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Bubbles and Brainstorming With Marc Andreessen

One of America's most important venture capitalists talks tech bubbles, delayed gratification and his firm's efforts to hire a female partner.

By Dan Primack

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The 2 Major Drivers of Company Valuation

By Peter Lehrman

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With IPO, Web Hosting Company GoDaddy Valued at Up to $5.48 Billion

By Reuters

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Now Is a ‘Fantastic Time’ to Invest in Startups, VC Says

By Jacob Pramuk

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The Tech Bubble Is About to Burst, This VC Says

The value of many multi-billion dollar technology companies like Uber and Snapchat will fall in the coming months.

By CNBC

Business Funding

Slack, the Startup Looking to Kill Email, Is Now Reportedly Worth $2 Billion

That's double its valuation from six months ago.

By Laura Entis

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Pinterest Pegged at $11 Billion After Raising $367 Million in New Funding

The social bookmarking site said it would use new funds to fuel international expansion.

By Geoff Weiss

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Report: Snapchat Raising $200 Million From Alibaba at $15 Billion Valuation

The Chinese ecommerce giant is reportedly eyeing expansion into overseas markets as well as social networking.

By Geoff Weiss

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Latest Funding Round Values Lyft at $2.5 Billion

The ride-sharing service raised $530 million in a round led by Japanese online retailer Rakuten.

By Reuters

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Mark Cuban: Why This Tech Bubble Is Worse Than the Tech Bubble of 2000

The bubble today comes from private investors who are investing in apps and small tech companies. And there in lies the rub.

By Mark Cuban

Business News

Fab Sells to PCH for a Tiny Fraction of Its Former $1 Billion Valuation

Fab CEO and co-founder Jason Goldberg will no longer be involved with the company.

By Laura Entis

Business News

Why Snapchat Is Worth $19 Billion (Or More)

And it's got nothing to do with messages that self-destruct.

By Andrew Nusca

Building a Business

Twitter Co-Founder Says Investors Don’t Really Understand Value

Evan Williams takes on Wall Street.

By Erin Griffith

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Snapchat Seeks New Funding at Up to $19 Billion Valuation

The popular messaging app is looking to raise as much as $500 million.

By Reuters

Building a Business

How FlashFunders Streamlines the Investor Roadshow

The beta site has helped eight startups so far. Here's how it works.

By Michelle Goodman

Business News

Tesla Is Years Away From Its Goal of Reaching Apple

It might be more than two decades before the electric car maker reaches Apple's current market value.

By Reuters

Building a Business

Billionaire Investor Carl Icahn Values Apple at More Than $1 Trillion

Icahn said Apple's price-to-earnings ratio should be about 20 times.

By Reuters

Business News

With Big Solar Power Deal, Apple’s Market Cap Closes Over $700 Billion

Apple set a record, becoming the first American company to close with such a high market cap.

By Reuters

Building a Business

How a High Valuation Can Run Your Business Into the Ground

An inflated early-stage valuation makes raising the first round of capital easier but the expectations make everything after harder.

By David Mandell

Business Accounting

Will the Tech-Startup Bubble Burst in 2015?

Peter Cohan describes some of the key indications: a flood of late-stage investment, a spike in sky-high valuations and a rising tide of venture-capital-backed IPOs.

By Peter S. Cohan

Building a Business

Let’s Stop Laughing at Groupon

Groupon is not a cautionary tale of unicorns past.

By Dan Primack

Business Accounting

How to Determine the Value of Your Pre-Revenue Startup

Here are the formulas and turns of phrase the experts use to determine what your work is worth.

Business News

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff on Where Big Tech Is Headed

We're in the early stages of a data-science revolution, he says.

By Adam Lashinsky

Building a Business

How to Get a $1 Billion Valuation in Just Eight Months

How can Slack, a business software company that makes a product that's less than a year old, be worth more than $1 billion?

By Erin Griffith

Building a Business

You Think Your Startup Is Worth How Much?

Here are five ways to defend your valuation to investors.

By Brian Foley

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Home Improvement Startup Porch Raises $65 Million at $500 Million Valuation

The 16-month-old company plans to allocate funds towards enhancing its new mobile app.

By Geoff Weiss

Business Accounting

5 Things Business Owners Should Keep in Mind With Succession Planning

Being properly prepared puts the company leader in the best vantage point even if a sale is not immediately on the horizon.

By Michelle Brennan Hall

Building a Business

Grocery Delivery Startup Instacart Reportedly Raises $220 Million

The latest round is said to value the two-year-old company at roughly $2 billion.

By Nina Zipkin

Business News

Chinese Smartphone Maker Xiaomi Valued at $45 Billion

The company raised a fresh $1.1 billion from investors and is currently the No. 3 smartphone company in the world behind Samsung and Apple.

By Reuters

Online Presence

Instagram Just Murdered All of Its Robots

That's why your follower count just went down.

By Laura Entis