by Larry Scheinfeld | Jul 29, 2015 | Larry Scheinfeld, Technology, Venture Capital
Twitter dives into the VC world in style as Twitter Ventures (TV) appeared among a list of investors for Cyanogen, a mobile operating system startup, who’s raised $80 million in Series C. Speaking relatively, among other tech giants like Google, Intel and Qualcomm,...
by Larry Scheinfeld | Jul 3, 2015 | Larry Scheinfeld, Technology, Venture Capital
Charities have recently come under attack for running like multimillion companies who get tax breaks to boot. According to critics, nonprofits are behaving like VCs by funding and investing in up-and-coming startups. Biotech startup investments work best for these...
by Larry Scheinfeld | May 22, 2015 | Larry Scheinfeld, Technology, Venture Capital
Jim Balsillie, co-founder of Research In Motion (now BlackBerry Ltd), found that wealth from ideas is not something Canada is currently equipped for. The need to build a proper infrastructure to aid entrepreneurs globally is where the secret lays. Policies currently...
by Larry Scheinfeld | Apr 30, 2015 | Larry Scheinfeld, Technology
YouTube began at the San Diego zoo in April 23, 2005, when co-founder Jawed Karim uploaded an 18-second clip. No one suspected it would become the standard for internet video service, no one but Google. At a hefty $1.6 million in stock, Google bought YouTube to...