5 posts and columns on pivot

HP Looks to Pivot the webOS App Debate With New Online Magazine

in Mobile on June 23, 2011 at 9:50 am PT

The company is looking to change up the app discovery game with an online magazine, Pivot, which will include articles that point users to relevant WebOS apps. Pivot will debut with the TouchPad, which hits store shelves July 1.
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Roll Camera! Jason Calacanis Makes a Video Push at Mahalo, and Wants You to Know About It

in Media on January 25, 2011 at 3:00 am PT

But what he really wants is a billion-dollar-plus valuation, like the one that competitor Demand Media is going to get.

"They Failed": VC Fred Wilson Gets BoomTown's First Annual Someone-Had-to-Say-It Award

in News on November 29, 2010 at 9:37 am PT

BoomTown has always enjoyed–although I have not always agreed with–the ruminations of Fred Wilson in his must-read blog, A VC. Today, the New York venture investor–heard of Foursquare or Twitter?–penned one that was flatly on point, simply titled”Chasing Returns” about a potential crisis in start-up funding. It’s a meme Silicon Valley might want to pay mind to.

Meet Hashable, Which Wants to Make Money By Introducing You

in Media on November 22, 2010 at 10:10 am PT

LinkedIn + Twitter + a dash of Foursquare gets you another social network with big investor expectations. CEO Michael Yavonditte explains what he’s up to, and why the startup he launched a year ago doesn’t seem as appealing anymore.