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Greenspan's lack of foresight - then and now

by John Shinal, October 27, 2008 | Comments (1)

Man who made credit cheap now wonders what happened

If the current financial crisis seems like a bad dream that won’t end, come back with me to a less-painful time, when the leaders of U.S. economic policy faced problems so much more benign that it’s hard to see them as problems at all. As investment banks disappear along with investors’ retirement portfolios, this age might seem like a lifetime ...

Political sites see huge growth

by John Shinal, October 24, 2008 | Comments

But will the pre-election bump last, especially among liberals?

Two reports out this week showed just how much U.S. voters have turned to independent political blogs to read and express news and views.A comScore report revealed that political sites such as HuffingtonPost and Politico have seen traffic surging during.Huffington Post had the most traffic in September and some of the strongest growth, with unique visitors rising nearly six-fold from ...

Jobs gets AT&T to show him the money up front

by John Shinal, October 23, 2008 | Comments

That $900 million in iPhone cash can now be plugged back into product

Steve Jobs' timing has so far been impeccable when dealing with iPhone service provider AT&T.When the first version of the device came out, Jobs opted to share AT&T's wireless data revenue rather than take the subsidies that most phone makers receive to keep the cost of their handsets down.Jobs figured that smart phone fans and Apple addicts would pay whatever ...

AdMob raises $15 mln, looks to expand

by John Shinal, October 22, 2008 | Comments

Mobile ad network revenues surging, thanks to iPhone

When we last spoke to AdMob CEO Omar Hamoui, he told us ad impressions and revenue were both growing about 10-fold annually.Now the company is cash-flow positive and is looking to expand overseas.It got a big boost for those plans this week when it raised another $15 million from Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners and other investors. At the MobileBeat conference ...

Tech stock valuations at mercy of hedge funds

by John Shinal, October 21, 2008 | Comments

End-of-year redemptions could keep prices down for public and private tech firms

Hedge funds have been liquidating stock positions of late in order raise cash.They're going to need that cash in order to pay clients who want out of such funds, most of which have suffered losses and are having their worst year in memory.The sales have helped push down the tech stocks in the Nasdaq, because hedge funds -- always willing ...

Start in Israel, but move to Silicon Valley

by John Shinal, October 20, 2008 | Comments

FixYa CEO Bensadon says access to talent, venture capital is key

Yaniv Bensadon founded FixYa in his native Israel to take advantage of that country's entrepreneurial spirit and lower startup costs. But once he start looking to raise VC money, after an early angel round, his search in Israel came up dry. "It was hard to find people (who'd invest)... they'd been burned during the dotcom bubble," Bensadon says. So in ...

The deal that won't die -- and why

by John Shinal, October 16, 2008 | Comments (3)

Ballmer liked Yahoo at $42 bln, still interested at 50% off

Steve Ballmer just doesn't seem able to let go of the notion of partying in Sunnyvale.The reason he still wants Yahoo is the same one he's had for two years now.Unfortunately, Google's better-than -expected earnings report showed once again how futile Ballmer's hopes in the search ad market will likely be. Ballmer's comments today that a deal still "makes sense ...

Depression-proof business models

by John Shinal, October 15, 2008 | Comments (1)

Can't afford the mortgage? Bring on the entertainment and booze!

Dire predictions about the fate of Silicon Valley startups are starting to pile up. We first warned you about it several weeks ago. Soon after, an Armageddon-like presentation that Sequoia Capital (See presentation below) gave to its portfolio companies prompted bloggers and VCs to opine on how bad things can get. Tough times are ahead for a host of young ...

FixYa.com "almost cash-flow positive"

by John Shinal, October 14, 2008 | Comments

CEO Bensadon says revenue growing about 25% per month

When Yaniv Bensadon founded FixYa in 2005, the crowdsourcing support site was dedicated to helping users fix problems with their electronic gadgets. Since then, it's expanded to include everything from cars to appliances. Traffic to the site, which gets 10 million unique monthly visitors, is growing 12% per month, while revenue is growing at twice that rate, Bensadon says. FixYa.com ...

Google muscling into iPhone ad market

by John Shinal, October 13, 2008 | Comments

More search to complement display ads on the fast-growing mobile platform

You knew this was coming, but some mobile ad startups might have hoped it wouldn't happen this fast. Two months after Google CEO Eric Schmidt predicted that his company would eventually generate more revenue from mobile ads than from the desktop, the company unveiled a service that will let ad buyers target search ads at iPhone users. One might have ...

Private equity deals up, but valuations hit

by John Shinal, October 10, 2008 | Comments

Market is growing but financial turmoil impacting private share prices

All equity markets are hurting these days, even fast-growing and exclusive ones that involve only high net-worth individuals and professional money managers. The market for private equity transactions, where startup companies, their executives and their investors sell shares through private placements, is expected to grow 50% this year to about $3 billion, according to several firms that broker transactions and ...

Hoping the cure isn't worse than the disease

by John Shinal, October 9, 2008 | Comments

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Carlyle's Grady on reforming capital markets (Part 2)

Young companies of a certain size need access to capital markets to grow.When they get it, they generate innovation, jobs and profit for their investors.When they don't, all of those things suffer. That's why Carlyle Group's Bob Grady is hoping that the overhaul of the U.S. financial system isn't a case of the cure being "worse than the disease."Grady, who's ...

Financial startups as safe havens

by John Shinal, October 6, 2008 | Comments

Venture-supported companies safer than those that need access to credit

My good friend and poker buddy Joe had some good insight on the job market last week, in between pulling bills from his wallet during a rash of bad cards.Joe is a natural-born salesman and can sell anything. In the 8 years I've known him, he's had no trouble finding a job whenever one goes south. (During the dotcom heyday, ...

Google planning for WaterWorld - just in case

by John Shinal, October 3, 2008 | Comments

Part 2: CEO Schmidt says green push is in company's best interest

Google's push to convince the U.S. government to subsidize renewable energy sources is designed to reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions and its dependence on foreign oil in the next two decades. That's good for the general population, as CEO Eric Schmidt said during a question and answer session after his speech to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. "Why ...

Google's Schmidt: how to remake energy policy

by John Shinal, October 2, 2008 | Comments (1)

Says company's $4.4 green tech plan will ultimately save $1 trillion

Google CEO Eric Schmidt issued a sweeping challenge to U.S. political leaders this week, calling on them to invest $4.4 trillion dollars in renewable energy over the next two decades. But first he lambasted the short-sighted policies that have led to the country's dependence on fossil fuels. Schmidt said the current state of the U.S. energy industry represents "a complete ...

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