Yext's Seven-Year Journey Began With Al Sharpton ...In Spandex
Now in his fourth startup, Yext's Howard Lerman has an uncanny sense of timing. What's his secret?
J.J. Colao, Forbes StaffNow in his fourth startup, Yext's Howard Lerman has an uncanny sense of timing. What's his secret?
J.J. Colao, Forbes StaffIf you’re a small business outsourcing most of your data storage and security to the cloud, it can be confusing to know what you should be doing to make sure your website is fast and secure. read »
As the president and CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Carl Guardino is probably in as good a position as any to consider what makes California’s cradle of technology the success it is. In a presentation at the Silicon Valley Comes to Oxford event at Oxford University’s Said Business School earlier this week, he offered seven key leadership lessons. But the talk – which he billed as delivering “the secret sauce of Silicon Valley” – also offered a context for the style of business that has[...] read »
When we last departed the case of In re Huber, a bankruptcy proceeding in Washington state, the Court had quite predictably applied Bankruptcy Code Section 548(e) to slice through an Alaska Asset Protection Trust like so much warm butter. See Domestic Asset Protection Trust Blows Up Bigger Than Alaska In Huber Case read »
The MOOC market (Massive Open Online Courses) has exploded. This month Coursera landed another $20M in funding, bringing their total investment to $63M (even more than edX's original $60M funding by MIT and Harvard). Why all the investment? Because this market opportunity is massive and building these online courses is expensive. read »
Back in analog eras, even the most powerful people had a tough time starting their own currency. It would have taken a fair bit of wealth to begin with, because most legal tenders were tied to something real, like gold or silver. Even if you had amassed enough treasure to [...] read »
The Wall Street party seems unstoppable. The S&P500 (NYSE:SPY) and the Dow Jones Industrials (NYSE:DIA) reach one new high after another; NASDAQ (NASDAQ:QQQ) is racing towards the old pre-dot.com crash levels; and a number of momentum stocks trade at astronomical PEs. read »
Entrepreneurs are some of the most impatient people on the planet. Once they know where things stand for them and they have a plan, they like to spring into action before someone beats them. It looks like we've gotten to the point where many know what's ahead--even if it's not what they'd like to see--and they're ready to pull the trigger and grow their businesses. That's good news for folks who plan to send out resumes, since entrepreneurial firms are responsible for much of the job creation in[...] read »
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