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...
by ray | May 24, 2015 | Cloud Tools, General News
Cloud-based payroll processing startup ZenPayroll has closed on a $60 million Series B round, led by Google Capital. Emergence Capital Partners and Ribbit Capital also participated, along with existing investors General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers,...
by ray | May 24, 2015 | General News
Perhaps the giddiness over the Amazon Dash button is from boosters giving Amazon the benefit of the doubt. But far too many pundits and general observers are enamored with everything Amazon does. Under any other circumstance the idea would be seen for what it is:...
