The Valley Comes to Beverly Hills
By Kyle Austin Los Angeles is newly becoming a technology hot spot. Led by the digital entertainment revolution, it has become one of the next big markets lauded by venture capitalists eyeing the next...
View ArticleIs a Lack of Exit Options Killing Innovation?
By Kyle Austin There was some great debate in the blogosphere last week on how a lack of exit strategies for start-ups, that need to return on venture money, is killing innovation. The debate was...
View ArticleGoogle Gives Signs of a Brighter Day(Economy)
By Kyle Austin The economy and the “idea” of being in a recession are on everyone’s mind. You don’t have to flip past page one in any major daily or the cover of any business publication to be reminded...
View ArticleRIP MicroHoo!: Yang & Board High-Five as Stock Nosedives
By Kyle Austin While some of us were enjoying a nice little Saturday (A trip to Home Depot to get some wall paper, maybe a stop at Bed Bath & Beyond), Steve Ballmer and Jerry Yang were working OT...
View ArticleAs VC’s Go Green: Venture Backed IPO’s Hit 30 Year Low
By Kyle Austin While technology start-ups still point to the general weakness of financial markets as the reasoning behind not going public; new findings by the National Venture Capital Association may...
View ArticleMonday Media Mailbag: Hellos & Goodbyes
By Kyle Austin Goodbye DKNY: In my interview with David Kirkpatrick (or DKNY as some of his Fortune colleagues call him), leading up to Brainstorm:TECH, we touched on the leave he’s going on for his...
View ArticlePeter Kafka Leaves SAI to Join Kara & Walt at All Things Digital
By Kyle Austin Rupert Murdoch’s Dow Jones digital unit (AKA: Kara Swisher, Walt Mossberg & All Things Digital) got their New York beachhead in prying away Peter Kafka from the Silicon Alley Insider...
View ArticleAndreessen: Start-ups Not in the Valley are 3 – 9 Months Behind
Marc Andreessen, co-founder and general partner of the newly formed VC house Andreessen Horowitz, was one of the highlights of day 1 at Brainstorm: TECH. The current Fortune cover subject, and former...
View ArticleWill Silicon Alley Grow Out of the Valley’s Shadow?
Some folks I talk to still despise the “Silicon Alley” term to describe the New York technology scene. The connotation that New York City’s second fiddle, technology innovation only occurs in the...
View ArticleStart-ups & Innovation: The Key to an Economic Recovery?
Steve Lohr of the New York Times took an interesting look over the weekend at the unique role that start-ups can play in helping the economic recovery. While many people believe small businesses are...
View ArticleRacepoint Group Launching Racepoint 440 for Small and Emerging Companies
One of the things we love most is the entrepreneurial spirit that so many small and emerging businesses have. This spirit is crucial to drive innovation and creativity, and in a world where a new...
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