Startups fight for geographic diversity
Author: Mark Garrison / Source: wbfo.org Startup investors tend to back ventures similar to those that worked in the past, which often means pouring more money into the same old places. The imaginations of entrepreneurs are unlimited. But the data show that...
Will Spotify go public without an IPO?
Author: Katie Roof / Source: TechCrunch The Wall Street Journal wrote a story that Spotify is “seriously considering” joining the stock market without an IPO. The news was also reported by Mergermarket. The idea would be to go public without the fundraising...
Okta pops as Wall Street continues to take a shine to the enterprise
Author: Alex Wilhelm / Source: TechCrunch Okta came out of the gate strong today in its Wall Street debut, attracting the type of institutional investors CEO Todd McKinnon says should be around for the long haul. This IPO comes at a time when Wall Street...
Okta finishes up 38% in stock market debut
Author: Katie Roof / Source: TechCrunch Okta, the identity management software company, went public on the Nasdaq today, continuing a wave of tech IPOs. After pricing its IPO at $17, Okta raised $187 million by selling 11 million shares in the offering. And...
Study Shows Entrepreneurs Really Do Love Their Businesses Like Their Children
Author: Nina Zipkin / Source: Entrepreneur When talking about your business, it’s likely that at some point you’ve referred to it as your baby. But do you really love your business as if it were your own child? Researchers from Aalto University in Helsinki,...
6 Millennials Who Quit Their Day Jobs Share How They Did It
Author: Ryan Robinson / Source: Entrepreneur For many full-time employees, millennials in particular, joining the gig economy is an alluring prospect. Understandably so. Being a member of the gig economy, while potentially risky, affords many of us the...
Millennial-focused publisher Mic raises $21M, with Time Warner Investments joining the board
Author: Anthony Ha / Source: TechCrunch Mic has raised $21 million in new funding, which co-founder and CEO Chris Altchek said will accelerate the digital publisher’s investment in video news. The company says it currently reaches 66 million unique readers...
Breaking the Glass Ceiling Starts With Changing Workplace Culture
Author: Lydia Belanger / Source: Entrepreneur Men designed the traditional concept of career success, Arianna Huffington argues, and it’s holding women back. “It’s not enough for women in any industry to look at breaking through the glass ceiling. We need to...
You’ll Soon Need 10,000 Views to Host YouTube Ads
Author: Tom Brant / Source: Entrepreneur Want to make money from ads on your YouTube videos? Your channel had better have more than 10,000 views. Those are the new rules for the YouTube Partner Program (YPP), home to many people who make their livings...
White Lies Are Hurting Your Business. How to Stop Them.
Author: Dev Ittycheria / Source: Entrepreneur As the leader of a business, you're bound to recognize -- hopefully sooner than later -- that the reality is, much of the information you receive is not true. You may suffer due to others' sins of omission or...
The DeanBeat: The art of lifting the veil on a new video game console
Author: Dean Takahashi / Source: VentureBeat Microsoft revealed details on its Xbox Scorpio game console on Thursday, giving exhaustive specifications on the hardware that will go into its next gaming machine. So begins a series of revelations that will take...
Packhelp raises €350,000 to make your boxes pretty
Author: John Biggs / Source: TechCrunch You never think about it until it’s too late. Say you’ve built an amazing company selling the stoat-hair drink coasters from Iceland. Your ecommerce and marketing game is on point, your website is ready, and you get...
Otonomo raises $25M to help automakers make money from connected cars
Author: Darrell Etherington / Source: TechCrunch It’s no secret that data is the hot new revenue source for automakers, who are seeing additional profit opportunities bloom as vehicles become more connected and they can retrieve a ton of useful data that’s...
Okta Declares Initial Public Offering Value
Author: Sneha Nalawade / Source: martechadvisor.com Be the first to review Okta Inc., a cloud-based security and identity management software developer, has finally settled with the pricing of its IPO of 11 million shares of its Class A common stock....
Meniga helps incumbent banks keep fintech fear at bay
Author: Steve O'Hear / Source: TechCrunch A VC once told me that fear was the best sales tool ever invented. That was in reference to the hockey stick growth his cybersecurity startup was seeing, thanks to a raft of stories in the media regarding high...
Identity management software provider Okta seeks to raise $187M with IPO pricing
Author: Matthew Lynley / Source: TechCrunch Okta is setting an increasingly ambitious target for its IPO, now officially pricing it at $17 per share set for its debut tomorrow — and looking to raise as much as $187 million in the hopes that it can capitalize...
If you want venture investment in 2017, you should be big or successful already
Author: Michael J. Coren / Source: Quartz Venture capitalists have gotten pickier even as they continue to pour billions of dollars into promising startups. There were 279 funding deals in the Bay Area in the first three months of 2017, down 52% from a...
SeedLegals’ automation aims to replace lawyers in startup funding rounds
Author: Mike Butcher / Source: TechCrunch With AI and machine learning breathing down the neck of the vast quantities of dull contract checking, which currently goes on in many law firms, it’s no wonder startups are training their guns on this sector....