A lot of big names have gathered behind Lending Club, notably those of Larry Summers, Mary Meeker, and Read More
Google leads $125M secondary round in Lending Club
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Apps for your austere New Year’s resolutions
Now I know it’s New Year’s Eve and we’re all excited to booze it up tonight and then Read More
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How investment drives engagement
This week, Baba Shiv and I taught a class at the Stanford Graduate School of Business called, “Using Read More
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Facebook shares hit all-time-low since May IPO
Facebook shares fell another 6.2% to a record low on Wednesday. This makes for the third straight day Read More
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Apple reportedly in talks to buy a chunk of Twitter
Apple is reportedly considering an investment in Twitter in the “hundreds of millions” range, according to insiders who Read More
Kayak made its public splash today and several key players emerged victorious. Closing at $33.18 a share—27% more Read More
Clearly, the Arab world sees the value in Twitter. Billionaire investor Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, the nephew of Read More
Webinar marketing company BrightTalk recently recieved $20.5 million from North Bridge Growth Equity, securing a minority stake for Read More
Multimedia software developer ArcSoft announced Monday that it has received a $20 million investment from Intel Capital, Intel’s Read More
Where does Michael Arrington, founder of AOL-owned TechCrunch, work? Possibly AOL, probably not TechCrunch, but no one really Read More
Everything is going social, we already know that. But every once in awhile, a new company takes social Read More
Above: the view you see from the office of 500 Startups, located in the heart of Silicon Valley Read More
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VC flow levels out: $8 billion in 776 deals in Q2
After a serious drop in deals and dollars invested in 2009, venture investment flow more or less rebounded Read More
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Twitter closing $800 million at $8B valuation?
The rumor mill runs on and on. Twitter might be just a couple weeks away from closing a Read More
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Congress: let startups stay private forever?
Maybe that Facebook IPO isn’t coming after all. A few state representatives, including David Schweikert (R-AZ) and Jim Read More