It sounds like the National Venture Capital Association is looking to start a campaign to try to straighten out the mess which has come out as Republican candidate Mitt Romney has started to be referred to as a venture capitalist (or to his fellow Republican candidates, “vulture capitalist”). All politics aside, for anyone who regularly covers [...]
Perusing the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 list for this year — the ranking of the fastest growing companies in North America, based on the last five years of revenue–it’s quite surprising to note the sheer number of Southern California firms listed. Deloitte, which ranks these every year (disclaimer: Deloitte recently became a sponsor of socalTECH, [...]
File this under one more thing you really ought to know as a startup: don’t invest in auction rate bonds. For those who aren’t familiar with them, auction rates are a type of long term bond which are sold via a dutch auction by investment banks. They are typically used by companies to manage their [...]
Thoughts and commentary from Benjamin F. Kuo, publisher of socalTECH.com.
