36 posts and columns on Dave McClure
MyTime Wants to Create a One-Stop Shopping Destination for Local Services
The company wants to be the world’s first online open appointment superstore.News Byte
Mobile App Platform BiNu Raises $4.3 Million
BiNu, the mobile app platform that brings Web-based apps and social functions to low-cost feature phones, announced Wednesday that the company raised $4.3 million in venture capital. Joining the series A round were investments from 500 Startups and PanAfrican Investment Co., among others, following previous participation from Eric Schmidt’s TomorrowVentures and the Savannah Fund. The company is currently focused on developing its business in emerging markets such as East Africa, South America, parts of Asia and other areas in which citizens access the Internet primarily through a low-end mobile device.Here’s How Bravo’s “Silicon Valley” Stars Pitch Start-Up Investors (Slides)
Want to see how Silicon Valley reality TV stars show off their start-up idea? Here’s the skinny — straight from the investor pitch deck.First-Episode Clips From “Start-Ups: Silicon Valley” — Dave McClure Is “Disrespectful” (For Doing His Job)
Hey kids, Dave is always disrespectful to me, too! (But I like it.)Voices
The Next Emerging Tech Powerhouse: Latin America
Hackathons and pitch contests indistinguishable from those in Silicon Valley, but in Spanish.Is It Time to Rethink the Stigma for Tech Companies Led by Couples?
A handful of recent acquisitions shakes the common venture-capital assumption that it’s risky to put money on romantically paired entrepreneurs.Eye to Eye
JOBS Act Could Kickstart Both Entrepreneurs and Equity Ownership
Considering that the new JOBS Act makes crowdfunding so much easier, what sorts of things do you see coming out of the grass roots?News Byte