Connie Loizos
Entrepreneur Rick Marini has a lot to be thankful for, including smart, connected friends who’ve supported him in the launch of two of his businesses. The most recent of these is BranchOut, which leverages Facebook to help people find business connections and that has an enviable list of backers and advisors. Marini may soon need them more than […]
No one would blame a management team for breaking out the champagne on the heels of an acquisition. But a new study by Shareholder Representative Services (SRS) – which manages the final steps of M&A transactions for dozens of clients like Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, and Oak Investment Partners – suggests that most shareholders would […]
Right now, the online “influence” measurement startup Klout is enjoying the kind of attention that many startups can only dream about. People with high “influence” ratings–largely achieved by attracting other “influential” people to follow them on Twitter–can’t stop talking about Klout (mostly on Twitter). Brands hoping to stay relevant to younger generations seem equally obsessed […]
Aydin Senkut, a former Googler turned prolific angel investor, has raised roughly $16 million of what is estimated to become a $30 million fund, according to a new SEC filing. Eight investors have already participated in the offering for Felicis Ventures II, according to the filing, which does not list a minimum investment amount. Senkut, […]
Beet.TV, Vator.TV and TechCrunch are doing it, and now, so is Jason Calacanis: publishing online video interviews with entrepreneurs and investors. Except for my favorite online show, the very funny "Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis," I'd personally prefer to read most Q&As for the sake of time. You, on the other hand, might enjoy watching Calacanis sit down with investor Mark Suster in a conversation touching on everything from Foursquare's recent acquisition rumors to the
Investing is stressful stuff. One day you're a hero; the next day, you're a zero. Even the legendary David Swensen has faced criticism for mismanaging Yale's endowment. So if you're tired of the slings and arrows of managing outrageous fortunes, have we got a deal for you...
Somewhere -- wherever he is buried, I suppose -- Mario Puzo is rolling over in his grave. Even he couldn't have made up this story about one of Italy's most wanted henchmen, Pasqual Manfredi, who was caught by police earlier today while using Facebook. View vid after the jump...
Next month, author Jerry Oppenheimer’s newest book, Madoff with the Money, hits bookshelves and electronic readers, and judging by the bombshells it includes, it should make for an excellent summer read. Among the tidbits that Oppenheimer presents as fact about Madoff (now serving a 150-year prison sentence at the Butner Federal Correctional Complex in North […]
I’m sure this is in no way entertaining for the 22,000-plus Lehman Brothers employees who lost their jobs when the former high-flier declared bankruptcy last fall, but: if you’re out shopping in New York next week and happen to find yourself at Sixth Avenue and West 50th, at the site of one of Lehman’s former Manhattan […]
Brooklyn-based journalist Ari Cohen recently published a book called, “The Tall Book: A Celebration of Life from on High.” Cohen knows a little about living in the clouds, having been a 5’3” eight-year-old who grew into the 6’ 3” adult she is today. But she also conducted some extensive research for her book that she […]