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Networking Start-Up Nicira Wants to Mess Up Cisco and Juniper’s Business

Arik Hesseldahl in News on February 5 at 8:59 pm PT

Watch out Cisco, Juniper and other networking vendors. Your business model is about to get disrupted by Nicira, which is coming out of stealth mode today.

Fast-Growing Cloud Management Start-Up Okta Hires Two New VPs

Arik Hesseldahl in News on February 1 at 7:38 am PT

Customers are up threefold and end users are up by a factor of six. Time to put some more talent on the executive team? Yes.

Josh James Start-Up Domo Says Arigato to IVP in $20 Million Funding Round

Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 31 at 8:59 pm PT

Utah-based Domo Technologies has now raised $63 million. So what’s it going to use all that money for? Maybe, just maybe, an acquisition or two?

Andreessen & Horowitz on Monster $1.5B Fund: Software (And Giant VCs) Ready to Chomp Everything!

Kara Swisher in News on January 31 at 11:23 am PT

Memo to the world from Silicon Valley power-VCs: You look good enough to eat.

Why Has Andreessen Horowitz Raised $2.7B in Three Years?

Ben Horowitz, Co-Founder and General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz in Voices on January 31 at 7:46 am PT

Since Marc and I founded Andreessen Horowitz three years ago, we have raised $2.7 billion. That statement begs a few questions.

What Bubble? Andreessen Horowitz Raises $1.5 Billion Mega-Fund, Its Third.

Kara Swisher in News on January 31 at 7:05 am PT

How green is Silicon Valley? Very, it seems.

Cisco Fellow Bruce Davie Joins Stealth Start-Up Nicira

Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 27 at 5:56 am PT

All these hires are making the secretive networking start-up look ever more interesting by the day.

What Now? Hiring.

Peter Levine, GP, Andreessen Horowitz in Voices on January 19 at 5:40 pm PT

Hiring takes planning and time, and the process is often ad hoc or simply nonexistent. Don’t make hiring a batting average.

Management Debt

Ben Horowitz, co-founder and General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz in Voices on January 18 at 10:07 am PT

Like technical debt, management debt is incurred when you make an expedient, short-term management decision with an expensive, long-term consequence.

Fab.com Acquires FashionStake After Seven Months of Rapid Growth

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 13 at 6:00 am PT

Fab.com, a New York-based flash sales site known for selling home decor, apparel and other items from independent designers, has acquired FashionStake.