VC firm Maveron gets ‘em while they’re young with new seed-stage investment program

March 27, 2013 2:47 PM Rebecca Grant
Rebecca Grant

Maveron, a well-known venture capital firm that focuses exclusively on consumer-facing companies, announces an initiative to fund and support seed stage startups.

A breakfast with Square and Starbucks: CEOs Dorsey and Schultz explain their unique partnership

August 8, 2012 7:28 AM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

Editor's Pick After hearing chief executives Jack Dorsey and Howard Schultz discuss how the arrangement came to be, it seems like one of the most logical unions between tech and business in recent memory.

Groupon’s board plays musical chairs as stock drops

April 30, 2012 4:06 PM Jennifer Van Grove
Jennifer Van Grove

Groupon’s board of directors is playing musical chairs as the downtrodden daily deals company attempts to address fallout from an accounting restatement that sent its stock price plummeting.

The company, now trading at more than 60 percent off its initial …