Local-search site Stik leaves Silicon Valley for Detroit, announces $2.5 million funding

September 21, 2012 8:06 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

How do you succeed online in the crowded, noisy, and sometimes scammy local search market? If you're Stik.com, you succeed by focusing on transactions that are infrequent, expensive, and have a high cost of failure.

Venture capitalist Tim Draper: ‘We are not the home of the free, land of the brave anymore’

September 12, 2012 10:24 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Editor's Pick Legendary venture capitalist Tim Draper is worried about America running out of heroes. And he's not talking about Superman or the Hulk.