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What Actually Happens When A Startup Raises A Boatload Of Money And Fails

What happens when startups raise a bunch of money then fails to get a decent-size exit?Union Square Ventures' Fred Wilson says it's usually plays out one of two ways:1. Founders "slog it out" for years...

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The Irresistible Rise Of Google+

Social Media Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that collects and delivers the top social media news first thing every morning. You can sign up to receive Social Media Insightshere or...

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Newest Cyberattacks On US Banks Are Destroying Data Rather Than Stealing It

The newest wave of cyberattacks targeting U.S. banks — which have cost millions of dollars since September — seem bent on destruction rather than espionage, Nicole Perlroth and David Sanger of The New...

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Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone Is Launching Yet Another Startup

Twitter cofounder Biz Stone is gearing up to launch a new "native mobile" startup called Jelly, AllThingsD's Kara Swisher reports.Stone has kept quite busy since leaving his day-to-day role at Twitter....

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Ouya, The $8.5 Million Kickstarter Project 63,000 People Wanted, Is Kind Of A...

Ouya, the tiny Android-powered video game console that raised over $8.5 million last summer via Kickstarter is finally shipping.The console is trying to break into an industry that has gone without...

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Why It Makes Zero Sense For Facebook To Do A Smartphone Operating System (FB,...

Facebook is doing its own smartphone operating system.No, seriously. This time we mean it. Maybe. Possibly.Anyway, that's what people are saying. So, we suppose it's worth talking about it.We can't...

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You Didn’t Make The Harlem Shake Go Viral — Corporations Did

Google’s trend charts of the phrase “Harlem Shake” are seismic. Almost no one looked for the words until Feb. 7, then searches surged faster than any term Google ever had, except for “Whitney Houston”...

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There's More Evidence That Microsoft Is Working On A Smaller Tablet To...

It's been reported before, but we now have even more evidence that Microsoft has plans to make smaller and cheaper tablets running Windows 8.As pointed out by Ed Bott of ZDNet, Microsoft quietly...

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eBay Plans To Double Its Sales To $300 Billion In The Next 3 Years And Take...

eBay has aggressive plans over the next three years to make it more competitive with Amazon.It told attendees at its biennial analyst event that by 2015, it expects revenue to jump from the $14 billion...

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SAP's Jonathan Becher On The Future Of Marketing: 'I Don't Have A Social...

This article is sponsored by SAP.In the rapidly changing world of marketing, it's hard to keep up with the latest trends. What's more important to a brand: generating business or increasing awareness?...

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BII REPORT: How Card Readers Are Driving An Explosion In Mobile Payments

The old dream of the "digital wallet" is coming true in a very particular mobile-led fashion. Card readers have gained traction because they allow small merchants to transform smartphones or tablets...

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If You Work On Wall Street, Download These Apps

Wall Streeters, we know your lives revolve around time.Days in the office swing between dramatic periods of having to save time and waste time. So in an attempt to help you survive it all, we've picked...

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Mark Zuckerberg Already Revealed 'The Strategy' For A Facebook Using Android...

Facebooksent out a press invite for an Android-related event last night.This led to reports that it is working with HTC to on a phone running a Facebook-ified version of Android.This would be a...

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Female Game Designer Resigns After Non-Profit Organization Throws A Party...

The Game Developers Conference is wrapping up today in San Francisco.But the controversy is just beginning. Two nights ago, the International Game Developer's Association co-threw a party for industry...

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Facebook's Big Plan For Android Sounds Pretty Boring (FB, GOOG)

Facebook's plans for Android are slowly starting to leak out, and boy do they seem boring.Evelyn M. Rusli and Amir Efrati of the WSJ report Facebook has been working on software that displays Facebook...

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Penn State Senior And Aspiring Graphic Designer Turns Guitar Into A Musical...

College kids are getting crafty with their resumes, hoping to stand out to employers. We've seen them spend days skipping class to create resume websites, and turn chocolate bars into contact...

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How To Find A Date Using Your Phone Without Being A Creeper

Single people all over are finding local dates using an app called Tinder, which lets users "Like" or "Pass" on potential nearby dates.It's basically a mobile/localized version of "Hot or Not" that...

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DEADLINE APPROACHING: Nominate The Most Creative People In Mobile Advertising

We want to know, who are the most creative people in mobile advertising?You tell us.Nominees can be people who have created innovative tablet ads, new ways to approach mobile ad display, changed the...

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What It's Like To Attend Competitive Startup Incubator Y Combinator

Y Combinator is one of the most competitive startup incubators in the country. Thousands apply, but only 47 startups are in the current class.One of those startups is StyleUp, co-founded by Kendall...

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This Story Of A Woman Speaking Out Against Sexism In The Gaming Biz Will Turn...

The gaming industry is abuzz because Brenda Romero, disgusted by an act of sexism at the Gamer's Developers Conference, resigned her position as co-chair of the International Game Developer's...

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