by ray | Jun 15, 2015 | General News
I had drinks with one of the $1 billion “unicorn” CEOs last night, in a trendy Noho bar in London. He told me he thinks we’re in a tech bubble, and it’s going to end badly for many companies. Unicorn companies were so-named a few years ago...
by ray | Jun 12, 2015 | Healthcare
So much of what we do nowadays, we can accomplish online—from tax preparation and banking to movie watching and shopping. It’s no wonder that so many electronic medical record (EMR) systems—tools that allow medical providers to digitally document, schedule, and...
by ray | Jun 4, 2015 | General News
Square has continued to iterate on its iOS-friendly credit card system, which has evolved on both the hardware and software side since we last covered it in 2011. Closing out 2013, Square introduced its newest Square Credit Card Reader (Free*). Slimmer than previous...
by ray | Jun 1, 2015 | General News
Across the nation, executives in boardrooms are thinking, worrying and talking about the new factor that’s changing everything in their world-the growth, innovation, and market power of small and start-up companies. In a recent survey of 250 executives at both...
by ray | May 27, 2015 | General News
In 2003, our co-founders David Hauser and Siamak Taghaddos met as undergrads studying at Babson College. Their business partnership blossomed and together they developed the beginnings of Grasshopper, the Entrepreneur’s Phone System. For the past 11 years, we’ve...
by ray | May 26, 2015 | Cloud Tools, General News
Thumbtack CEO Marco Zappacosta always knew his startup would be a family affair. It began in 2009 in his brother’s house until his elder sibling couldn’t stand the ruckus and kicked him out. Zappacosta got his parents to be the first testers of Thumbtack’s website, a...