Red Herring Announces Finalist for Top 100 Americas
The Red Herring editorial team selected the Finalists for the 2012 Red Herring 100 Americas Award. This group of companies is the short list for the Top 100 award. They are the most innovative and promising companies from a pool of hundreds from across North America. The Finalists are evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, … Read More
China to Ship Majority of World’s Smartphones in 2012
China is poised to become the world's leader in smartphone shipments in 2012, according to recent research from IDC. With its sheer size, China nudged the US out of the lead by a hair, but is expected to continue to widen the gap as more of the developing country's users sign on to the smartphone revolution. The research firm predicted China … Read More
Without Turning Off a Switch, Stem Cuts Customers’ Electric Bills
By Matt Gallagher, Red Herring As Stem's bare bones website mysteriously states, “Don't turn off the lights.” Recently launched out of stealth mode and landing a Series A investment of $10.2 million, the company takes a green energy approach to energy savings without asking companies to turn off a single switch or modify what they're … Read More
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At a Whopping $1.5B Valuation, Pinterest Raises $100 Million
Pintereset, the social media site that lets users create virtual bulletine boards of their favorite items of interest on the web, has raised $100 million in a deal that reportedly values the company at $1.5 billion. The news was first broke by All Things Digital. The round was led by Rakuten, the Japanese media … Read More
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Maximizing Venture Capital Investments
By Igor Sill The recent capital markets have reinvigorated investor confidence in venture-backed companies to the levels of 2004, when the IPOs of Google and Salesforce debuted. The pent up current IPO pipeline represents a significant … Read More.
The Changing Tide of the Venture Capital Industry
By Igor Sill The venture capital industry is undergoing a major change from its elitist past of restricting investor access to “friends of the firm only.” As Wall Street embraces dozens of new initial public offerings (IPOs) of … Read More.
I Need a Discount!
By Andrew Sobel and Jerry Panas Nine Power Questions to Help You Stand Up to Discount Pressure (Without Caving In or Alienating the Customer) Though the economy has experienced a slight uptick since the harried days of the Great Recession, … Read More.
Perfecting the “Pitch”
By Igor Sill Virtually all of the start-up presentations I see given by first time entrepreneurs fall well short of their intended goal, getting funded. Essentially, these presentations are primarily nothing more than “yet another idea” … Read More.