Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=176fb92b-0eb1-42c4-a3fa-7582edeea7f0 Date 10/18/2013 Company Name usermind Mailing Address 2101 4th St Seattle, WA 98121 Company Description We are scrappy, determined team who are actively working every day to build the next, great software product and company in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. As a team, we place a premium on building a great … Continue reading “usermind Secures $7,600,000 Series A Financing Round”
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Generation at Work: Millennials in the Workplace
Amy Balliet of Killer Infographics, Zac Cohn of Liffft, Forest Key of buuteeq, and David Niu of TINYhr discuss how companies can engage and lead Millennials at work. More information about this event, presented by turnstone, is available here.
WTIA Executives in Tech: Connecting Marketing & IT
Tim Goggin, CEO of Morse Best Innovation, and Wayne Heller, senior director at Nordstrom discuss IT-driven marketing and storytelling at this Washington Technology Industry Association Executives in Tech event. More information and registration details can be found here.
WTIA Tech in Focus: Healthcare IT
The Washington Technology Industry Association takes on Healthcare IT in an afternoon panel discussion featuring Kaj Pedersen and Steve Riddle of Pharmacy OneSource; Russell Benaroya of EveryMove; Albert Marinez of MultiCare Health System; and Colby Voorhees of Slalom Consulting. More details and registration information are available here.
Rhapsody Obtains New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=692b8dcb-c596-48d4-8f8b-cccf6b7fd4f6 Date 10/17/2013 Company Name Rhapsody Mailing Address 1420 5th Avenue 15th Floor Seattle, WA 98101 Company Description Rhapsody is the number-one premium subscription music service, with more than one million members, who can listen to more than 16 million tracks on more than 70 consumer electronics devices, including connected audio systems, … Continue reading “Rhapsody Obtains New Round”
Big Name VCs Back Seattle Enterprise Software Startup usermind
The founders of usermind, a Seattle startup raising $7.6 million from three top venture firms, see a new de facto IT department emerging in companies that use multiple software-as-a-service (Saas) platforms to run customer-facing sales, marketing, and support functions. Co-founder and CEO Michel Feaster says usermind is making software that helps the operations professionals in … Continue reading “Big Name VCs Back Seattle Enterprise Software Startup usermind”
Seattle Serial Entrepreneurs: Advice They Wish They’d Heard Earlier
What does it take to make it as a startup entrepreneur? Persistence and a great team. Those themes came up repeatedly when we asked 26 serial entrepreneurs in the Seattle technology industry for the entrepreneurship advice they wish they’d heard earlier in their careers. We’ve collected their words of wisdom—as well as pictures of the … Continue reading “Seattle Serial Entrepreneurs: Advice They Wish They’d Heard Earlier”
Indix Brings Big Data, Analytics, & Visualizations to Product Managers
[Updated 10/17/13 11:31 am. See below.] Big data startup Indix does not lack ambition as it unveils the “product intelligence platform” it has been working on quietly for the last 18 months. “One of our goals is to organize everything on the Internet that is related to products,” says co-founder and CEO Sanjay Parthasarathy. The … Continue reading “Indix Brings Big Data, Analytics, & Visualizations to Product Managers”
Everpath Garners $100,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6a6a8155-31ad-4e1f-89f9-1fbb1073879f Date 10/16/2013 Company Name Everpath Mailing Address 1828 B 27th Avenue Seattle, WA 98122 Company Description Everpath Inc. provides an online platform to search and study online educational courses. The site offers courses in technology, business, and design. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Seattle, Washington. Website … Continue reading “Everpath Garners $100,000 New Funding”
Everpath Obtains $100,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6a6a8155-31ad-4e1f-89f9-1fbb1073879f Date 10/16/2013 Company Name Everpath Mailing Address 1828 B 27th Avenue Seattle, WA 98122 Company Description Everpath Inc. provides an online platform to search and study online educational courses. The site offers courses in technology, business, and design. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Seattle, Washington. Website … Continue reading “Everpath Obtains $100,000 New Funding”
Sound Pharmaceuticals Lands $6,048,261 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7d009fa5-f650-49dd-b267-a82dac58b67b Date 10/16/2013 Company Name Sound Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 4010 Stone Way N Seattle, WA 98103 Company Description Sound Pharmaceuticals (SPI) is a privately held biopharmaceutical company in Seattle, WA. Our goal is to develop prescription drugs that will enable doctors and patients to prevent and treat hearing loss, a disease that … Continue reading “Sound Pharmaceuticals Lands $6,048,261 New Round”
