Scott Denne, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on August 24, 2011 at 12:00 am PT
There’s near universal agreement that flash will replace hard disk drives in enterprise storage, but it’s not clear if it’s a new feature for established vendors or a disruptive opportunity to build a new, lasting company.
Scott Austin, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 20, 2011 at 12:00 am PT
Y Combinator is considered by many as Silicon Valley’s elite start-up school, offering selected entrepreneurs a three-month crash course to help them build companies and raise capital.
Russell Garland, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 11, 2011 at 3:17 pm PT
News that the Securities and Exchange Commission is considering easing limitations on the sale of stock by private companies is a further sign that the Obama administration is conducting a sweeping review of the ability of growing, young businesses to tap capital markets.
Zoran Basich, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 7, 2011 at 5:30 am PT
With hundreds of prominent venture capitalist gathered at the NVCA conference in Boston today, it was an interesting time for Forbes to release its sometimes-annual Midas list of 2011’s top 100 tech investors. We imagine some VCs gave their touch-screens a good workout as they scrolled through the list to see where they ranked – [...]
Deborah Gage, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 6, 2011 at 5:30 am PT
Six years ago, John Webster and Chris Stakutis wrote a book called “Inescapable Data,” in which they talked to nearly 50 corporate executives and entrepreneurs about how massive accumulations of data could transform their businesses and their lives.
Deborah Gage, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 1, 2011 at 12:00 am PT
When Andreessen Horowitz Co-Founder Ben Horowitz took the stage at the Web 2.0 Expo Wednesday in San Francisco, he was expected to tell audience members which technologies they should invest in and which ones they should build.
Lizette Chapman, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 30, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
Fresh from raising a $10 million Series A round from Austin Ventures, Limos.com LLC is riding high.
The San Francisco-based company, which operates an online marketplace for limousine services, has been profitable since day one, is tracking to do $12 million in revenue this calendar year and now has the cash to scale operations worldwide and go mobile.
Scott Denne, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 8, 2011 at 2:30 pm PT
Many start-ups are developing technology to give data storage a speed boost, mostly by using flash memory, the kind of chip found in mobile devices like smartphones and digital cameras.
Deborah Gage, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 14, 2011 at 2:35 pm PT
Thousands of people are descending on San Francisco this week to check out the latest in computer security at the RSA Conference, and among them will be angel investors and venture capitalists looking for their next deal.
