All Posts Tagged With: "Venture Capital"
Twitter Receives Financing with Union Square Ventures
Fellow Twitter-ers -Twitter Headquarters last week announced the closing of their financing with Union Square Ventures, Charles River Ventures, and some angel investors including Marc Andreessen, Dick Costolo, Ron Conway, and Naval Ravikant. What does this mean for twitter-mania? Perhaps more momentum, definitely more engineers, and the chance for building a sustainable company. I’ve only been twittering for a few months now, and I am barely a novice twitter-er, but it definitely gets a little addictive. Twitter is one of those ideas I thought had a lot less merit initially. What am I doing right now? Really? That’s it? Won’t that get boring? Apparently not…I’ve found myself twittering at the oddest times - and it’s fun. Of course, you’ve got to build a network of friends - no one twitters solo. But that’s the draw, isn’t it?
Google Wants In on the 700 Mhz Spectrum
It’s not often that a frequency spectrum auction gains much attention, but good old 700MHz is like the Dennis Rodman of these things…you can’t not not pay attention, much as you’d like to. The latest bit of news is that Google (yes, that Google) wants in on the bidding process. The company recently inquired about the auction’s guidelines, and the precise stipulations of its mandatory “openness.” This inquiry is the requisite first step in any bidding process, and clearly indicates that the company is interested in snatching up some spectrum goodness. Is this the first public sign of Google’s American telecom provider aspirations? We sure hope so…more competition is never, ever, a bad thing.
