Startup News     |     Silicon Valley Blog     |     Startup Podcasts     
   

Im

How to Optimize the Founder’s Mind

Carleen Hawn writes about what startup founders need to do to optimize their brain. From visionaries like Steve Jobs to Sequoia VC Moritz, all read wide variety of books to sharpen their brains. more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Startup Help  |  

Is M&A Really Dead?

Taking the example of Golden Telecom’s response document to the tender offer by Vimpel Communications to acquire all of Golden Telecom’s outstanding shares, Stephen M. Davidoff explores the topic of more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Mergers and Acquisitions  |  

Microsoft buys 3D company for Virtual Earth

In December, Microsoft bought Multimap, which also became a wholly owned subsidiary and works with the Virtual Earth and Search groups. Multimap develops online mapping services and now it has bought Caligari, more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Mergers and Acquisitions  |  

Zimbra's latest version does not need a browser

Matt Asay waxes eloquent on the new AJAX-style no browser offering from Zimbra and says that it offers everything that Microsoft Outlook could never dream up of providing. And, hey cheerup, it also provides more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Online Apps and Widgets  |  

Stanford camera chip can see in 3D

Oooh this is exciting and overdue - Stanford researchers Keith Fife and his colleagues have developed technology called a multi-aperture image sensor that sees things differently than the light detectors more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Gadgets and Tools  |  

Getty Images Is Selling To PE Firm Hellman & Friedman For $2.4 Billion

Selling itself for a 39% premium over its Friday stock price, Getty, based in Seattle, was founded in 1995, has grown through a series of acquisitions...it says it has 4 million monthly unique visitors more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Mergers and Acquisitions  |  

How can I start my company and keep my day job?

So, this is a fairly common problem. Do you dive full-time into your startup or do you do it part-time, while keeping your day job to keep those bills paid and the wolves from the doors? In Silicon Valley more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Startup Lessons  |  

Pixim raises more money

Pixim that makes chips for video surveillance and which has raised $21.6 million of a $23.1 million round from current investors: Mayfield Fund in Menlo Park and Tallwood Venture Capital in Palo Alto, more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Funding Announcement  |  

LimeWire digital music store launched

LimeWire has launched as partially legitimate at least providing music downloads as 256kbps MP3 files. Pricing is $.99 for a single track. Or you can get 25 downloads per month for $9.99, 50 for $14.99 more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Music  |  

Treasure your blog? Tell the world about it, BlogUpp!

A new service has been released to help bloggers discover new connections and drive traffic to their blogs the easiest and more efficiently more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Social Networking  |