Matt launched VentureBeat in September of 2006, with the realization that no one else was covering the entrepreneurial and tech innovation scene with the velocity or depth that he was. Prior to founding VentureBeat, he covered venture capital for the San Jose Mercury News from 2001 to 2006. In 2002, Matt was awarded \”Journalist of the Year\” by the Northern California Society of Professional Journalists. Prior to working at the Merc, he was a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal in Bonn, Germany from 1995 to 1998, and a writer for the Washington Post in 1994. Matt holds a PhD in Government and an MA in German and European Studies from Georgetown University. In addition to VentureBeat, Matt is also the Executive Producer of DEMO, the leading launchpad event for emerging technologies.

stories by Matt Marshall

Big data hits the big time: Datameer triples revenues in a year

a number of enterprising startups that sell big data analysis tools to large companies are seeing explosive revenue growth -- the latest sign the big data gold rush is fully on.

Announcing MobileBeat 2013: How the Mobile Experience raises the stakes for your company

2013 is the year where most everyone you know not only owns a smartphone, but actually starts using it to a fuller extent.

Don’t trust your lawyer’s billing? Try Viewabill

If you’ve spent any time working with a lawyer lately, you know how difficult it is to track the hours he or she is billing you.

Facebook Home opens to poor reviews

User reviews of Facebook Home, the social network’s new home screen feature for Android phones, are coming in pretty weak.

A day after Facebook released the software on Google Play, the app has garnered 2,219 reviews, with an average rating …

DataBeat 2013: The conference about putting data to work

DataBeat 2103 digs deep into the promise and potential of data. We're determined to cut through the hype around the term "big data" to discuss the real ways in which smart use of data is driving change.

Tibco is ‘the fastest growing enterprise software company,’ CEO says — despite sales missteps

Imagine this: You’re a founder of a Silicon Valley enterprise software company. It’s only 15 years old, but it’s already worth $3.5 billion. You’ve never lost money, and you’ve left your initial competition in the dust.

The companies you’re now …

Are you getting overcharged by your hospital? Time to become a Smart patient

An article by Steve Brill in Time magazine has provoked debate about whether some patients — specifically the uninsured — are getting overcharged by hospitals.

This comes at a good time, because the nation is in the middle of making …

HealthBeat’s Grand Rounds Innovation Showdown — we’re taking applications!

Technology advancement is disrupting the $3 trillion health care market, and VentureBeat's upcoming HealthBeat event will showcase the most interesting health care IT startups and companies that are driving this change.

Cloud-based health record company CareCloud reports tripling revenues

CareCloud, a company that offers a cloud-based electronic health record company, says it tripled its growth last year -- helped by the U.S. government mandate that doctors be fully transiitoned to electronic records by 2014. It's the latest example of the tech revolution hitting health care....

Box CEO Aaron Levie: ‘We’d be fine to lose’ IPO race with Dropbox

Box CEO and co-founder Aaron Levie talks about his company's IPO plans, its competitive standing versus Dropbox, and several upcoming new features.

HealthBeat: A summit to discuss disruptive technologies in health care (May 20-21)

This is the first event to have a singular focus on how information technology (IT) is driving out inefficiencies in health care.

Want to help shape the future of tech events? Join VentureBeat’s team

This roles is responsible for developing event agendas, recruiting speakers, and working closely with the rest of the VentureBeat event logistics, marketing, and business teams.

VentureBeat Mobile Summit: Top 180 mobile players tackle huge elephant in the room

VentureBeat's annual Mobile Summit is back for a third year, and it's shaping up to be our biggest one yet.

[Exclusive] Video curation platform Magnify gets backing from former Facebooker Chris Kelly

Magnify, a New York start-up, is betting online publishers will want to help viewers find the “best” videos, and it has built a platform to let them do that.

Google unveils Zavers, a new digital coupon based on your phone number

Google will be showing off a new digital coupon product tomorrow that lets you more easily redeem coupons targeted to your interests.

Google announced the product, called Zavers by Google on Friday, but said it will be showing off the …

Facebook’s Tuesday event fuels ‘Facebook phone’ rumor

Last week, Facebook invited members of the press to a special event at its corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, CA on Tuesday. These sorts of invites are rare for Facebook, and so speculation is growing about what the company is …

Why the TrackingPoint ‘lock and launch’ sniper rifle is disgusting

A real sniper rifle with a built-in targeting system that works like a video game: It's innovative technology, yes, but it's repulsive to us.

‘Crowding’ out the status quo

This is a guest post by Bill Bricker, a Big Data sales specialist with IBM.

Imagine if your favorite neighborhood bakery or a local start-up conducted an IPO. Could personal relationships drive local investments and investor profit? In economic …