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by Steven Loeb - January 17, 2013
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Big Fish Games bets on cloud delivery, real-money games

by Steven Loeb, April 27, 2013 | Comments

Top casual gaming publisher owes its success by catering to an underserved market of women

Over the past decade or so, the Internet has brought gaming to the masses. People who want to play games no longer have to go to a store, buy an expensive console and pay $50 for each game. Now the games can come directly to them, and games are cheaper, accordingly. In turn, the market has become over saturated with ...

Care.com's Sheila Marcelo on women, business & funding

by Faith Merino, November 2, 2012 | Comments

	Marcelo will be at the upcoming Vator Splash NY on December 5 Our third Vator Splash NY is coming up on December 5, and we're honored to have Care.com CEO Sheila Marcelo as a keynote speaker. Care.com has raised $111 million to date, including a massive $50 million Series E round in July. Marcelo is one of the very few female CEOs who has raised more than $35 million in venture capital, ...
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Unbreakable rules to get to a $100M rev run-rate

by Reena A Jadhav, November 2, 2012 | Comments

Andy Kurtzig reveals to Reena Jadhav at Vator Splash

Pearl.com is connecting 10,000 experts with people in need and generating big money doing that. Andy shared his top three unbreakable rules for his success: 1. Market Need: Find out what customers really want and be truly customer need driven. Yes, we've all heard this one before but the key is how Andy went about proving market need for Pearl.com. ...

Video: David Sacks fireside at Google Ventures, Vator

by Kristin Karaoglu, October 29, 2012 | Comments

Bambi Francisco sits down with Yammer CEO and founder at Startup Sessions

If you missed our first-ever Startup Sessions, hosted by Google Ventures and Vator, and held at Google Ventures Startup Lab, here's the program part of the event. It's about 80 minutes long. Included in the program is Bambi Francisco's fireside chat with David Sacks, founder and CEO of Yammer. It's a great interview as Sacks, whom Francisco likens to The Most Interesting Man ...

David Sacks' philosophy on design and release

by Steven Loeb, October 21, 2012 | Comments

A buggy product can have a second chance; Yammer already influencing Microsoft's enterprise strategy

Is Yammer starting to influence Microsoft's enterprise strategy? With Yammer's social enterprise expertise and frequent release cycles, it appears that it is. At this past week's Startup Sessions, co-produced by Google Ventures and Vator, Bambi Francisco sat down with David Sacks, founder and CEO of Yammer. The event held at Google Ventures Startup Lab was sold out two days prior to the event. ...

David Sacks on angel investing: Distribution is key

by Steven Loeb, October 18, 2012 | Comments

The clever ideas have a new twist on distribution

At this week's first-ever Startup Sessions, co-produced by Vator and Google Ventures, Vator founder and CEO Bambi Francisco sat down with David Sacks, founder and CEO of Yammer, which was bought by Microsoft for $1.2 billion in cash this past June. The event, held at Google Ventures Startup Lab, was sold out two days prior to the event. Francisco asked how his pitch for Yammer evolved from ...

Did Microsoft find its 'Steve Jobs' in David Sacks?

by Steven Loeb, October 17, 2012 | Comments

As a product guy, Yammer's CEO and founder, could be the heir apparent to the Microsoft CEO job

(Updated with information regarding Yammer's upcoming Hacktoberfest) Just like Yahoo found its product person, Marissa Mayer, Microsoft may have just found its product leader in David Sacks. Sacks, founder and CEO of Yammer, which was bought by Microsoft for $1.2 billion in cash this past June, was our keynote fireside guest at the first-ever Startup Sessions series, hosted by Google Ventures and Vator. ...

Find your friends nearby with Kismet

by Steven Loeb, October 15, 2012 | Comments

Social discovery app was the winner of the People's Choice Award at Vator Splash SF

At Vator Splash SF last month, two winners were announced: one was picked by the judges, and the other won the People’s Choice Award, where members of the audience texted in their favorite presentation. The judges' vote went to real estate website Apartment List, which was profiled by my colleague Faith Merino in her piece: "Apartment List poised to thrive ...

Glam Media's unbreakable rules of success

by Reena A Jadhav, October 12, 2012 | Comments

Samir Arora spills secrets to Reena Jadhav

Glam Media has crossed 350 million monthly unique visitors and has become the number one lifestyle brand online. Samir Arora shares his unbreakable rules of success with Reena Jadhav at Vator Splash. Rule #1: Hire the right people. Pick people with not just skill but also attitude, tone and posture. Find people who can collaborate and work as a team. So ...

What are key ingredients to create a startup culture?

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, September 24, 2012 | Comments

Foundation Capital's Paul Holland says aspiring entrepreneurs are emerging across universities

What are a couple key ingredients that create an entrepreneurial culture and mindset at colleges? I asked Paul Holland, a partner at Foundation Capital, and the VC who's heading up Foundation Capital Young Entrepreneurs Program, or YEP, to find budding entrepreneurs across the country's schools. "It's a rich question," he said. But Holland points to Manhattan as an example of a place that's ...

Pearl's Andy Kurtzig interview with Bambi Francisco

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, August 6, 2012 | Comments

	Why Pearl's experts give it credibility and make this service stand out If you're an Apple fan, you know how much of a convenience it is to be able to just pick up the phone and get Apple Support. Imagine if you could pay a relatively minimal fee to ask questions about a number of topics, from legal, medical, mechanical, financial and so on. Wouldn't it be great if there were a ...
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Motif's Hardeep Walia interview with Bambi Francisco

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, July 31, 2012 | Comments

	Founder and CEO the new online broker for individual investors Last year, we shared news with our readers about the $20 million raised by Motif, a retail brokerage startup. This past June, the startup came out of stealth mode and has been open for business. Recently, I caught up with Hardeep Walia, founder and CEO, to learn more about how Motif. Motif is a new type of online retail broker. ...
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