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Haydn Shaughnessy Oct 2, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog

The New Enterprise Strategy Problem – Too Many Options

In the good old days, when most of today’s most senior executives got their business education, only three ways to acquire sustainable…

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Buyer's Lens
Haydn Shaughnessy Sep 2, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog

Should Banks Be So Fired Up About Bitcoin or The Blockchain?

In my book Shift, I said open source movements like Bitcoin are the wildcards that keep the economy moving in strange and…

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Buyer's Lens
Jonathan Vanian Mar 3, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Securing up shop

Box buys small security startup to court more risk-averse clients

Fresh off its IPO in January, Box has made its first acquisition of the year, buying a small security startup called Subspace,…

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Cloud & Infrastructure
Jonathan Vanian Jan 13, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Process 2.5B transactions/day

IBM unveils a mainframe built for the mobile world

If you thought the rise of cloud computing spelled the end for the mainframe, think again. IBM announced Tuesday its new z13…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics
Jonathan Vanian Dec 12, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Analyze this IPO

On IPO day, New Relic CEO Lew Cirne eyes the future of analytics

Software-analyzing specialist New Relic is now a publicly traded company. The startup’s shares are priced at $33.43 as of 9 AM PST,…

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Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics
Carmel DeAmicis Dec 4, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- That's a lot of dough

Uber raises $1.2 billion and promises to change corporate culture

Uber has raised another $1.2 billion, bringing its total finance up to $2.7 billion. In a blog post announcing the news, CEO…

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Work & Collaboration
Kevin Fitchard Aug 26, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Square Cash now supports peer-to-peer payments sent via text message

Square is making its already simple consumer payments network that much easier to use with a new SMS feature that lets you send funds to anyone with a mobile phone number.…

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Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Aug 12, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Report: Square had plans to issue its own credit cards, but nixed the idea

Square's retail finance ambitions led it to create its own prototype credit card, but the company killed the project off, according to Fast Company.…

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Mobile, Technology
Lauren Hockenson Jun 30, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

LinkedIn’s former VP of product joins Greylock as entrepreneur-in-residence

David Hahn, the former VP of product for LinkedIn(s LNKD), will join Greylock Partners as an entrepreneur-in-residence, the VC firm announced Monday. At LinkedIn,…

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Technology, Work & Collaboration
Lauren Hockenson Jun 25, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Kids’ mobile app network Fingerprint secures $10.85M, including new investor DreamWorks

Education-focused children's mobile app network Fingerprint has raised more than $20 million in funding to date.…

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Mobile
Lauren Hockenson Jun 6, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Uber announces $1.4B fundraising round, now valued at $18.4B post-money

Uber is now officially one of the most valuable startups in the world, as it announced a $1.4 billion round of funding.…

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Technology
Jan Chipchase, Founder, Studio D Radiodurans Jun 1, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

The motivations for spending and saving in Myanmar (and how tech is changing that)

As Myanmar opens up to the outside world and will soon get 3G cellular networks, how is the use of money and savings changing? A new report from a group that spent months studying what's happening.…

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Technology
Lauren Hockenson May 1, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

LinkedIn posts revenue growth despite quarterly loss in Q1

Linkedin's Q1 earnings report exceeds targets for revenue, but income fell and monthly users still fails to grow.…

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Technology
Lauren Hockenson Apr 29, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Twitter more than doubles ad revenue in Q1, but still losing money as user growth fails expectations

Twitter's Q1 earnings show a growing ad business, but modest user increases underperformed analysts' expectations.…

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Technology
Lauren Hockenson Apr 2, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Ride-sharing app Lyft raises $250M, bringing total funding to more than $330M

After expanding to 30 cities, Lyft has picked up $250 million, which it plans to use to expand internationally.…

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Mobile
Lauren Hockenson Mar 20, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Airbnb reportedly set to raise up to $500M at $10B valuation

Another mega-round of funding may be on its way for Airbnb, which could reportedly raise up to $500 million in funds.…

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Technology
Lauren Hockenson Mar 5, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Travel site Peek raises $5 million to expand to new cities

Adventure and travel site Peek announced on Wednesday that it’s raised $5 million in a Series A funding round led by Montage Ventures.…

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Technology
Lauren Hockenson Feb 18, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Candy Crush Saga company King files for IPO, hopes to raise $500M

Irish game development and publishing company King, best known for creating freemium smash hit “Candy Crush Saga,” filed for an IPO Tuesday. The company,…

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Mobile
Lauren Hockenson Feb 6, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Twitter stock slides in pre-market trading

Despite the good news in Twitter’s (s twtr) first quarterly earnings report as a publicly traded company — particularly stronger-than-expected revenue of $243…

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Technology
Lauren Hockenson Feb 5, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

In its Q4 report, Twitter reveals strong financials, slower growth

In its first earnings report as a public company, Twitter reported revenue and profits higher than had been expected, but it's user base continues to grow slower than company watchers had hoped.…

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Technology
Ashwin Viswanath, Informatica Feb 2, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Disruption at the core: How the cloud will commoditize the upper middle-class

The loss of enterprise sales and HR jobs thanks to cheaper computing, SaaS and big data analytics is only the beginning. Jobs in R&D and product management will fundamentally change.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Technology
Ashwin Viswanath, Informatica Feb 1, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Trouble on the fringes: How the cloud will commoditize the upper middle class

The combination of cloud computing, big data analytics and buying enterprise software on demand is changing the workforce.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Technology
Paul Sweeting Dec 17, 2013 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog

Efficient Twitter Theory

In Efficient Twitter Theory, enabling post hoc edits to tweets make no more sense than regulating financial markets does in Efficient Market Theory.…

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Consumer
Sina Sohangir, GraphDive Nov 17, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Your FICO score is out of date. Here’s why

Financial institutions are looking beyond FICO scores to Facebook, Twitter and other social media outlets to measure a borrower's risk profile. That's not always bad.…

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Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Technology

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