’Twas the Deal Before Christmas? — A Holiday Poem for Yahoo

Board members were nestled all smug in their heads, With visions of $31-a-share that had long since been dead.
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Even If He’s Not at Apple Event, Steve Jobs Sure Knows How to Put on a Show

Remember: Anything can happen. Anything can be.
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A Nerd by Any Other Name Would Be as Geek–Bing Gordon Waxes Poetic and More at the SFund Launch

BoomTown will admit it: I am a social party pooper. In any case, here is a lovely video I did yesterday while at the launch of the sFund, a $250 million fund for social start-ups backed by Facebook, Kleiner Perkins and others. There is even some poetry.

Liveblogging the Unveiling of the SFund at Facebook (With Guest Stars: Kleiner, Amazon and Zynga)

BoomTown had to park a badillion miles away from Facebook’s suburban HQ in Palo Alto, and hoofed it there for a press event that unveiled the sFund. What’s that? A $250 million fund for social start-ups. Party on.

KPCB Doubles Down on iFund: $200 Million for iPhone and iPad Apps

Add Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers to the list of companies funding iPad app development. This morning the storied venture capital firm said it is doubling the $100 million fund it established to provide seed capital for iPhone apps to fuel development of new apps for Apple’s iPad.