At the VentureWire Technology Showcase on November 18 and 19 in Redwood City, CA, you will see 125 early- and later-stage start-ups from the U.S., Asia and Europe who have been deemed as industry stand-outs in Advertising, Business Technologies, Media, Mobile Applications, Networking, Web and Wireless. Selected for their breakthrough technologies, the presenting start-ups are truly positioned to redefine their markets. This is your chance to scout these prime deal prospects, acquisition targets or business partners as well as potential competitors. Spend two days mixing and mingling with the tech industry’s leading venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, corporate executives, analysts and...
Comments from Apple CEO Steve Jobs this week suggested that the cash-rich computer and phone maker might be in a good position to start snapping up struggling tech companies. During Apple's earnings call Tuesday, Steve Jobs proudly reported that Apple had $25 billion "safely in the bank" and zero debt. More interestingly, he suggested that he saw a bright side to the economic downturn. "This downturn may also present some extraordinary opportunities for companies that have the cash to take advantage of it," Jobs said. The obvious opportunity given the country's state of financial ruin is for Apple to...
The VentureWire Technology Showcase will spotlight more than 125 early- and later-stage start-ups from the U.S., Asia and Europe, all vetted by VentureWire readers, Dow Jones editors and the folks at the Euro Tech Showcase and the Institute for Industry Information, as industry stand-outs in Advertising, Business Technologies, Media, Mobile Applications, Networking, Web and Wireless. Selected for their breakthrough technologies, the presenting start-ups are truly positioned to redefine their markets. Scout these prime deal prospects, acquisition targets or business partners as well as potential competitors at the VentureWire Technology Showcase in Redwood City, Calif., Nov. 18-19. GigaOM readers can...
A number of early stage investment outfits have popped up over the last few years, making what would amount to tiny investments in as many as a dozen companies at one time and then recouping their investment plus some as those companies mature and either build viable revenue models or become acquisition targets of other related businesses. Neil Patel recently announced that he has joined the Founders Co-op. The Founders Co-op has a goal to invest between $10,000 and $250,000 in a number of niche software start ups. Neil has said these startups should be in Seattle or be willing...
Sequoia Capital, a premier Silicon Valley venture firm, held a meeting on Tuesday where it told its portfolio companies to cut costs and prepare for an economic downturn that could last many years. The presentation, one attendee tells me, was like the global warming wake-up call movie “An Inconvenient Truth.” But instead of Al Gore running through a bunch of slides about the environment, it was billionaire investors running through a bunch of slides about a “very cataclysmic” economic future. Here are presentation excerpts drawn from a leak to GigaOm and as left in comments on Silicon Alley Insider. Our...
Today Microsoft is announcing another huge buyout of its stock - for $40 billion dollars. The company has already completed the previous $40 billion buyout (it was originally for $30 billion with extra $10 billion added later) of shares and now we see the next round in an attempt to improve the corporation’s financial situation. This buyout process is scheduled to run through September 2013. At yesterday’s price $40 billion could buy Microsoft 17% of shares but after today’s announcement the stock is growing rapidly so the final share that can be bought back from investors for $40 billion will...
Web analytics provider Clicky has announced the launch of customizable email reports today. Each report can be sent to multiple email addresses which is good when you need to get daily reports sent to clients. The reports can be customized to include the data points you are most interested in. If you have multiple sites using Clicky, you can setup the reports as templates as assign them to multiple sites. The email reports option is currently available only for Pro account holders but founder Sean Hammons says they may provide a basic email report to all customers in the...
Recently launched Tatango provides a one-to-many SMS text messaging service. Tatango reminds me of another startup, Chatterous. With the growing popularity of Twitter and its inability to target groups, services like Tatango and Chatterous could become acquisition targets. Tatango is perfect for getting help from your friends when you are out and about. It could also work well for work teams to make sure everyone is up-to-date on project and meeting status. Here's how it works. You setup your friends mobile phone numbers in Tatango, Then you create a message to send. Tatango then sends out the message via SMS to all members of...
Jeffrey Zucker, chief executive of NBC, insists the television network is an "important" part of General Electric. Speaking to the Associated Press, Zucker said "GE has been incredibly supportive" of the network. Just how important is NBC to GE? Well, it could fetch about $35 billion if it were sold, according to one analyst. "If they sell off the parts [of NBC Universal] it might be worth more," says Nicholas Heymann, an analyst with Sterne Agee & Leach. "In my mind, media doesn't fit in [GE's] portfolio anymore than pantyhose do . . . This is not a business...
