Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest big
Tony Hsieh, the former head of Zappos who catapulted the shoe company into the big leagues with a sale to Amazon and then used the proceeds of his success in a huge project kickstarting regeneration o
Responding to Elizabeth Warren’s call to regulate and break up some of the nation’s largest technology companies, the venture capitalists that invest in technology companies are advising t
The influential Massachusetts senator and presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren has been a longtime critic of the consolidation of economic power by Amazon, Google and Facebook. Now she’s making
In startup land, the mandate is to get bought, go public or die trying. And, as far as getting bought goes, one of tech’s Big Five could be a desirable acquirer.
Sunny Dhillon Contributor Share on X Sunny Dhillon is an early-stage investor at Signia Ventures in San Francisco where he invests in retail tech, e-commerce infrastructure and logistics, alongside co
Acorns, the financial management service focused on getting low- and middle-income households to invest and save responsibly, has reached 3 million users in the United States. The company has roughly
One of the most frequent questions I get as a VC is how to become a VC. Newly minted MBAs and startup veterans alike want to get into the investing game in increasingly large numbers. Unfortunately, t
Netflix’s culture deck has been a source of inspiration for many businesses since it was first published five years ago. In it, Netflix argues that companies must find a balance between flexibility
Everyone who comes to live in Vegas has a story about how they got there. But while some of those tales may be prosaic, there are a few that stand out. OrderWithMe — a startup that started
Twenty years ago <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hsieh">Tony Hsieh</a> was part of the three-man Harvard team that won the hyper-prestigious ACM Programmming Contest. Five y
Las Vegas-based apparel retailer Zappos rolled out an update to its iOS app today that saw the company fold some neat new features into the mix. Strictly speaking though , it's no drastic overhaul --
A double-dose of details today about the normally secretive e-commerce startups incubated by the Samwer bothers-backed <a target="_blank" href="http://www.rocketinternet.com">Rocket Internet</a>. Silv
In this new episode of my <a target="_blank" href="http://foundation.kr/">Foundation</a> video series, I talk with <a target="_blank" href="http://www.zappos.com/">Zappos </a>founder <a target="_blank
Hold on to your pants: the rush to fund innovative fashion companies that are building out their businesses online continues apace. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.flintandtinderusa.com/">Flint a
Zappos has teamed up with social fashion site <a target="_blank" href="http://www.chicisimo.com">Chicisimo</a> to launch a <a target="_blank" href="http://www.chicisimo.com/zappos">microsite</a> for
Most sports fans get plenty of enjoyment out of going to see their favorite team play live, maybe even with a little tailgating before the game, and if they're lucky, watching court, field, or rink-si
It appears that Zappos <a href="http://blogs.zappos.com/securityemail">was the victim</a> of a cyber attack today from a hacker who gained access to the company's internal network through the company'
If you read the comments on any our recent stories about the Airbnb controversies, you'll see plenty of people saying that Airbnb needs to take a page out of the Zappos playbook. It turns out, they tr
<img src="http://www.crunchbase.com/assets/images/resized/0001/2941/12941v4-max-250x250.jpg" class="shot2"/> <em>This is a guest post from <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/ali-partovi">Ali Pa
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