Cardiac Dimensions Garners $555,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3a011605-65b2-477d-ba12-cbcfd7dd27ba Date 10/16/2013 Company Name Cardiac Dimensions Mailing Address 5540 Lake Washington Blvd. NE Kirkland, WA 98033 Company Description Cardiac Dimensions, Inc. is a medical device company developing novel interventional tools for the treatment of congestive heart failure (CHF) and related conditions. Website http://www.cardiacdimensions.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $555,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Cardiac Dimensions Garners $555,000 New Round”
The $100M Club: Where the Major League Life Sciences Companies Are
[Updated: 1:15 pm PT 11/10/13] People love to rank U.S. biotech clusters. Most of these reports are full of data on venture financing, patents, jobs, and NIH funding. But many are riddled with flawed and biased methodology, and are usually designed to push a political agenda. These rankings, which many people take at face value, … Continue reading “The $100M Club: Where the Major League Life Sciences Companies Are”
Centri Technology Lands $500,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=43e02737-35ce-4dee-b0ac-ff44a7521948 Date 10/14/2013 Company Name Centri Technology Mailing Address 701 5th Ave Seattle, WA 98104 Company Description Centri Technology develops a broad suite of solutions that make it possible for mobile phones to download files, access the Internet and send emails at speeds three times as fast as the current standard. The … Continue reading “Centri Technology Lands $500,000 New Funding Round”
Centri Technology Secures $500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=43e02737-35ce-4dee-b0ac-ff44a7521948 Date 10/14/2013 Company Name Centri Technology Mailing Address 701 5th Ave Seattle, WA 98104 Company Description Centri Technology develops a broad suite of solutions that make it possible for mobile phones to download files, access the Internet and send emails at speeds three times as fast as the current standard. The … Continue reading “Centri Technology Secures $500,000 New Financing Round”
Seattle Roundup: Nuance+Varolii, Amazon+TenMarks, Funding for Comr.se
It was a busy week in tech M&A locally. Nuance Communications is buying Seattle-based Varolii; Amazon.com steps up its education game with the acquisition of TenMarks; and Add3 has acquired Amplify Interactive to strengthen its search marketing business. Also, 9Mile Labs graduate Comr.se has raised $781,000. The details: —Nuance Communications is bolstering its outbound customer … Continue reading “Seattle Roundup: Nuance+Varolii, Amazon+TenMarks, Funding for Comr.se”
Here’s How Yummly, the Foodie’s Google, Could Conquer the Kitchen
If you wanted to build a central information hub for the kitchen—connecting consumers with recipe ideas, ingredient lists, shopping assistance, and cooking instructions—you’d probably break the problem down into a few steps. First you’d build the world’s most powerful recipe search engine. Then you’d add filters to help people discover dishes they like, and avoid … Continue reading “Here’s How Yummly, the Foodie’s Google, Could Conquer the Kitchen”
Evidence.com Acquires Familiar for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ae81ce0e-0191-4758-a1a1-2cce9bdf28a4 Date 10/11/2013 Company Name Familiar Mailing Address 117 E. Louisa St Seattle, WA 98102 Company Description A fast-growing new app, Familiar offers friends and family a simple, seamless way to view photos. Familiar makes it easy to stay privately connected with loved ones all over the world through any easy, instant … Continue reading “Evidence.com Acquires Familiar for Undisclosed Sum”
Gilead Climbs on More Good News for Cancer Drug From Seattle
The most lucrative drug to ever come from Seattle is etanercept (Enbrel) for autoimmune diseases. The most famous drug from Seattle is tadalafil (Cialis) for erectile dysfunction. Now the Seattle biotech cluster can start taking credit for one of the world’s best cancer drugs in development. Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: [[ticker:GILD]]), the Foster City, CA-based biotech … Continue reading “Gilead Climbs on More Good News for Cancer Drug From Seattle”
Amazon Aims to Attract More Startups to Its Cloud With AWS Activate
Already viewed as a top cloud computing platform for technology startups, Amazon Web Services is trying to bring more entrepreneurs into its fold with a program of promotional credits, training, and forums geared for nascent businesses. “Startups will forever be a very important customer segment of AWS,” says Amazon CTO Werner Vogels in a blog … Continue reading “Amazon Aims to Attract More Startups to Its Cloud With AWS Activate”
