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BillFloat Helps You Put Off Paying Your Bills — for a Fee

By Mathew Ingram Jul. 14, 2010, 2:18pm PT 2 Comments

BillFloat, a startup that wants to pay your bills in order to give you more time to come up with a payment, launched officially today. The company also announced a $4.5 million Series A funding round from First Round Capital with participation from Venrock and PayPal. Read More »

For SlideShare, First Steady Growth, Then a Business Model

By Om Malik Oct. 6, 2009, 7:10am PT 3 Comments

About three years ago, Rashmi Sinha and her husband Jonathan Boutelle, along with Amit Ranjan, started a company that was going to let users share PowerPoint presentations over the Internet, much in the same way as YouTube gave people an easy way to share videos.… Read More »

Read 'Em and Reap: Decoding the VC Poker Face

By Richard Moran May. 9, 2008, 4:30pm PT 10 Comments

There are a lot of different words that can be used to describe the venture capital community and its relationship with entrepreneurs. Many of them, however, cannot be printed. For example, I once heard a VC say to an entrepreneur: “It would be easier to build… Read More »

Sharing presentations is fun

By Om Malik May. 8, 2008, 2:48pm PT Comments Off

My favorite post of the day comes from Mathew Ingram, who gives a really fun spin on the news that SlideShare raised $3 million in VC funding, reminding me that this is what blogging is all about. Read More »

Recession-Prep: Don't focus on cost-cutting. Focus on growth.

By Rich Moran Apr. 1, 2008, 12:01am PT 2 Comments

These are turbulent times: Bear Stearns, tough credit, long returns, and everyone worried. A time when everyone is once again, focused on cost. What can we cut? Where are there some savings? Are there any heads we can… Read More »