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With new funding, Group Commerce looks beyond daily deals

Ki Mae Heussner wrote 4 hours ago: As publishers spot e-commerce opportunities beyond daily deals, New York-based Group Commerce wants … more →

Tags: content-driven commerce, Daily Deals, group commerce, online commerce

What we are listening to: Sincerely CEO Matt Brezina

Om Malik wrote 2 weeks ago: This is second edition of our weekly What we are listening to series. Last week we asked Bijan Sabet … more →

Tags: Bijan Sabet, Matt Brezina

Ask A VC Is Back With Spark's New Partner Nabeel Hyatt And Andreessen Horowitz's Enterprise Guru Peter Levine

Kim-Mai Cutler wrote 2 weeks ago: Ask a VC, the TCTV show where you ask the questions, is back after a long hiatus and we’re kic … more →

Tags: enterprise, TC, venture, venture capital, Video, Andreessen Horowitz, Peter Levine, Nabeel Hyatt

What we are listening to: Bijan Sabet, Spark Capital

Om Malik wrote 3 weeks ago: I might not  like the Herman Miller’s Twitter strategy, but I do like their Lifework blog and … more →

Tags: Bijan Sabet, Fred Wilson

The deal that saved OMGPOP

Dan Primack wrote 2 months ago: Not too long ago, OMGPOP was on the brink. Zynga (ZNGA) yesterday announced that it has acquired fel … more →

Tags: Term Sheet, venture capital deals, Bessemer Venture, OMGPOP, Venture Capital, zynga

Zynga's bid for Draw Something may top $200 million3 comments

Om Malik wrote 2 months ago: What a strange story – a New York-based startup that began its life as a dating-gaming company … more →

Tags: OMGPOP, zynga

As social games boom, Spark Capital hires former Zynga exec as first venture partner

bpopper wrote 3 months ago: Image via Flickr user Official GDC Zynga’s rise to a social gaming juggernaut traded on the pu … more →

Tags: Games, venturebeat, hires, Hiring, venture, Venture Partner

Online photo editor Aviary hopes to take Picnik's place

Sarah Mitroff wrote 4 months ago: Sad that Google’s online photo editor Picnik is meeting its demise this year? Well, veteran ph … more →

Tags: Social, venturebeat, facebook applications, facebook apps, Photography, Photo Editing, photo filters, online photo editing

How Wayfair quietly built a $500M a year web business

Patric Carlsson wrote 5 months ago: Article fom GigaOm. In today’s crowded world of e-commerce, it’s not easy to make a name for yoursel … more →

Tags: Board Of Intellectual Capital, Economy, Gerbsman Partners, Intellectual Capital, Internet, Investments, IPO News, Market research, Marketing

RunKeeper scores $10M round to expand its fitness platform

Dylan Tweney wrote 6 months ago: RunKeeper, a small startup that makes a run- and workout-tracking platform, has raised an impressive … more →

Tags: Mobile, venturebeat, Apps, Fitness, health, Running

Today in tech: September 9

Jameson Berkow wrote 8 months ago: Tech firms making news today: Twitter Inc., Google Inc. and Zagat, Apple Inc., International Busines … more →

Tags: FP Tech Desk, Apple Inc, Apple, iPhone, Google, facebook, twitter, Nokia, android

Union Square Ventures Goes In With Spark to Fund #Skillshare

Douglas Crets wrote 9 months ago: According to this post on Fred Wilson’s blog today, Union Square Ventures is investing alongsi … more →

Tags: Tech, Digital Learning, Union Square Ventures, skillshare, Michael Karnjanaprakorn

Skillshare raises $3.1M to make every person a teacher1 comment

Ryan Kim wrote 9 months ago: Skillshare CEO and co-founder Michael Karnjanaprakorn Skillshare, the peer-to-peer learning start-up … more →

Tags: Union Square Ventures, skillshare, Peer-to-peer economy

Revealed: Twitter bird is called Larry!

AS Supreeth wrote 9 months ago: What's my name, what's my name! I am one of the Tweeple who started to explore the power o … more →

Tags: Now, that's news., twitter, biz stone, Mark Zuckerberg, Boston, Bird, Social network service, Evan Williams

Entrepreneurs: What to Do if You Don't Have an Idea2 comments

Ty Danco wrote 9 months ago: This post was originally published in OnStartups. I hope to be doing further guest posting on that s … more →

Tags: Accelerator, angel, Competition, MassChallenge, Startup, VC, Dogpatch Labs, First Round Capital, Founder Fuel

My Next Hopeful Achievement - Computer Science

sociallyblackward wrote 10 months ago:   So this morning it hit me like a ton of bricks.  I basically want to be a VC or work for a st … more →

Tags: Geek Stuff About Me, facebook, C#, coding, Programming, Google, Groupon

Check-in cha-ching: Foursquare raises $50M with a $600M valuation

Tom Cheredar wrote 11 months ago: Location-based social network Foursquare closed a new $50 million round of funding, the company repo … more →

Tags: Deals, venturebeat, Foursquare, Funding, location based service

Today in Tech: Google buys AdMeld

JP Mangalindan, Writer wrote 11 months ago: Fortune’s curated selection of the day’s most newsworthy tech stories from all over the … more →

Tags: Today in Tech, IBM, MySpace, Wall Street Journal, Google, Techcrunch, Foundry Group, AdMeld, Norwest Venture Partners

Google Acquires AdMeld For $400 Million2 comments

Christian Louca wrote 11 months ago: AdMeld, an advertising optimization platform for publishers, has been acquired by Google for around … more →

Tags: Industry News, Mobile Advertising, Display advertising, Information communications technology, technology, Mobile Technology, Online Advertising, Mobile Industry news, mobile platforms


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