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| Nov 17, 2022 | Scoop Launches Hybrid Team Enablement Platform To Master the Future of Work | “Scoop turns data into action with a platform built to help optimize the hybrid work ecosystem for everyone, whether that’s a person, a team, an office, or an entire enterprise," said Rob Sadow, CEO and co-founder of Scoop.”
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| Oct 11, 2020 | Twilio is buying customer data startup Segment for between $3B and $4B | Sources have told TechCrunch that Twilio intends to acquire customer data startup Segment for between $3 and $4 billion. Forbes broke the story on Friday night, reporting a price tag of $3.2 billion.
We have heard from a couple of industry ... |
| Jun 24, 2020 | How first-time fund managers are de-risking | After what felt like winter, investors say startup deals are back on — although the numbers suggest they never stopped. As Semil Shah of Haystack VC phrased it in a blog post, “It’s game on, pandemic or bust.”
This is good news for founders... |
| Dec 24, 2017 | Putting The Year In The Review Mirror | I’m in the process of going over all of the songs I favorited this year and putting my top ones into a playlist and then culling that list. I’m planning on posting it at some point this coming week, maybe as soon as tomorrow as a Christmas ... |
| Dec 4, 2017 | Tortuga AgTech Raises $2.4m Seed Round for Indoor Ag Robotics | Tortuga AgTech, a Denver-based robotics startup targeting controlled-environment fruit and vegetable growers has raised a $2.4 million Seed round.
Tortuga Agtech is developing robotic systems for harvesting fresh produce in controlled envir... |
| Aug 4, 2017 | Social Starts Buzz Room: August 4, 2017 | What are our partners reading this week? News about our portfolio companies, macro industry trends, our investment focus areas, and general personal and business strategies.
News About Our Portfolio Companies
· RentHop analyzes if conveni... |
| May 10, 2017 | Lightspeed’s co-founders on their 17-year-long ‘overnight’ success story | Lightspeed Venture Partners is having quite a year, between the sale of AppDynamics to Cisco for $3.7 billion on the eve of its IPO (Lightspeed wrote its first check); to the March sale of publicly traded Nimble Storage to Hewlett Packard E... |
| Feb 17, 2017 | Brad Feld: Don’t get too excited about all those “new” acquisitions by non-tech companies | Before renowned venture capitalist Brad Feld embarked on a digital sabbath, he stopped by a San Francisco event hosted by this editor last week, where he talked with fellow investor Semil Shah about a wide range of things. The whole sit-dow... |
| Nov 30, 2016 | At Post Seed: what will Trump mean for Silicon Valley? | Two of our hosts support change and Trump, while the majority appear to be against him
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social Capital), Ayd... |
| Nov 28, 2016 | CNN acquires the team behind video-sharing platform Beme | The company will be launching a new media brand dedicated to video content tied to breaking news
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social Cap... |
| Nov 23, 2016 | Early stage VC SV Angel raises $53M for its sixth fund | The angel firm has invested in Pinterest, Airbnb, Stripe, Hipmunk, Snapchat and Foursquare
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social Capital),... |
| Nov 19, 2016 | Meet angel investor Dan Scheinman | Scheinman has invested in SentinelOne, Zoom, Kodiak Data, Tango and Testim.io
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social Capital), Aydin Senkut... |
| Nov 18, 2016 | It's official: FanDuel and DraftKings are becoming one | The company will be run by DraftKings CEO Jason Robins, with FanDuel CEO Nigel Eccles as Chairman
After months of rumors and speculation that FanDuel and Draftkings were getting ready to combine forces, the two companies have finally made i... |
| Nov 18, 2016 | What will happen to healthtech under Trump? | As with everything when it comes to Trump, nobody really knows
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social Capital), Aydin Senkut (Felicis), Jef... |
| Nov 12, 2016 | Meet John Durant, General Partner at Wild Ventures | Founded by the author of "The Paleo Manifesto," Wild Ventures invests in healthy living
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social Ca... |
| Nov 10, 2016 | How does 23andMe make money? | The genetics company sells a DNA analysis kit to consumers and collaborates with researchers
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social Capital... |
| Nov 9, 2016 | Talent marketplace Hired adds $30M to its Series C | With every industry hungrier than ever for talent, this company is stacking up cash and clients
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social Capi... |
