The mid-year tech news lull is in effect today as San Francisco celebrates July by being cold. Ah, summer. What would we do without you. This morning we are taking a… Read Full Article
We are midway through a holiday week, meaning that you are closer to sleeping in than you might have thought. Congratulations for making it this far. You can do it. Today… Read Full Article
Happy Not Really Monday, everyone. The American markets are back open, we’re getting our hands around the full-return of the second quarter, and hot dang do we have a new IPO filing… Read Full Article
Happy Friday and forthcoming Freedom Bacchanal. May you close many tabs, and eat far too much. This morning we’re taking a short dive into the Zenefits situation to make sure we… Read Full Article
Following Brexit panic swept through the markets. Shares tumbled at home and abroad. And then, after a few days, things quieted down. The key United States markets have largely surfaced from losses that… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: Today we’re digging into Lyft’s recently leaked financial performance. This is the moment to make a pun about checking under Lyft’s hood, but we won’t stoop to such lows.… Read Full Article
Following tales of certain doom the Nasdaq is up over a point today, pushing it comfortably above the 4,600 mark. Barring something tectonic, the short-term Brexit impact on American public tech companies… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Raising early-stage capital today is more challenging than you might expect, even with traction, hype, and a strong pedigree. Truebill, a graduate of the most recent Y Combinator class,… Read Full Article
It’s Monday, the markets are down, it’s probably raining in London, and no one knows what’s coming next in the worlds of startups and finance. Welcome back to the work… Read Full Article
What a difference a few hours can make. Following an up day in the local markets and a strong performance by Twilio in its public offering, the world was thrown… Read Full Article
Twilio opened at $23.99 today, 60 percent over its above-range $15 per-share price set following its roadshow. The telecom API provider raised $150 million selling 10 million shares, not including the potential… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Let’s make some numbers together. In the pre-Twilio era, only dogs were allowed to use telecom services. Twilio priced its IPO at $15 per share this evening, ahead of… Read Full Article
A Tesla Model S poses in front of the tail-end of a non-margin contributive former unicorn’s death arc. It’s a delightful morning if you don’t own shares in Tesla. The… Read Full Article
It’s a perfect morning for charts, so let’s make sure to consume our daily nerd vitamins. Today we are taking a quick look at the venture capital market for United States-based startups,… Read Full Article
As it’s Monday morning you get bonus points in my books for just making it into the office. Especially if you are a fan of what turned out to be… Read Full Article
I have no idea what is going on here. It’s Friday, so we will be brief. Today we’re looking at yet another piece of positive financial news from one of… Read Full Article
It’s a little known fact that this is how all VCs see themselves in the mirror each morning. Welcome back to our little morning chat. Today we observe that for the… Read Full Article
Area CEO Makes Dramatic Gesture At Traditional Stopping Point In Yearly Nerd Migratory Pattern Do you feel a bit behind on technology news this week? That’s fine. We’ll do this… Read Full Article
Hat tip to my shoe for its excellent cameo in the above. Happy morning everyone, I trust that you didn’t get enough sleep, forgot to workout, and are running late… Read Full Article
tl;dr Twilio’s proposed IPO pricing values it close to its last private round. Why is that the case? A Twilio spokesperson demonstrates an everyday usecase for telecommunications APIs. Twilio proposed a… Read Full Article
If you had hoped for a relaxed Monday, you lose: Microsoft will buy LinkedIn in a surprising deal worth more than $25 billion, Apple’s WWDC keynote kicks off shortly, Twitter shares are… Read Full Article
Happy Friday, nerdlets, another work week is successfully in the bag. That’s provided, of course, that HR doesn’t shepherd you into a conference room during lunch to inform you of… Read Full Article
Happy Thursday everyone, I hope you feel better than the Nasdaq this morning. The index is off nearly half a percent, putting it down 50 points from the 5,000 threshold.… Read Full Article
tl;dr: The dramatic repricing of recurring revenue has stopped, even rebounding slightly. However, that might not help your favorite company as much as you hoped. Annual recurring revenue (ARR) has become a… Read Full Article