Venture Goes Mobile as 3rd Quarter Deal Activity Hits 12-Year High
Venture deal activity hit a 12-year high during the third quarter, and big VC investments in Uber, Kymeta, and Flipboard helped push venture funding for U.S. mobile startups over $1 billion for the first time, according to a report today from CB Insights. The New York financial data firm says the 857 venture deals nationwide … Continue reading “Venture Goes Mobile as 3rd Quarter Deal Activity Hits 12-Year High”
Comr.se Obtains $781,458 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=938748c7-8b8f-4341-a7d5-8a322056cbf2 Date 10/10/2013 Company Name Comr.se Mailing Address Undisclosed Seattle, WA 98101 Company Description Comr.se increases eCommerce revenue by powering native transactions anywhere brands connect with their consumers. Website http://www.comr.se Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $781,458 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. Not a … Continue reading “Comr.se Obtains $781,458 New Financing Round”
Kineta Garners $760,497 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3b2fe203-bcf4-4e5c-bd89-9c97be490d9b Date 10/10/2013 Company Name Kineta Mailing Address 219 Terry Ave N Seattle, WA 98109 Company Description Through Kineta, our pioneering team is dedicated to further study of innate immunity with an aggressive strategy to develop early stage programs for powerful new antiviral and immune modulating drugs. We believe our unique approach … Continue reading “Kineta Garners $760,497 New Funding”
HipCricket Secures $9,550,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9a798c2c-7980-481e-81d8-f34b68bd1402 Date 10/10/2013 Company Name HipCricket Mailing Address 11241 Slater Ave NE Kirkland, WA 98033 Company Description HipCricket Inc. specializes in producing interactive mobile marketing campaigns that generate non-traditional revenue for radio, television, and agency clients. Website http://www.hipcricket.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $9,550,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “HipCricket Secures $9,550,000 New Funding Round”
Nuance Communications Acquires Varolii for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b4a9b275-b273-4e0e-947f-7175925fb6d7 Date 10/10/2013 Company Name Varolii Mailing Address 821 2nd Avenue Seattle, WA 98104 Company Description Our way of communicating lets you reach and interact with your customers and employees in much the same way as person-to-person dialogue. Only we do it through automated communication. And we do it at a fraction … Continue reading “Nuance Communications Acquires Varolii for Undisclosed Sum”
FWD.us Seattle Happy Hour
FWD.us, a political organization focused on immigration and education reform and backed by tech titans including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, is hosting a happy hour in Seattle on Wednesday, Oct. 16 to recruit supporters. Immigration lawyer Tahmina Watson will speak and FWD.us founder Joe Green is scheduled to appear. More information is available here.
The TBM Conference
The Technology Business Management Council, an IT leadership group formed from Apptio’s executive summits, is hosting its first conference. The three-day, invitation only TBM Conference is geared for CIOs, CTOs, and CFOs seeking technology management strategies. Speakers include CIOs from Facebook (Tim Campos), Cisco (Rebecca Jacoby), and Boeing (Kim Hammonds) among others. More information is … Continue reading “The TBM Conference”
CEOs of Qumulo, Socrata to Speak at Big Insight Event Nov. 19
Big data has captured the attention and checkbooks of investors. In the last year, Seattle-area companies building big data platforms, tools, and applications have raised north of $100 million from venture capitalists. Add Tableau Software’s IPO, and the area’s companies in this space have landed investment of close to $300 million in the last 12 … Continue reading “CEOs of Qumulo, Socrata to Speak at Big Insight Event Nov. 19”
Startups Thrive on Competition, Not Non-Competes
It’s time to stop pretending that people are DVDs. It’s time to get rid of employee non-competes. A DVD is a simple piece of plastic that only has value because someone (often a company) filled it with useful information, like a movie or a computer program. A blank DVD isn’t very valuable, but a DVD … Continue reading “Startups Thrive on Competition, Not Non-Competes”
Steve Blank’s UCSF Class Tests “Evidence-Based Entrepreneurship”
Conventional wisdom says the techniques that help today’s technology startups get to market fast—or, just as likely, fail fast, freeing the founders to start over—don’t work in the life sciences. Rapid product iteration based on agile software development methods; continuous business-model adjustments using customer feedback; cloud outsourcing to increase capital efficiency—all these strategies are seen … Continue reading “Steve Blank’s UCSF Class Tests “Evidence-Based Entrepreneurship””
