The Secret Of Ashton Kutcher’s Venture Capital Success

Posted on 30/12/2013 by forbes

The Telegraph carries an interesting little piece trying to work through why Ashton Kutcher is such a success as a venture capitalist in the tech space. And there is a bit of head scratching possible...

Inside the real Dragons’ Den

Posted on 30/12/2013 by forbes

“Over good wine we came up with the idea of putting ourselves in the middle of people with money and people who need it. We thought of making Dragon’s Den online, it was amazingly flawed.” This was...

Rap Genius And The Problem With The Venture Capital Fueled Growth Hack

Posted on 26/12/2013 by forbes

Almost entirely missing from the discussion of RapGenius‘ punishment by Google for bone-headed SEO practices is the fact that RapGenius is not in fact a “lyrics site” like the ones it is competing...

Venture Capital 2013 recap – Oh what a year it was….

Posted on 26/12/2013 by forbes

There are bad years, so-so years and then there is 2013…its been a long time coming. In 2013, VCs finally took some pride in the 10-year returns which recovered to 7.8% as of Q2 2013. The battered...

‘Shark Tank’: What Fans Should Know About Betting On Startups

Posted on 24/12/2013 by forbes

Seven million viewers watch ABC’s “Shark Tank,” a reality show that pits four savvy venture capital investors—the “sharks”—against wide-eyed entrepreneurs who need funding to expand their companies...

Facebook prices secondary stock offering at $55.05

Posted on 20/12/2013 by ap

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to reap $2.3 billion in secondary stock offering priced at $55.05 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook has priced a secondary offering of its stock at $55.05 a...

Sales Tips and Sales Quotes from 62 Top Sales Experts

Posted on 20/12/2013 by forbes

Today is the 6 month anniversary of The Inside Sales Virtual Summit, an industry event that changed the world of sales and marketing. More than 15,800 sales leaders registered for a day of learning...

Crowdfunding Is Not Just For Billionaires Anymore

Posted on 20/12/2013 by forbes

The year was 2004 and billionaire entrepreneur Peter Thiel decided to sow $500,000 into a small but growing startup. Facebook was its name, perhaps you’ve heard of it. It was the company’s first...

On Deck Gets $17M From Google Ventures

Posted on 01/05/2013 by sumayah

On Deck has officially announced today that it get $17M funds from Google Ventures for the expansion of their Series D. Peter Thiel, PayPal co-founder, is also giving $59 million to Series D for...

Nokia could sell luxury Vertu brand to VC firm for $265 million

Posted on 30/04/2012 by Sharif Sakr

As much as it'd be interesting to see Windows Phone running on a $21,000 gold-plated cigar lighter, that's probably never going to happen. According to the UK's Financial Times, Nokia has been trying to hive off its luxury Vertu brand for months already, and has finally found a suitor with the right cash / sense ratio. Although still far from a done deal, we're told that venture capitalist firm Permira is willing to contribute up to $265 million to Nokia's needy coffers -- which might sound like a lot, but is mere costume jewelry to a manufacturer that just lost $1.7 billion.

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