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Behind Uber's soaring value

Investors are likely betting that the ride share service will dominate the market for on-demand transportation, say Al Ramadan, Christopher Lochhead and Dave Peterson of Play..

Tech Bubble? No, it's a startup wealth gap

The technology industry has what you might call a “Cosby”—a dark secret that undercuts its image.

The startup version of the wealth gap

Entrepreneurship has never been easier, but entrepreneurship is on the decline. I first heard this surprising paradox a few months ago in a talk by MITs’s Andy McAfee. Digital..

The New $50 Billion Software Category

New social, mobile, and cloud technologies are giving both consumers and marketers more power than ever. Today when we have an interest in a product or service we do most of our..

Don't let the money make you a dummy

Technology IPOs are stacking up like groupies at a Motley Crue concert. Dozens of companies, including Palo Alto Networks, ServiceNow, Workday, and the mac daddy of them all,..

Change Reigns: Software Industry predictions

Software vendors will swing into action in 2013 to deal with the new market realities of a cloud, mobile, Big Data and social world. And in the face of new competition from..