Business

This Is America, Dammit! Winklevoss Twins Become Venture Capitalists.

by Jeff Weisbein April 28, 2012

Like many people I couldn’t help but watch the CNBC interview with the Winklevoss twins where I was surprised to learn that they were becoming venture capitalists. I always figured they would simply take the Facebook settlement money and run — probably to never be seen or heard from again. But no, that is not [...]

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Foxconn is Raising Salaries. What Does This Mean For The Global Tech Industry?

by Guest Author February 23, 2012

Foxconn, a manufacturing contractor that operates the Chinese plants of Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, and other major tech companies, announced this week that it would substantially increase worker salaries at its factories in Asia.

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Retailers Not Having Success With Facebook Storefronts. Is F-Commerce A Failure?

by Jeff Weisbein February 19, 2012

In the past year, Gap, JC Penny, Gamestop, and Nordstrom have all opened and subsequently closed their Facebook storefronts due to poor return on investment.

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Do Bad Economic Times Benefit LinkedIn?

by Jeff Weisbein February 10, 2012

Do bad economic times benefit LinkedIn’s bottom line more than a good economy? We examine some of LinkedIn’s revenue streams.

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Spotify Listening Limitations to Start Soon

by Jeff Weisbein January 6, 2012

Spotify will soon start to impose more limitations on its free music streaming service.

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What’s The Future for Music Streaming Services?

by Jeff Weisbein December 11, 2011

Here’s an interesting question: can independent music services such as Spotify, Pandora, and MOG survive long-term? Or are they doomed for failure? That is a question many people (and investors) are wondering.

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This Is What Separates Google from Everyone Else

by Jeff Weisbein December 8, 2011

What is it that makes Google so successful? And why hasn’t any company tried to mimic the company’s success?

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Twitter Exodus Proves Jack Dorsey Is Taking Control

by Jeff Weisbein November 11, 2011

Twitter is currently experiencing some employee shakeup, since late July Twitter has either been clearing house or losing talent such as Loren Brichter (developer of Tweetie, acquired by Twitter), Mike Abbott (VP of Engineering), Sean Garrett (Head of Communications), and most recently Pam Kramer (VP of Consumer Marketing). Even some investors are heading for the [...]

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How Safe Is Starting A Business?

by Jeff Weisbein November 6, 2011

Found this infographic interesting and thought it was worth sharing. Is starting a business safer than a job? Definitely a worthwhile topic to examine with unemployment still above 9% and still a somewhat bleak immediate future. Obviously, starting a business may be difficult for someone with not much experience, but I still think it’s doable. I started [...]

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MG Siegler Joins CrunchFund As General Partner

by Jeff Weisbein October 3, 2011

According to the Michael Arrington’s new blog, UnCrunched, as well as an article on TechCrunch posted by Erick Schonfeld, MG Siegler has joined CrunchFund as a general partner. The news doesn’t come as too much of a surprise as most people who have been following the recent drama at TechCrunch probably expected something like this [...]

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