entrepreneurial communities have relied on the first two segments to attract the third. We are now realizing that to sustain and grow a vibrant entrepreneurial community, we need to support all three. [...]
Microsoft Creates ‘Yammer North’ in Redmond to Learn New Software Tricks
Microsoft has been quietly operating a group inside its Redmond, Wash., headquarters called Yammer North in an effort to integrate Yammer into its vast software business, VentureWire has learned.
As Tech Giants Set Up Shop, Workers Flock to N.Y. — Especially Brooklyn
Something is drawing more tech talent to work in New York, said panelists speaking this morning at the WSJ Tech Cafe, an event in the city.
EAT Club Rolls Out Food Delivery With San Francisco ‘EAT Bus’
There are plenty of sites and apps for people who want to find and order food online in San Francisco. Is a "pick-up nearby" option a differentiator that hungry customers will embrace?
Why Limited Partners See Venture Business as an ‘I Love Lucy’ Skit
Limited partners delivered more rants than raves about the venture industry during a panel at the National Venture Capital Association’s VentureScape annual meeting last week.
The Daily Startup: Popexpert to Provide ‘Lifelong Learning’ Online
A roundup of venture-capital news and analysis from VentureWire and around the Web.
Antifragile by Nassim Taleb (Book Review)
Ok, so this isn’t so much a review as an exhortation to read Antifragile by Nassim Taleb which I consider one of the most important non-fiction books I have read. Let me start with some disclaimers: 1. I don’t read a lot of non-fiction books, not because I don’t start them but because I don’t finish them. Show More Summary
The IPA
No, I am not blogging about India Pale Ale, although I must say that I am a big fan of it. I am writing about one of the best patent hacks I have seen in the decade that I have...
Q&A With Survivalist Bear Grylls, New Adviser to Startup ZOZI
Survivalist and TV personality Bear Grylls has joined forces with travel startup ZOZI as an “elite guru” and adviser.
The Daily Startup: Food-Delivery Cos. GrubHub, Seamless Merge
A roundup of venture-capital news and analysis from VentureWire and around the Web.
Tech Tuesday: Security in Startups
Last week in Tech Tuesday I asked for topics to write about in my series on technology in startups. There seemed to be a fair bit of interest in security, so here we go. First off a disclaimer. As with any general purpose advice, you need to think a lot about what it is you are trying to do. Show More Summary
Why Tumblr is not Twitter or Facebook
Following Yahoo’s $1.1bn acquisition of Tumblr Pandodaily published an article asking why Tumblr and Foursquare, New York’s top consumer web startups, haven’t had the same success as Twitter and Facebook. First the numbers, as measured by 2012 revenues Foursquare and Tumblr are a long way behind: Pando points out that one would expect [...]
Native Advertising Event
This Thursday from 1pm to 6pm, our portfolio company Zemanta is co-hosting a summit on native advertising here in NYC. I've written and spoken a fair bit about native advertising so regular readers will likely be quite familiar with this...
Early Tumblr Investor Saw ‘Raw Talent,’ Capital Efficiency
One of Tumblr’s biggest fans is a venture capitalist who helped steer the blogging service from its earliest days to a deal to be acquired by Yahoo for $1.1 billion in cash.
Yahoo acquires Tumblr
Yahoo announced today that they will acquire our portfolio company Tumblr. In September of 2007 we, together with Spark Capital, invested in a 3 person start-up founded by David Karp, a 21 year old coder who had not finished high...
Bolt – Making Hardware Easier
Over the past few decades, the most compelling engineers and entrepreneurs I’ve met have tended to be working on problems that can be solved with software. Software has some great advantages but it comes with a few big drawbacks, namely it’s tied to a few standard types of input, although we are trying to impact [...]Show More Summary
How Yahoo-Tumblr Deal Is Milestone For New York Tech Scene
Yahoo's $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr is a notable among New York startups and could be a catalyst for the city's startup scene.
The Daily Startup: Effector Therapeutics Funded to Fight Cancer Tumors
A roundup of venture-capital news and analysis from VentureWire and around the Web.
