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Spray-On Tan Question Captivates Silicon Valley
Ryan Tate · 11/21/11 03:45PMBlogger Gets Staggering $250,000 Retention Bonus
Ryan Tate · 11/21/11 03:02PMNewspapers, magazines, TV networks and online conglomerates are laying off journalists left and right, but even the sad crumbling world of professional news delivery has a fortunate one percent. This elite group now includes Ben Parr, whose employer Mashable, the tech blog, paid him a $250,000 retention bonus only to turn around and fire him. Meet the happiest unemployed journalist in the world!
Yelp Will Go Public Barring Some Sort of Miracle
Ryan Tate · 11/17/11 06:19PMJustin Bieber's Girlfriend Is a Venture Capitalist Now
Ryan Tate · 11/17/11 04:54PMWatch a 12-Year-Old Put Your Startup To Shame
Ryan Tate · 11/14/11 06:11PMInvestors Are Dying to Bet Against Groupon
Ryan Tate · 11/11/11 03:01PMLet's Rewrite Securities Law for Facebook
Ryan Tate · 11/08/11 10:21PMTwo senators introduced legislation to help Facebook further evade a 47-year-old SEC disclosure rule and take on a slew of new investors. Because that's the problem in America lately, you see: Corporations are too well regulated, and we know too much about the inner workings of large, heavily capitalized institutions.
The Groupon IPO Feeding Frenzy Begins
Adrian Chen · 11/04/11 12:12PMThe Groupon IPO Will Be Huge (God Help Us)
Ryan Tate · 11/03/11 07:12PMGroupon goes public tomorrow, and the financially frightful coupon startup should be a stock market hit: With about 10 times more prospective buyer than shares, the stock priced today at $20, up from an expected $16 - $18. So it looks like the tech bubble, inflated heretofore by private investment deals, is going public. How exciting.
Who the Hell Is Going to Invest in Groupon?
Ryan Tate · 11/02/11 04:07PMTech Welcomes Leonardo DiCaprio's Supermodel Ex
Ryan Tate · 10/26/11 01:59PMLeonardo DiCaprio's Tech Investment Means We're Doomed
Ryan Tate · 10/25/11 01:21PMDeal of the Day: Groupon Now Only Worth $12 Billion
Ryan Tate · 10/19/11 07:31PMWhat a basketcase: Groupon has slashed its proposed valuation to $12 billion from $30 billion as it ramps up for an initial public offering. So if you're in the market for a technically insolvent online discounter with shady accounting, now is the time to buy! Goldman Sachs is involved, so you just know it's a good deal.
MC Hammer Is Competing With Google Now
Ryan Tate · 10/19/11 04:44PMStudent Loan Debt Is Unimaginably Huge
Hamilton Nolan · 10/19/11 10:50AMReporting live from the wavering edge of the Student Loan Bubble: congratulations, collectively impoverished college students and recent graduates losing hope week by week! You've managed to achieve what many pointy-headed "Economics" professors might have called "inadvisable" or even "insane:" the highest student loan debt levels ever recorded. Huzzah!
How Dare You Talk About a Tech Start-Up Die-Off!
Adrian Chen · 10/13/11 11:36AMBuilding a Company Around FarmVille Is as Dumb As It Sounds
Ryan Tate · 10/11/11 05:32PMThe Insane Temptations of Two Tech Bloggers
Ryan Tate · 10/03/11 08:54PMFor TechCrunch's MG Siegler, temptation came from the clubby world of venture capital. For the New York Times' Nick Bilton, the lure was in the blindingly lit studios of a TV network. The writers made different choices—one took the money, the other turned it down—but the scope of their offers alone is the sign of a world gone mad.