Archive for the ‘Venture Capital’ Category

Mobile Ads: Not So Fast

December 12th, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in Advertising, F, GOOG, IT, Internet, MSFT, NOK, PG, TWX, Technology, Telecommunications, VOD, Venture Capital, YHOO

Mobile advertising revenues aren’t growing as fast as expected, and that could spell trouble for a bunch of venture-funded startups

Activision-Vivendi’s Game-Changing Deal

December 3rd, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in AMGN, ATVI, Computers, Consumer Electronics, ERTS, Entertainment, Internet, MWY, Mergers & Acquisitions, NCSCF, NTDOF, SNE, Technology, VIA, VIV.PA, Venture Capital, software, video games

The new Activision Blizzard will give EA a heavyweight to contend with in the increasingly important market of massive multiplayer online games

Good Times for Asia’s Young Entrepreneurs

November 16th, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in Asia, EBAY, Entrepreneurs, IBM, International, MSFT, Venture Capital

Thanks to an improved business climate and a wave of funding from U.S. venture capitalists, the region’s entrepreneurs are finding success right at home

Hip-Hopping the Digital Divide

November 12th, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in Entertainment, Entrepreneurs, GOOG, Internet, Media, NWS, Technology, VIA, Venture Capital, YHOO

Greater broadband access among urban minorities has spurred entrepreneurs to develop new, media-rich sites for this growing audience

Beckoning Boomers to the Web

November 4th, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in Advertising, CNET, Entrepreneurs, Internet, MNST, NWS, Retirement, SCOR, Small Business, Technology, Venture Capital, Viewpoint

Eons and TeeBeeDee both court the over-50 crowd, but their diverging paths illustrate the differences between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0

Europe’s Mr. Entrepreneurialism

October 29th, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in CSCO, DNA, Entrepreneurs, Europe, GOOG, Innovation, International, Investing, Mutual Funds, Politics, Small Business, TOC, Technology, Venture Capital

Serial entrepreneur Philippe Pouletty says, to create white-hot successes in the Google mode, Europe needs to free up more institutional funds for startups

$200 Million for Electric Cars?

October 29th, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in Autos, Autos - hybrids, Energy, Entrepreneurs, Executives, GM, ILCO, IT, Innovation, NSANY, RENA, SAP, Science, TM, Transportation, Venture Capital, software

Software industry hotshot Shai Agassi has a well-funded plan to shake up the auto industry with a new approach to the electric car

Planning for a Crush of Startups

October 19th, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in Career & Work, Entrepreneurs, GOOG, Networking, Politics, Small Business, Venture Capital

This week’s Web roundup: Paul Graham predicts a glut of new ventures, a survey on the small-biz vote points Republican, and more

Y Combinator Inspires Imitators

September 26th, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in EBAY, Entrepreneurs, GOOG, Small Business, Venture Capital, YHOO

Paul Graham’s intensive workshop permits investors and startups to check each other out with a minimum of risk and a maximum of potential

Google’s Race to the Moon

September 14th, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in AMZN, Career & Work, Entrepreneurs, GOOG, Investing, Politics, Small Business, Venture Capital

Internet giants back contests for entrepreneurs; Obama reaches out to small-biz owners on LinkedIn; advice on raising investment funds; and more