Rising from the dot-com ashes, Autotrader files for $300M IPO

Autotrader, a company founded right before the dot-com bust in the late 90s, filed to go public today and hopes to sell $300 million in the offering.

Autotrader was founded by Cox Enterprises Inc. in 1997 and helped bring the …

“Press 3 for $15 million” — How Twilio got a touchtone term sheet

When Twilio chief executive and co-founder Jeff Lawson was ready to take on a third round of funding, he didn’t expect investors to send his term sheet via Twilio application. But, in keeping with the culture that surrounds Twilio, that’s …