How to Write a Cover Letter That Gets You an Interview
Author: Dan Scalco / Source: Entrepreneur When applying for a new job, details matter. Your resume might be up to par, but that certainly isn’t going to be the only thing that gets you an interview. What will get you noticed and give you the best shot at...
Cochin Shipyard files papers for Rs 1,400-1,500 crore IPO
Source: Moneycontrol.com State-owned Cochin Shipyard today filed draft papers with capital markets regulator Sebi to raise an estimated Rs 1,400-1,500 crore through an initial public offering. The company -- the largest public sector shipyard in India in terms of dock...
Alteryx IPO Pops 23%, Bolstering The Market For IPOs
Author: BRIAN DEAGON / Source: Investor's Business Daily Alteryx's IPO started out well above its opening price, but started to slip shortly after it started trading Friday.(© kritchanut/stock.adobe.com) Data analytics provider Alteryx (AYX) popped 23% on...
Karnataka first state to grant funds to startups
Author: Anil Budur Lulla / Source: YourStory.com In a first in India, the Karnataka government granted funds to eight startups in the tourism sector which had won a hackathon. They were each handed over 25 percent of Rs 1.90 crore that they had collectively...
Equity Podcast: Apple and Amazon buy more companies, and Uber’s saga
Author: Alex Wilhelm / Source: TechCrunch Welcome to the second episode of TechCrunch’s newest podcast, Equity, our venture capital-focused show focused on the numbers, people and companies driving the technology industry. This week, TechCrunch’s Katie Roof,...
Alteryx IPO Draws Strong Interest In Hot Data-Analytics Field
Author: BRIAN DEAGON / Source: Investor's Business Daily Alteryx is one of several tech companies to go public in recent weeks. (©Melpomene/stock.adobe.com) Investor interest is high for the upcoming initial public offering of Alteryx (AYX), which has tapped...
Small Business Growth Has Stalled and That’s Bad for All of Us
Author: Jayson DeMers / Source: Time Small businesses drive our economy — and yet, they’ve gone missing. Historically, we’ve come to expect the creation of around 600,000 new businesses a year. While the Great Recession took those numbers down, economists...
Enterprise data firm Alteryx set to raise $126 million from NYSE IPO
Author: Jon Russell / Source: TechCrunch The wheels on America’s tech IPO train continue to turn. Enterprise data analytics firm Alteryx, the next tech firm in line to go public, has priced its shares at $14 ahead of its listing on the New York Stock...
Six more banks added to AIB initial public offering
Source: Independent.ie AIB pledged to pay a €250m dividend at its annual results - the first since 2008. Stock image An additional six banks were added to a planned initial public offering of AIB yesterday, heightening expectations the Government will pull the trigger...
3 Onboarding Tips That Close the Gap for Remote Employees
Author: Chris Byers / Source: Entrepreneur What does the first day at a new job look like for a remote employee? Work attire: likely comfy clothes. Start time: flexible, perhaps with a “welcome to the team” conference call at 9 a.m. First assignment: Start...
Zenreach raises $30M to help businesses boost their marketing with free Wi-Fi
Author: Anthony Ha / Source: TechCrunch Zenreach is announcing that it has raised $30 million in Series C funding. The round comes from venture capital firms like Maverick Ventures, Founders Fund (Founders Fund’s Peter Thiel joined the board last year), 8...
Years after crashing on Travis Kalanick’s couch, this founder has raised $18M for his startup, Mashape
Author: Connie Loizos / Source: TechCrunch For Mashape CEO Augusto Marietti, the Silicon Valley dream is playing out as well as could be imagined. In 2009, Marietti and his co-founder Marco Palladino — who’d formed a software company in Milan a year earlier...
Online ticket marketplace Vivid Seats is looking to sell for $1.5 billion
Author: Katie Roof / Source: TechCrunch Online secondary ticket marketplace Vivid Seats is looking for a buyer and they’re hoping to fetch a price of about $1.5 billion, TechCrunch has learned. According to multiple sources, private equity firm Vista Equity...
Italy’s MotorK, a company that offers digital services to the automotive industry, raises $10M Series A
Author: Steve O'Hear / Source: TechCrunch MotorK, an Italian company that offers a number of digital products to the automotive industry, has raised $10 million in Series A funding. The round was led by 83North, with participation from Zobito, a Swedish...
Why Office Perks Aren’t Enough to Attract and Retain Millennials
Author: Dan Ruch / Source: Entrepreneur The War for Talent is fierce, and brands of varying sizes find themselves fighting on multiple fronts to remain relevant with the youngest generation of employees. Millennials are less tied to their employer than...
Zenreach raises $30M to help businesses boost their marketing with free WiFi
Author: Anthony Ha / Source: TechCrunch Zenreach is announcing that it has raised $30 million in Series C funding. The round comes from venture capital firms like Maverick Ventures, Founders Fund (Founders Fund’s Peter Thiel joined the board last year), 8...
Athens gets a new venture fund
Author: Connie Loizos / Source: TechCrunch Raising money for a venture fund is almost never easy, but it’s a whole lot harder in certain places that are struggling economically, like Greece. Thankfully for the country, a new seed-stage firm has formed,...
Boost Facebook Engagement With These 3 Psychology Principles
Author: Wade Harman / Source: Entrepreneur In this era of marketing, Facebook is King. People are spending more and more time on the Facebook platform than any other. As of the fourth quarter of 2016, Facebook had 1.86 billion monthly active users. Not many...