July 14th, 2012

MobiTV Pulls Its IPO: Unfavorable Market Conditions, Or Unfavorable Business Model?

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At the end of August, mobile TV and video platform MobiTV filed its S-1 and announced its plans for a $75 million initial public offering. Founded in 1999, the company had been one of the early movers in the movement to bring live and on-demand TV to mobile devices, which led to partnerships with NBC, ESPN, Disney, CBS, and a bunch of other sizable media companies. The company closed over $100… → Read More

June 19th, 2012

San Francisco Vs. Silicon Valley: Where Should You Build Your Business?

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When Mark Zuckerberg left Harvard in the summer of 2004, he didn’t move his fledgling company to the mountains, or the Gulf of Mexico, or San Francisco, he moved to Silicon Valley. Well, Palo Alto to be precise. In an interview with Y Combinator partner Jessica Livingston last year, he said of his impression of Silicon Valley, “You get this feeling that you need to be out here.” Many founders are… → Read More

February 17th, 2010

Palo Alto Power Outage Affects Up To 240 Startups

The tragic plane crash which killed three Tesla employees flying out of the Palo Alto airport at approximately 8 AM this morning also took out the city’s power. The accident has left over 28,000 Palo Alto residents and businesses without power in the heart of Silicon Valley.

According to the data in CrunchBase, up to 240 of these 28,000 customers are local startups, VC firms and other companies… → Read More