Yesterday, one of New York’s most active angel investors Chris Dixon wrote: “ten million users is the new one million users.” Dixon said there is too much competition in the consumer startup space. So unless entrepreneurs show investors truly staggering numbers, they’re going to struggle to land Series A financing. (Dixon says transaction-based startups,...
Yesterday, one of New York’s most active angel investors Chris Dixon wrote: “ten million users is the new one million users.” Dixon said there is too much competition in the consumer startup space. So unless entrepreneurs show investors truly staggering numbers, they’re going to struggle to land Series A financing. (Dixon says transaction-based startups,...
It’s been over a year since Google CEO Larry Page promised to get his teams more focused on fewer projects. And boy has he: In the last 12 months Google has shut down several dozen products. He’s not done either. On Friday afternoon the axe was brought down on on three more products, as...
One of the features I’m most excited about in iOS 6, which is coming sometime this fall, is Shared Photo Streams, which allow you to easily share photos directly to the Photos app on another person’s iPhone. Since Apple didn’t demonstrate the feature at WWDC this year, we thought we’d take a look at...
Earlier this summer, Marissa Mayer’s career took an unexpected leap forward when she became the 19th female CEO of a Fortune 500 Company. But why was it so surprising? Mayer had all the makings for success: a stellar education from Stanford that led her to be one of the earliest, and most successful women...
Unless you’ve been in the evil clutches of a media blackout for the past few weeks, you’ll be well aware that Marissa Mayer has recently jumped ship (right over the top of Ross Levinsohn) to join Yahoo! as its new CEO. Combine this with the fact Mayer left a long-term high-ranking position at Google,...
If you ever have a need to transfer an audio recording into text format, you’ll likely love this little Chrome Web app. Aimed at journalists, students or anyone with a need to convert interviews and such like to the written from, Transcribe does exactly as it says on the tin. And it’s so incredibly...
The Internet has made so many parts of our lives easier, from commerce to communication, created countless jobs and revolutionized communication and the media. But there’s a darker side to the Web – communities that range from saddening to sickening, some comprised of troubled souls and others of downright terrible people. In an upcoming...
Henry Blodget Viewed over long periods of time, earnings growth for America’s biggest companies has been remarkably consistent. On average, SP 500 earnings have grown about 6% per year. When you hear that number, of course–and when you listen to stock analysts–you imagine a smooth, consistent line running up and to the right. The...
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