Carl Icahn Just Ruined Michael Dell's Week, Flashing $5.2 Billion At Dell...
(Reuters) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn asked for a meeting with Dell Inc's special board committee after lining up $5.2 billion in loan commitments to back up his bid for a leveraged...
View ArticleCheck Out Zynga's New CEO As A Contestant On A Canadian Game Show In 1983
Because we’re celebrating Don Mattrick’s departure to Zynga today, I decided to dig down the rabbit hole because I’d always wondered where a guy like Mattrick comes from. In 1983, game developers Don...
View ArticlePeople Really Are Finding Love On Dating Apps Like Grindr And Tinder
Apps such as Grindr and Tinder have a seedy reputation - but a growing number of people are using apps built for one-night stands to find true love, reports Olivia Goldhill.Grindr is not the most...
View ArticlePlease Spend Our Money
The AVC community has been very generous so far on the Brooklyn Castle project. 69 of you have contributed a total of $5,737 as of 6am on July 3rd. I really appreciate it and it is for a very good...
View ArticleBOARD TO MICHAEL DELL: Sorry, $24.4 Billion Ain't Gonna Do It
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Michael Dell has been advised to raise his $24.4 billion offer for Dell Inc, coming under further pressure as billionaire investor Carl Icahn revealed he had committed more than $3...
View ArticleNebraska And Oklahoma Would Like Google To Stop Selling Ads For Illegal Drugs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nebraska and Oklahoma on Tuesday joined Mississippi in pressuring Google Inc to crack down on Internet advertisements for drugs, including powerful painkillers, that are sold...
View ArticleA Chinese Company Says Apple Stole Its Technology For Siri
Apple has been accused of copyright infringement over their Siri voice technology by a Chinese company, a Shanghai court has heard.The Chinese company, Zhizhen Network Technology Co, claimed that Apple...
View ArticleShared Command
Cause two suckers can’t agree on something a thousand mutherfuckers die for nothing—Geto Boys, Fuck a WarBattle is a highly fluid situation. You plan on your contingencies, and I have. You keep your...
View ArticleWhy Didn’t I Do This?
This is a guest post by our newest board partner, John M. Jack. Is there any question in today’s economic environment that enterprises of all sizes continue to search for solutions that fit the...
View ArticleStaying Great
I move onward, the only direction Can’t be scared to fail in the search of perfection—Jay-Z, On to the Next OneAs CEO, you know that you cannot build a world-class company unless you maintain a...
View ArticleMaking Yourself a CEO
She got a big booty so I call her Big Booty.—2 Chainz, Birthday SongThe other day, a friend of mine asked me whether CEOs were born or made. I said, “That’s kind of like asking if Jolly Ranchers are...
View ArticleWhy Andreessen Horowitz is Investing in Rap Genius
I told you mahf*ckas it was more than the music.—Kanye West, ColdThis is a guest post by Marc Andreessen, co-founder and partner at Andreessen Horowitz.I’m delighted to announce that Andreessen...
View ArticleOld People
Aww man, you sold your soul Naww man, mad people was frontin’ Aww man, made something from nothing—Kanye West, New God FlowYour startup is going well and as your business expands, you hear the dreaded...
View ArticleProgramming Your Culture
I do this for my culture To let them know what a n@#!a look like when a ni&%!a in a Roadster Show them how to move in a room full of vultures Industry is shady, it needs to be taken over Label...
View ArticleHappy July 4th Everyone
I realize not everyone who reads this lives in the US, but to all those who do, have a happy July 4th. This photo pretty much sums up how I'm going to spend my day today.Read more posts on A VC »Join...
View ArticleJay-Z's $5 Million Samsung Deal Will Change Music Forever
Record companies have spent more than a decade keening that free music was the subsidence in their basement and the dry rot in their rafters – so they are unlikely to be grandstanding about the fact...
View ArticleDell Wants To Launch Wearable Computers To Compete With iWatch Or Google Glass
Struggling computer maker Dell is considering a move into the "wearable computing" space, as it grapples with the effects of a shrinking PC market.Sam Burd, Dell's global vice-president of personal...
View ArticleIsraeli Startups Hope For Gold Rush After Google's $1 Billion Acquisition of...
JERUSALEM (AP) — The billion-dollar sale of navigation company Waze to Google may finally be putting Israel on the map as a major player in consumer Internet innovation.Israel's high-tech sector has...
View ArticleThis App Will Unlock Your Latent Talents As A Composer
Most of the people you know are as helpless with a page of sheet music as your average 14th-century peasant would have been with a copy of Moby Dick. You can't read music. You can't write it. Unless...
View ArticleWhy Focusing on Only One Buyer Will Lose You Sales
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