Startups
With so much late-stage money available, why are tech companies going public now?
2:00 pm PDT • July 12, 2019
What’s best for one company isn’t necessarily what’s best for another. Going public — or not — is a choice that lies squarely where it should: in the hands of…
Startups
Private equity buyouts have become viable exit options — even for early-stage startups
7:06 am PST • December 28, 2018
About 13 years ago I faced an excruciating decision: whether to sell my company, Pinnacle Systems, to a private equity firm or to another large public company.
Full autonomy is years away, but here’s what’s next on autonomy’s wild ride
4:30 am PST • January 23, 2018
There are three exciting developments that I do expect to transpire within the next 12-18 months.The first major rollouts of autonomous fleets; the development of new mapping and LIDAR technology;…
Most won’t have noticed a recent $6.5M Series A for a company called Mobilize, but it’s indicative of a major change occurring in businesses today. Companies’ growing reliance on a…
Earlier this month the ride-sharing world faced its first major shakeup when Uber announced that it would sell its China business to primary competitor Didi for an ownership stake of 18% in the…
The Ultimate Ad
5:00 pm PST • February 9, 2016
If Mad Men is to be believed, the difference between a successful brand and a failure is the perfect ad: one witty line, the perfect image; an overall feeling that…
The Reinvention Of The Ad-Tech Sector
8:00 am PST • December 16, 2014
There are major changes afoot in advertising technology at the moment, but not everyone has realized how transformational these changes are. Indeed, analysts have talked about four types of business…
