PicksPal, an “American Idol” for sports fans, raises $6 million (and Yardbarker mention)
PicksPal.com, a Mountain View start-up that lets sports fans show their prowess at calling sport event outcomes, has raised $6 million from two Silicon Valley venture capital firms.
PicksPal wants to be the “American Idol” of sports games. It is just the lastest online sports site to offer fans a way to compete against each other — or against themselves — in a powerful online medium where thousands, potentially millions, of fans oogle at each other’s… Continue Reading
The Oil Drum debate, round one
With VC investments in clean technologies growing, and the state making important energy policy decisions to fend off global warming, the oil-ethanol debate is growing in importance. The valley has a stake in understanding the economics of a switch away from oil, to support ethanol.
Robert Rapier (pictured below) works for an oil company, but he says he cares about the environment. He co-authors a powerful blog called The Oil Drum, and recently wrote a scathing… Continue Reading