(Thinkstock) Sometimes going to work is a chore. The daily grind means deadlines to meet, grumpy colleagues to deal with, demanding bosses to please and piles of work that never seem to get smaller. And some days, it feels like there’s never a way to break free from routine. But, there are ways to overcome…
Rip Empson (@ripemp) ( TechCrunch.com) Today, alongside a fourth quarter earnings report in which it beat Wall Street estimates yet again, LinkedIn announced its intentions to acquire data-savvy job search startup, Bright.com, for $120 million. The deal, which was 70 percent stock and 30 percent cash the company said, will be completed during the first quarter of this…
Todd Tankersley Lego, pre-millennium: stackable bricks, generic yellow-headed characters, revenue sputtering. Lego today: Crushing the toy industry under its interlocking feet, having overtaken Mattel and Hasbro as the most profitable toymaker in the world. That’s partially due to licensing deals, which, starting in 1999, added icons like Darth Vader and Batman to the mix. Many…
StartX, the non-profit accelerator for Stanford-affiliated entrepreneurs, introduced the most recent eight companies to have gone through its program at a demo day in Silicon Valley today. Those companies included everything from a non-profit dance program to a mobile tool for helping to treat autism in children presented to investors and press. Founded in 2009,…
The recent Silk Road shutdown has led to a meaningful decline in Bitcoin transactions, but the speculative spirit is driving the price of the currency higher