Cupertino Dailytechcrunch
Startups with No Revenue Model dominate TechCrunch50 Event in San Francisco in 2009
It feels like it is 1999 again! The TechCrunch 50 event was held this week (September 14-15) at the San Francisco Design Center. It promised to be the biggest tech event of the year. Instead, it was a horrible flop. The VCs and even the pundits have become jaded and confused about determining what exactly is a good startup and what is a bad one. At this year’s TechCrunch50 2009, there were few surprises and many disappointments. The people, this time, have voted with their stomachs and pressure from hecklers rather than with their heads.
Tags: Chamillionaire, google, Jason Calacanis, LinkedIn, michael arrington, microsoft, Reid Hoffman, Ron Conway, San Franscisco, startups, techcrunch, techcrunch50, venture capital
Armorize Lands More Funding For Web App Security Technology - TechCrunch
TechCrunch, CA
by Robin Wauters on June 16, 2009 Armorize, provider of web application security solutions, has secured a Series B round of financing from its (unnamed) Silicon Valley-based Series A investors, Estonian seed fund Ambient Sound Investments and Asian …
Earthtimes (press release)
Tags: app, armorize, funding, lands, security, techcrunch, Technology, web
Are Silicon Valley Startups More Likely To Be Acquired? - TechCrunch
TechCrunch, CA
A startup based in Silicon Valley has a 6.9% chance of being acquired. New York startups come in second with a 4.9% acquisition rate. It's not clear exactly what data was pulled (years, transaction size, etc.), although there are more details here. …
Tags: acquired, likely, silicon, startups, techcrunch, valley
Historical Perspective: At Least This Time Around We Don't Have … - TechCrunch
TechCrunch, CA -
I'm not just talking about three massively funded pet food delivery services. Nor am I talking about blowing a billion dollars on home grocery delivery. No, I'm talking about possibly the most absurd idea to come out of the bubble years: Incubators for …
Tags: don't, historical, perspective, techcrunch, time
Bloggers: Let's Band Together and Stop the Hype Cycle - TechCrunch
TechCrunch, CA
It can describe waves of technology – like social networking, RFID or the consumer Internet itself—or people. One of the first examples I saw in the Valley was Marc Andreessen. He was built up as the young, shoe-less God of the Internet that the press …
Tags: band, bloggers, cycle, hype, lets, stop, techcrunch
Venture Capital Down 50%. It's Not Just the Recession, Folks. - TechCrunch
TechCrunch, CA
by Sarah Lacy on April 17, 2009 There'sa huge difference between what venture capitalists say and what they do. For much of the last decade some of the same partners that keep saying Silicon Valley will never decline as the startup epicenter of the …
Tags: 50, capital, folks, it's, just, Recession, techcrunch, venture
Live From Qik Special Event Announcing Qik Roam - TechCrunch
TechCrunch, CA
Qik Roam is a SIM card you can buy today, allowing users to travel abroad using Qik without having to worry about excessive roaming charges. In honor of the new product, Qik is holding a special promo: for users who buy Qik Roam cards in the next month …
Tags: announcing, event, live, qik, roam, special, techcrunch
TechCrunch headquarters move to Palo Alto - San Jose Mercury News
San Jose Mercury News, USA
By Mike Rosenberg and Steve Johnson Back from a month's vacation after being spit upon at a German tech conference, TechCrunch founder and co-editor Michael Arrington has relocated his business to downtown Palo Alto because of complaints that his home …
Tags: alto, headquarters, jose, mercury, news, palo, san, techcrunch
