To simplify the search [for the next great companies], I suggest you look within a five-mile radius of Stanford.
– Stanford graduate Peter Thiel, in conversation with Reid Hoffman
Arik Hesseldahl in News on February 29 at 11:58 am PT
The rumors are true. But, boy, were they ever off on the numbers.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on February 1 at 3:22 pm PT
Lots of investor funds, venture capitalists and individuals have a piece of the Facebook action. Here’s a rundown.
Kara Swisher in Media on January 16 at 9:00 am PT
Here’s the brave woman who will be the new boss of Michael Arrington, M.G. Siegler and Paul Carr. (You read
that right.)
Kara Swisher in Media on December 28, 2011 at 7:18 am PT
Time for some reading beyond 140 characters!
Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 15, 2011 at 3:59 pm PT
Marking the third acquisition of a cloud software firm since October, Salesforce grabs Rypple and says it will rename it Successforce. Sound familiar? It should.
There is a very cathartic crisis that’s gone on, and it’s not clear where it’s going to go. But at least everyone knows things are rotten. We’re in a much better place than when things were rotten and everyone thought things were great.
Facebook investor and futurist Peter Thiel, profiled in the New Yorker (article only available online to subscribers)
News Byte
Liz Gannes in News on October 13, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
Knewton, the educational content “remixer” that adapts its courses to each student (you could say it learns about the learner), has raised $33 million led by Founders Fund and Pearson. The three-year-old company’s new funding is particularly notable for its large size and because Founders Fund Managing Partner Peter Thiel is
an outspoken critic of traditional higher education.
Kara Swisher in News on October 1, 2011 at 1:39 pm PT
Here’s some electric weekend reading for those interested in the push-and-pull between venture investors and start-ups in the frothy Web 2.0 environment.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on September 8, 2011 at 3:16 pm PT
An SEC filing shows the secretive data analytics firm has been busy raising money. Again.
