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IPO Market Just Really, Really Lousy

in News on April 1, 2009 at 1:25 pm PT

To hear tell from the National Venture Capital Association, the VC landscape is as burned out and desolate as the ashen vistas of Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road.” According to its latest data, not a single venture-backed company went public in the first quarter of 2009 or the one that preceded it. That’s the first time the association has ever recorded two consecutive quarters with no issues.
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Start-Ups Juggle Platforms, Prioritization

in News on March 23, 2009 at 12:27 pm PT

Moves by major tech companies to open up to outside developers have been a boon for small start-ups. Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Yahoo, Apple and Intuit, to name a few, all allow developers to build software that hooks into their services.