8 posts and columns on presence

Nordstrom Acquires Flash Sales Site HauteLook for Up to $270 Million

in Commerce on February 17, 2011 at 2:11 pm PT

Nordstrom has agreed to acquire four-year-old HauteLook, marking the department store’s first foray into online private sales.

Skype and Avaya Sign Enterprise Deal

in News on September 29, 2010 at 8:05 am PT

It’s taken about a year, but corporate phone equipment maker Avaya and consumer VoIP carrier Skype have finally inked their long-rumored partnership–a phased deal that will give Skype more access to the enterprise market.

Post-Legal Soap Opera: Skype CEO Josh Silverman Speaks!

in News on May 10, 2010 at 8:30 am PT

Late last week, BoomTown sat down with Josh SIlverman, CEO of Skype, to get an update on the popular Internet telephony company. When last we checked in with Skype, it had turned into the “Peyton Place”–look it up, kids!–of the online telecommunications arena, with lawsuit flying, venture capitalists getting slimed and a general tone of very purple drama. Is it all behind Skype? Silverman responds, after the jump.

Video: BoomTown Meets Five Non-SV Techie Dudes in 10 Minutes in Boston

in News on May 10, 2010 at 5:15 am PT

BoomTown made a trip recently to Boston, where Walt Mossberg and I talked in front of hundreds of East Coast entrepreneurs and investors at an event put on by General Catalyst Partners. The appeal for me: Checking back in with former Excite CEO George Bell, who is now a venture capitalist at GCP. Here’s my interview with him, as well as four start-ups I met with before the event, all of which are not based in Silicon Valley, a relief in and of itself.