Why Food Truck Businesses Are Revving Up (Infographic)
Author: Rose Leadem / Source: Entrepreneur Spring is finally here, and that means more and more people will be out and about. That means it’s a great time for people in the food industry -- specifically the food truck business. Today, food trucks are the...
6 Ways to Handle Rapid Growth
Author: Sheila Eugenio / Source: Entrepreneur Your business is booming. Sales are up and profits have never been higher. Those greener pastures you have been tirelessly working towards are finally starting to come into view. The rapid growth stage is one of...
3 Malaysian startups nab funding from 1337 Ventures
Author: Jack Ellis / Source: Tech in Asia 1337 Ventures ran a pre-accelerator bootcamp in Kuala Lumpur last month. Photo credit: 1337 Ventures. Malaysia’s 1337 Ventures has invested in three local startups selected through its Alpha Startups pre-accelerator...
10 Ways to Keep Your Contractors Happy Without Paying More
Source: Entrepreneur When you have your own business you want to keep your contractors happy without paying more. One of the ways to be successful is through the hiring of quality contractors. Unfortunately, some business owners put little to no effort into keeping...
How One Former Google Exec Is Driving More Funding to Female Entrepreneurs
Author: Jessica Abo / Source: Entrepreneur Fed up with the systemic biases that women face when trying to get funding for their businesses, Karen Cahn launched a crowdfunding platform called iFundWomen to drive much-needed capital to women-led startups and...
The Simplest Ideas Can Be Extremely Profitable. Here’s Proof.
Author: Stephen Key / Source: Entrepreneur Does the licensing lifestyle sound too good to be true? It might. But, if you're creative and you hustle, you can pitch and rent out your ideas for consumer products to companies with global distribution. In fact, I...
Texas Angel Networks Summit Highlights SA Startup Ecosystem
Author: Iris Gonzalez / Source: Rivard Report A large audience gathers at the 2017 Alliance of Texas Angel Networks Summit at Hotel Emma. The flurry of business cards exchanging hands Friday at Hotel Emma reflected the keen interest of angel investors from...
How Local Service Marketplaces Are Bridging the Gap Between Professionals and Consumers
Author: Lanre Onibalusi / Source: Entrepreneur A few decades ago, if you wanted to find service providers, artisans, stores and more in your area, your options were limited. You could consult your local phone book (remember those?) or ask friends for advice....
Why You Should Walk the Line Between Company Culture and Your Individual Leadership Style
Author: Thuy Sindell and Milo Sindell / Source: Entrepreneur The company culture is the heart of the organization. Goals, processes and policies should be tied to it. So when leadership styles within the organization match that culture, success should...
Former Bitly CMO returns to Seattle, creates VC fund to provide NW startups with more early-stage cash
Author: Nat Levy / Source: GeekWire Seattle has become one of the most important top tech hubs in the world, with an all-star lineup of homegrown companies and massive offices for out-of-towners looking to get their hands on the region’s deep roster of tech...
Funding for startups compared: crowdfund vs VC vs bank vs bootstrap vs angels
Author: Charlotte Jee / Source: Techworld Any startup will tell you that cash flow is absolutely crucial to the survival of their business. Two-thirds of startups have less than a year's worth of money left, according to Anand Sawal of investment analysts CB...
Jump-start for startups: New tech ideas vie for funding
Author: Art Raymond / Source: DeseretNews.com Nicole Boliaux, Deseret News Piryanka Bakaya, CEO of PK Clean, shows off a jar of fuel made from plastic waste during a five minute presentation during the Technology Commercialization and Innovation Demo Day...
Amazon Web Services Changed the Way VCs Fund Startups
Author: Michael Blanding / Source: HBS Working Knowledge More entrepreneurs are receiving initial funding from VCs thanks to technologies such as the cloud. Source: PeopleImages As cloud technologies allow startups to build companies faster and cheaper than...
Modern Media Acquisition Corp. Announces Pricing of $180 Million Initial Public Offering
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Modern Media Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) has announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 18 million units at an offering price of $10.00 per unit, each unit consisting of one share of the Company’s common stock, one right and one-half of one warrant.
Each whole warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one share of the Company’s common stock at $11.50 per share.
Modern Media Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar business combination with a target company.
The offering is expected to close on May 17, 2017 and the units are expected to begin trading on May 12, 2017 on the NASDAQ Capital Market (“NASDAQ”) under the symbol “MMDMU”.
A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 2017.
The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus.
Some of the statements contained in this press release may constitute “forward-looking statements” for purposes of the federal securities laws.
Forward-looking statements are statements other than historical fact, and may include statements regarding Modern Media Acquisition Corp.’s (“Modern Media” or the “Company”) expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding future actions or events, including the closing of the initial public offering, the Company’s ability to acquire an operating company and thereafter successfully operate any acquired company and the Company’s ability to identify and effect a combination with a target with the desired enterprise value.
The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on Modern Media’s current expectations and beliefs concerning potential future developments and events, and their potential effects on Modern Media.
Modern Media undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable law. 
Modern Media Acquisition Corp. Announces Pricing of $180 Million Initial Public Offering
Source: Business Wire NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Modern Media Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) has announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 18 million units at an offering price of $10.00 per unit, each unit consisting of one share of the Company’s...
A Different Pathway to Startup Success: How to Avoid Taking Money and Losing Control
Author: John Rampton / Source: Entrepreneur Editor’s Note: In the new podcast Masters of Scale, LinkedIn co-founder and Greylock partner Reid Hoffman explores his philosophy on how to scale a business -- and at Entrepreneur.com, entrepreneurs are responding...
How Much Money Should Entrepreneurs Really Raise?
Author: Rose Leadem / Source: Entrepreneur Editor’s Note: In the new podcast Masters of Scale, LinkedIn co-founder and Greylock Partners Reid Hoffman explores his philosophy on how to scale a business -- and at Entrepreneur.com, entrepreneurs are responding...
Scotland’s Unicorn Hunter
Author: Jeremy Kahn / Source: Bloomberg.com Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc., doesn’t spend much time schmoozing with investors. He takes just a handful of meetings with the fund managers who own Amazon’s...