Jobaline Garners $2,800,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4a735df9-7cf3-4117-8a9d-6016936e164e Date 10/9/2013 Company Name Jobaline Mailing Address 620 Kirkland Way Kirkland, WA 98033 Company Description Jobaline is a bilingual, mobile-first jobs marketplace enabling the more than 74 million hourly workers in the United States to find and apply for jobs from any computer, tablet or phone. Website http://www.jobaline.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Jobaline Garners $2,800,000 New Funding Round”
Blab Lands $342,034 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f3d2f4f1-cdad-4d01-91b5-ba3df3d19e38 Date 10/9/2013 Company Name Blab Mailing Address 101 Yesler Way Seattle, WA 98104 Company Description Blab is a pioneer in the category of Predictive Social Intelligence. Blab applies proprietary technology and big data processing to contextualize and predict tomorrow’s online conversations today. Brands rely on Blab to contextualize and predict conversations … Continue reading “Blab Lands $342,034 New Funding”
TV Ad Intelligence Startup iSpot.tv Raises $5M from Madrona, TL
Bellevue, WA-based iSpot.tv, which tracks television advertising in real time, has raised $5 million from Madrona Venture Group and TL Ventures, and is bringing new ad data to market. The company aims to fill what iSpot.tv founder and CEO Sean Muller calls “a gap between what information advertisers and TV networks need and what is … Continue reading “TV Ad Intelligence Startup iSpot.tv Raises $5M from Madrona, TL”
Zulily Files for $100M IPO to Fuel Mom-Focused Flash Sales
One of Seattle’s biggest startup success stories is headed for Wall Street. Zulily, the fast-growing moms-and-kids apparel e-commerce company, has publicly filed for an initial public offering that could be worth up to $100 million. Founded in 2009 by Blue Nile veterans Mark Vadon and Darrell Cavens, the company specializes in selling merchandise to moms … Continue reading “Zulily Files for $100M IPO to Fuel Mom-Focused Flash Sales”
Jobaline Raises $2.8M for Expansion, Improved Hourly Job Matching
One of the first hires made through Seattle-area startup Jobaline was a Hispanic construction worker who applied for a job via text message from a feature phone, was called for an interview by a staffing agency 12 hours later, and was dispatched to install tile a few hours after that. Jobaline co-founder and CEO Luis … Continue reading “Jobaline Raises $2.8M for Expansion, Improved Hourly Job Matching”
Science: The Missing Ingredient in the GMO Food Labeling Debate
Residents of Washington State are currently being buried in an avalanche of ads regarding a citizen’s initiative that would require the labeling of genetically engineered foods sold in grocery stores. Estimates for the percentage of items that contain genetically engineered ingredients in a grocery store range from 60 percent to 70 percent (most of those … Continue reading “Science: The Missing Ingredient in the GMO Food Labeling Debate”
iSpot.tv Lands $5,000,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=98a7897f-110e-4dab-b22d-fcdeb710a8f9 Date 10/8/2013 Company Name iSpot.tv Mailing Address 14042 NE 8th Street Bellevue, WA 98007 Company Description Enabling & Measuring Interactions for Brands on TV. Website http://www.ispot.tv Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes That acceleration includes a big boost in hiring, including ramping up a … Continue reading “iSpot.tv Lands $5,000,000 Series A Funding Round”
How We Overturned the Retroactive Tax on Startup Founders
The call came at 1:15 pm this past Friday, as I was driving home from a client meeting. “Mr. Overstreet?” questioned the voice on the other end of the line. “I’m calling from Governor Brown’s office. We wanted you to be the first to know that the Governor signed your bill into law.” And just … Continue reading “How We Overturned the Retroactive Tax on Startup Founders”
Harvard’s Verdine Blazing Trail for Scientific Entrepreneurs
If you’re a tenured biomedical researcher at a university today, and you have a big idea for what could be a new drug or diagnostic test, you can do a couple things. Hand it off to someone else at a startup, keep your day job, dabble as an advisor for a couple hours a week … Continue reading “Harvard’s Verdine Blazing Trail for Scientific Entrepreneurs”
Four Reasons to Encourage Employees to Take Smart Risks
The economic downturn and subsequent market volatility have made risk into a four-letter word. Employees, in particular, are growing increasingly risk-averse, afraid of layoffs and the prospect of extended unemployment. Many of them opt to be cautious rather than brave, to stick to the status quo, and to keep their heads down, rather than challenge … Continue reading “Four Reasons to Encourage Employees to Take Smart Risks”
The Winds of the Future: 5 Ways San Francisco Stays Innovative
