Founded in 2009, Southeast Asian daily deal site Ensogo was approached by LivingSocial and acquired in June 2011 for an undisclosed amount. At the time, cofounder Paul Srivorakul reports, they had about an 85% market share in Thailand, 50-60%t in the Philippines, and 45-50% in Indonesia. Now, with a team of over 450, Ensogo is…
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What would you do with two extra hours added onto your week? Exercise? Spend time with loved ones? Work? Personally, I would opt for two additional hours of sleep. (I know what you’re saying, but I don’t want to wait until I’m dead). Why do I ask? SaneBox, an e-mail software client aimed toward structuring…
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Online advertising is such a crapshoot. If you don’t do it right, you end wasting a lot of time and money. Boulder-based startup Trada crowdsources online advertising by harnessing the expertise of creatives and those in advertising to provide you with an optimized ad/image combination. Until today, it was only available for Google, Yahoo, and…
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First the purview of professionals, then available to the masses via the desktop – quality video editing can be added to the software services now available in the cloud thanks to WeVideo. WeVideo is a web-based, collaborative editing platform. It’s a fully-loaded video editor that allows users to craft a story with others, add effects,…
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After over a decade, many sources put Google’s desktop market share in Korea at 2%; Yahoo! captures about 6%. Nokia left Korea in 2003, unable to compete with Samsung and LG, and Walmart began withdrawing in 2006, failing to adapt to local supermarket culture. “Korea’s been the giant killer for many years,” says Richard Min,…
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During my years as a turn-around guy, I’ve boarded many an un-seaworthy, leaky vessel. This has afforded me the opportunity to be responsible for more sunken ships than the entire WWII German u-boat fleet. You see, sometimes the boat comes about when you push the tiller, and other times it continues full speed ahead into…
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Clearspring announced today it has named former Yahoo! executive Ramsey McGrory as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer. Clearspring, the provider of the largest platform for sharing online content, AddThis, welcomed McGrory, who formerly led the Yahoo! U.S. data business and Right Media, pioneer of the digital advertising exchange. “In our industry, data and social…
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With each passing year, how we collectively look back at that fateful day changes. The earliest anniversaries were so raw and painful, many were not ready to relive the details. Now, ten years later, while it still may feel like yesterday for many people, we know in our hearts it is particularly important to never…
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There was an early report from AllThingsD that Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz was fired and would be replaced in the interim by Tim Morse. That report was confirmed by an email sent out by Carol Bartz via an iPad in which she shared that she was indeed fired over the phone. See the email below:…
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Two words: Dress Barn. Seriously, is that a brand that is suppose to make a woman feel sexy and desirable? I can just imagine a woman saying to herself, “Hmmm, I’d like to find me some clothing amongst domesticated cattle.” “Great Moo Moo, Shirley!” “Thanks, I got it at Dress Barn.” I don’t claim to…
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Work for the government, or create the next Facebook, that is the question. Whether it is nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of startup boom to bust cycles or to work on some of the coolest technology projects while a.) being assured rational working hours, b.) actually being on a first name basis with your kids…
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Web standards are often formed with great intent to change the way we interface with the web, but lack of adoption by the giants in technology can make or break these standards. In the last decade there have been multiple initiatives to implement microformats for the web such as Yahoo’s SearchMonkey, Google’s Recipe Search, and…
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As we covered yesterday, President Barack Obama scheduled a somewhat top secret meeting with the Silicon Valley elite yesterday evening on the west coast. Today official White House photos taken by Pete Souza were released to confirm the meeting did indeed take place. One of the photos is a seated toast with the group while…
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Technology and innovation have been at the top of President Barack Obama’s agenda the last few months, starting with his State of the Union address and followed swiftly by the launch of Startup America. Interesting timing since this past week, President Obama rolled out the latest budget. Given that the US National debt now equals the…
Read MoreGroupon recently has attracted substantial institutional investments, thought to signal an upcoming IPO in 2011. Fidelity Investments, T. Rowe Price and Morgan Stanley have reported financial commitments with Groupon. The new round of financing, which could reach as high as $950 million, could be closed in the next few weeks, according to TechCrunch. Groupon, the…
Read MoreYesterday we reported the troubling news that Yahoo would be shutting down Delicious and we shared how to save your bookmarks. We shared our thoughts on the idea of Yahoo selling Delicious. Today, there is word that Yahoo is thinking of selling Delicious. Who should acquire Delicious from Yahoo? We would love to get your…
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There are a number of startup accelerator and incubator programs in the United States. We are fans of these programs (not to be confused with... Read More
Two months after the iPad 2 debuted in March, around 40% of users surveyed said their iPad was their primary computer, up from around 30%... Read More
With our Startup Mixology Conference coming up next week followed by our classic Tech Cocktail DC Summer mixer which will showcase a handful of early-stage... Read More
Coming off of one of our biggest Tech Cocktail mixer events in Chicago this past week, which showcased 14 early-stage start-ups, we thought it would... Read More