StockTwits creates another way to unlock Twitter’s potential
StockTwits, a startup that aggregates stock-related “tweets” on micro-messaging service Twitter, has released a Firefox extension that links stock tickers to the StockTwits site. Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures (a Twitter investor) says he’s impressed by the extension, also argues that it provides a… Continue Reading
Union Square’s blogging VC backs blogging tool Zemanta
Updated
Zemanta says it can make the arduous job of blogging a little easier by suggesting relevant content worth linking to or adding to your posts. It looks like well-known blogger and venture capitalist Fred Wilson has been making good use of the tool — Wilson’s… Continue Reading
Case closed: Non-competes aren’t good
I’ve been watching the debate raging over the past five days about non-compete agreements, those clauses in employment contracts which forbid an employee to go work for a competing company.
It’s time to weigh in favor of getting rid of them.
Venture capitalist Bijan Sabet kicked off… Continue Reading
Roundup: Warner CEO changes online music stance, engineers become scarcer, and more
Here’s the latest action:
1) Warner CEO praises Apple, DRM-free music
2) VMWare is after your engineer blood
3) Berners-Lee warns of walled gardens
4) Microsoft completes $47M acquisition
5) Another VC speaks in favor of taxing himself
6) Joost rolls out new ads
7) Billeo raises $7M for easy payment
Warner Music… Continue Reading
Roundup: Google and Sprint, VC tax, future of VCs, and more
1) Rumor: Google to buy Sprint?
2) The U.S. House of Representatives passes VC tax
3) Berkeley Bionics brings exoskeletons to market
4) Fox Interactive Media may start its own ad network
5) Railpower Technologies to steam on, for now
6) Zuckerberg, speaking grandly
7) Are Facebook’s ads illegal in New… Continue Reading
VC tax continued — differing views
Private Equity Week’s Dan Primack has a good follow-up on the debate about the new tax for venture capitalists and other investors.
A public backlash against these investors is encouraging politicians: The extravagant ways of Blackstone, the buyout firm that that just went public and where… Continue Reading
Fred Wilson’s fortunes, sexy commenters & latest on Mojungle, MobiTV and Edgeio
The latest in the world of start-ups and venture capital:
Fred Wilson sells home listed at $37.5 million — Fred Wilson, the venture capitalist at Union Square Ventures in New York, who has one of the most widely read VC blogs, AVC, has sold his 15,000-square-foot townhouse… Continue Reading
YouTube follow: Yahoo gets bashed, “page view” metrics & the third man
Now that Google has snapped up hot video site YouTube, everyone is piling on Yahoo, which is supposed to be Google’s competitor.
They’re criticizing Yahoo for being too slow. The NYT cites an advertiser saying clients are taking out fewer ads on Yahoo, preferring hipper sites… Continue Reading