In 1920, the San Francisco Bulletin, which was then one of the city’s major newspapers, published a poem by George Sterling, a figure in the city’s Bohemian arts circles. It read in part: The winds of the Future wait At the iron walls of her Gate, And the western ocean breaks in thunder, And the … Continue reading “The Winds of the Future: 5 Ways San Francisco Stays Innovative”
Advanced Inquiry Systems Receives $400,000 Series D Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6d8adf9f-dd44-4df9-8e64-1cbef8a6ddf7 Date 10/4/2013 Company Name Advanced Inquiry Systems Mailing Address 20000 NW Walker Rd. Beaverton, OR 97006 Company Description Advanced Inquiry Systems, Inc. (AISI) is revolutionizing semiconductor test, helping our customers combat rising costs in the midst of falling product prices. Our unique solutions enhance flexibility for device design, greatly reduce test … Continue reading “Advanced Inquiry Systems Receives $400,000 Series D Funding Round”
9Slides Lands $425,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=76459e35-1341-4a70-b0af-9bf91d6be4e7 Date 10/4/2013 Company Name 9Slides Mailing Address 2711 152nd Ave NE Redmond, WA 98052 Company Description 9SLIDES is a powerful communication tool, which allows users to capture and share experience of “being there” in the presentation room with a remote audience, anytime, anywhere. Your audience can watch it on a PC, … Continue reading “9Slides Lands $425,000 New Funding Round”
Wave of Capital for Ed-Tech Startups Kairos, LearnBIG, Actively Learn
It looks like an opportune moment for education technology entrepreneurs in Seattle. A trio of local startups has raised a combined $6 million in recent weeks to work on various aspects of e-learning. Kairos 4, headed by Kristen Hamilton, most recently entrepreneur-in-residence at Seattle venture capital firm Maveron, has raised more than $4.3 million, according … Continue reading “Wave of Capital for Ed-Tech Startups Kairos, LearnBIG, Actively Learn”
Join Xconomy for Profiles in Biotech Perseverance in SF Dec. 9
Drugs don’t just roll out of anybody’s lab by next Tuesday, and then keep popping out on some exponential curve. The biotech industry depends on investors who are willing to speculate on hot ideas in science, and wait years to see a payoff that may never come. That notion, which has been with the industry … Continue reading “Join Xconomy for Profiles in Biotech Perseverance in SF Dec. 9”
The Human Genome Project Wasn’t Overhyped. The Payoff Just Took Time
[This post was co-authored by Sean Harper, Amgen’s executive vice president of R&D.] People in the tech industry often like to say that we overestimate the short-term impact of new technology and underestimate the longer-term value. The human genome project is a superb example of this truism. Overpromise was indeed rampant during the interval around … Continue reading “The Human Genome Project Wasn’t Overhyped. The Payoff Just Took Time”
Lively Receives $150,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=587f8752-fc35-4f38-bb8c-20955b7b051d Date 10/3/2013 Company Name Lively Mailing Address 3412 4th Avenue South Seattle, WA 98134 Company Description Lively is bringing fans and bands together: whether it’s the next hot Indie artist or a major label band, quality access to live music doesn’t need to stop at the venue’s doors. Website http://www.getlive.ly Transaction … Continue reading “Lively Receives $150,000 New Round”
PhaseRx Garners $1,400,014 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0c980569-77c6-4f17-ba72-20ef05965dd0 Date 10/3/2013 Company Name PhaseRx Mailing Address 410 West Harrison Street Seattle, WA 98119 Company Description PhaseRx is an RNAi delivery technology company developing a breakthrough polymer-based system that enables the systemic delivery of RNAi-based drugs and potentially other macromolecules as therapeutic products. Website http://www.phaserx.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $1,400,014 … Continue reading “PhaseRx Garners $1,400,014 New Financing Round”
Seattle Roundup: Amazon Hiring; AdReady Acquired; Paper + Moleskine & More
Seattle tech news this week includes Amazon’s seasonal hiring binge, the acquisition of AdReady, a Paper-Moleskine partnership, and funding for BuddyTV.com. Read on for more details. —If the government shutdown continues through the holidays, laid-off federal employees could apply for one of the 70,000-plus full-time seasonal openings Amazon.com plans to fill this year. The Seattle … Continue reading “Seattle Roundup: Amazon Hiring; AdReady Acquired; Paper + Moleskine & More”
Seeing Beyond the IPO Window Dressing
In his Life Sci VC blog, Bruce Booth recently wrote “Biotech is back with a vengeance in this IPO window.” It’s an accurate snapshot of the market, but the good times he describes accrue to money and sweat equity already long in the ground. In a business with a 10- to 15-year product development cycle, … Continue reading “Seeing Beyond the IPO Window Dressing”