Amid IPO, one of GrubHub’s risk factors just got riskier
FORTUNE — Investor demand is high for GrubHub Seamless GRUB , which makes its market debut this morning. Last night the online take-out ordering company priced its IPO at $26 per share, a jump from its...
View ArticleNEXT: How Duncan Campbell went from forests to friends
Next is a series of articles that looks at executives’ efforts to use their talents and skills to enrich or support the lives of others and upon retirement from professional life. FORTUNE — Duncan...
View ArticleA plan to get more black boys in tech
All Star Code founder Christina Lewis Halpern, center FORTUNE — The technology industry lacks diversity, full stop. Structurally, there are a lot of reasons for why this trend may grow worse instead of...
View ArticleCan St. Louis become the next tech hub?
FORTUNE — Last month, a group of 12 New York venture capitalists took a chartered jet to St. Louis, as part of a 36-hour tour of the city's tech ecosystem. For most of them, it was the first time...
View ArticleMajor League Baseball brings new tech to the plate
Stats on Billy Hamilton's steal of second base on Sept. 14, 2013 FORTUNE — Stats junkies, rejoice: The sport that brought you the Moneyball craze and outfitted all its stadiums with a sophisticated...
View ArticleHow Ron Cordes went from profits to purpose
Next is a series of articles that looks at executives’ efforts to use their talents and skills to enrich or support the lives of others and upon retirement from professional life. FORTUNE — Even at a...
View ArticleTwitter plays defense with deal for Gnip
Gnip CEO Chris Moody FORTUNE - This morning Twitter TWTR acquired Gnip, a social data company, for an undisclosed amount. The deal will likely mint Gnip's early investors a healthy return, as the...
View ArticleMemo to tech startups: If you want money, raise it now
FORTUNE — If it feels like every startup you've ever heard of is rushing to drum up large rounds of funding, that's because they probably are. It’s hard to miss the string of massive rounds from recent...
View ArticleCorporate therapy for Silicon Valley
Hagberg started coaching Dropbox CEO Drew Houston (left) in early 2012. “It's sort of like a very powerful mirror that you shine on yourself,” said Houston, who is pictured with co-founder and CTO...
View ArticleEverything is ‘early days’ in Facebook’s first-quarter earnings call
FORTUNE — Eager to prove it can still innovate, Facebook’s FB executives touted the company's increasingly complex slate of new projects in its first-quarter earnings call today. Here's a taste: In the...
View ArticleSources: Farfetch nearing close on $40 million in new funds
Farfetch, a fashion startup based in London, has raised a large new round of funding, according to sources familiar with the company. The round, which sources say is worth $40 million, is expected to...
View ArticleAs 3-D printing grows up, venture investors move in
If 2013 was all about 3-D printing for 3-D printing's sake, 2014 is about how to take the category from novelty hobby to a useful business tool. Leading the charge is Sols Systems, a young startup...
View ArticleTwitter earnings clouded by Wall Street’s obsession with user growth
Twitter's first quarter earning results fell in line with expectations, and yet, the company's shares traded down by more than 10% in after-hours trading. Twitter's supporters have taken to — where...
View ArticleFacebook’s mobile ad dream
FORTUNE — Facebook has made billions of dollars selling mobile ads for its social network. Now, it hopes to make billions more by selling mobile ads for other companies. Facebook FB unveiled a mobile...
View ArticleFacebook mobile ad dream
FORTUNE — Facebook has made billions of dollars selling mobile ads for its social network. Now, it hopes to make billions more by selling mobile ads for other companies. Facebook FB unveiled a mobile...
View ArticlePolymath Martine Rothblatt turns to transplants
Martine Rothblatt has a knack for inventing or backing technologies that initially seem far-out but ultimately end up embedded in people's lives. In 1990 she founded a company that was the first to...
View ArticleWhere the American Startup Dream is Moving: Downtown
Cities and metropolitan areas, in the United States and abroad, are the driving engines of national economies and innovation. Yet the geography of their innovation is shifting dramatically. Over the...
View ArticleThe New Metropolis: The New Urban Pioneers
A small group of innovative, urban pioneers, operating in different spots around the world, are making their cha- otic cities not only more sustainable, but more vital and interesting places to live....
View ArticleEventbrite’s Hartz hopes she’s found the ticket for a lasting company
Julia Hartz, co-founder of online ticket seller Eventbrite, tries not to waste a moment during her busy days of all-hands meetings, conference panels and evening work dinners. “You have to prioritize...
View ArticleWith an audience of 11 million young women, Bustle raises $5 million more
If you follow the various outrages, feuds and Twitter meltdowns of the New York media scene or the Silicon Valley tech scene, you may remember a little blow-up last year over a website called Bustle....
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