In The Future, Google Glass Makes Your Face A Trading Floor So You Can Never...
More and more, wearable computing seems like a very bad idea that will only serve to make it impossible for any of us to disconnect for any amount of time at all. In case you need further proof, take...
View ArticlePure Storage Falls In Public Debut, CEO Optimistic
Pure Storage, the enterprise storage company, went public on the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday. After pricing at $17, shares traded down in its debut, closing the day at $16.01. CEO Scott Dietzen...
View ArticleForget Amazon Gift Cards; Give Someone Public Stock With Stockpile
There are plenty of people who’d happily become shareholders in companies like Apple and Facebook if the process of buying stock were simpler. They are plenty of people who’d prefer to give the gift...
View ArticleThe Pure Storage IPO In Context
Pure Storage has been one of the hottest Silicon Valley enterprise startups for the past several years, sporting a world-class team and having raised capital from some of the top enterprise investors...
View ArticleChina To Green-Light IPOs Again By Year End
China plans to lift its moratorium on IPO listings before the end of the year, the official news agency Xinhua said earlier today. The country had instituted a ban on IPOs back in July, after shares...
View ArticleThe True Impact Of The Snapchat Writedown For Entrepreneurs
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View Article9 Of The Best Performing Tech Stocks In 2015
In a year when the stock market has essentially been flat, a few tech companies have killed it on the public markets. Companies like Facebook, Amazon, and Netflix created tremendous shareholder value...
View ArticleDell Subsidiary SecureWorks Files To Go Public, Shows Ramping Losses
Today Dell subsidiary SecureWorks filed to go public, showing expanding revenue, and ramping losses. Dell, then a public company, acquired SecureWorks in 2011 for a reported $612 million. TechCrunch...
View ArticleWith RAISE Act, Congress Paves Way For Private Secondary Markets
Included within the FAST Act is a section, the Reforming Access for Investments in Startup Enterprises (“RAISE”) Act, which codifies a previously unwritten means through which startup employees,...
View Article9 Of The Worst Performing Tech Stocks In 2015
Who said making money in the stock market is easy? In a year the market was essentially flat, a few tech stocks had a really tough time staying afloat. Companies like Twitter, Groupon, and Yahoo all...
View ArticlePayPal Shares Up 6% On Earnings; Revenue Rises 17%
PayPal reported earnings after the bell Wednesday, and the stock quickly ticked up 6% in after hours trading. The payments company authorized a $2 billion stock repurchase program and reported revenue...
View ArticleLinkedIn Tumbles 30% On Earnings Guidance
LinkedIn reported fourth quarter earnings after the bell Thursday. While the company beat analyst estimates on both income and revenue, the stock quickly tumbled 27 percent in after-hours trading, due...
View ArticleEditas biotech stock drops by 26 percent over CRISPR patent dispute
Gene editing outfit Editas has been one of the most successful tech IPOs of 2016 so far, with shares skyrocketing up 130 percent shortly after the company’s public debut. But the stock has now...
View ArticleSimplify your stock-picking process with these apps
Investing in the stock market made easy — that’s the goal of these apps, which make investing more convenient and help you keep tabs on the market updates. And you don’t have to be a finance whiz to...
View ArticleeBay shares rise 5% after beating earnings expectations
eBay surpassed first quarter earnings expectations when it reported after the bell on Tuesday. Shares ticked up 5% following the announcement. The e-commerce giant brought in $2.1 billion in revenue,...
View ArticleLinkedIn up 5% after beating earnings expectations
LinkedIn surprised Wall Street on Thursday, with better-than-expected first quarter results. Shares jumped about 5 percent in after-hours trading. The company reported adjusted earnings per share of...
View ArticleAcacia soars 35% in second tech IPO of the year
It has been a terrible year for tech IPOs. Until now, only SecureWorks braved the market and it didn’t go well. But Acacia Communications braved the public markets today and outperformed expectations....
View ArticleWill Twilio reopen tech IPO window?
Twilio, the cloud communications platform, has revealed its IPO filing, signifying that it could enter the public markets as early as next month. If the company ends up going through with its plans,...
View ArticleT-Mobile is giving every customer a share of its stock
T-Mobile had another of its un-carrier events today, which now have so many regular giveaways they are starting to look like an episode of Oprah. First, the company announced that every current...
View ArticleSigns point to a contraction, but no one’s bursting venture capital’s bubble
Regardless of the economic climate, the real job of any investor is to help entrepreneurs build meaningful companies and technologies. The best investors that we know don’t try to time the market, and...
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