| Nov 5, 2016 | Meet Paul Arnold, founder of Switch Ventures | Arnold was a senior executive at AppDirect, and started Switch Ventures in 2014
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social Capital), Aydin Senk... |
| Nov 4, 2016 | When Twilio was young: the early years | Contrary to expectations, the cloud telephone company repeatedly reduced prices as it scaled
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming upon Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social Capital)... |
| Nov 3, 2016 | ArbiClaims brings arbitration to the sharing economy | The seed-funded legal tech startup won the "runner up" prize at Vator Splash LA 2016
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social Capit... |
| Nov 2, 2016 | Spotify acquires customer success company Preact | Preact uses big data and machine learning so companies can better hold onto their customers
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social Capital)... |
| Oct 31, 2016 | Study highlights racial discrimination in Uber, Lyft | Like Airbnb, the biggest ridesharing apps in the U.S. facilitate racist behavior toward users
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social Capita... |
| Oct 31, 2016 | Thiel: the most conventional thing I've done is back Trump | "The first time I've done something big in my life that was just what half the country believed in"
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Fou... |
| Oct 31, 2016 | Wearables have bounced back in 2016, thanks to Magic Leap | It raised $793M, putting wearables on pace to raise $1.9 billion this year
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social Capital), Aydin Senkut (F... |
| Oct 31, 2016 | Thiel: Trump will make America "a normal country" | Thiel says Trump will change the type of thinking that led to the financial and housing bubbles
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social Capi... |
| Oct 29, 2016 | Meet Howard Hartenbaum of August Capital | Hear how the general partner makes Series A investments in "consumer-like" startups
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social Capita... |
| Oct 28, 2016 | London court rules that Uber drivers are employees | Drivers for the ridesharing company in the UK entitled to minimum wage, other benefits, says court
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social C... |
| Oct 27, 2016 | Uber brings surge pricing to UberEATS | Customers should prepare to pay higher delivery fees during busy times due to lack of drivers
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social Capita... |
| Oct 26, 2016 | 85 percent of Thrive Market’s customers are women | Health consciousness isn't reserved for urban coastal hipsters
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social Capital), Aydin Senkut (Felicis)... |
| Oct 25, 2016 | Are Lyft and Uber going to kill public transportation? | After laying waste to the taxi industry, ridesharing may now threaten public buses and trains
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social Capita... |
| Oct 25, 2016 | Spotify rejects exclusive content for more original content | The company released its first 12 original series earlier this year, and vows to do more
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social Capital), A... |
| Oct 24, 2016 | New York Times buys The Wirecutter, gets into e-commerce | Product review site The Wirecutter makes money by linking to merchants, and taking a cut of the sale
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social... |
| Oct 24, 2016 | Vator Splash LA winner Industry raises $2.3M seed financing | Fresh off the Splash stage, the LinkedIn for hospitality gets funding
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social Capital), Aydin Senkut (Felici... |
| Oct 24, 2016 | On demand cannabis delivery service Eaze raises $13M | The company will use the funding to expand to new markets in California
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social Capital), Aydin Senkut (Feli... |
| Oct 22, 2016 | Meet Semil Shah, General Partner at Haystack | In addition to founding Haystack, Shah is also a Venture Partner at GGV Capital
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social Capital), Aydin Senk... |
| Oct 22, 2016 | Where do Trump and Clinton stand on cannabis? | Though the GOP candidate's a wild card, neither seems eager to crack down on legal cannabis markets
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of So... |
| Oct 21, 2016 | How does WeWork make money? | The coworking company rents out desk space (and now living space) to its members
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social Capital), Aydin Sen... |
| Oct 18, 2016 | Rejected by VCs, Thrive Market raised $10M anyway | VCs weren't aware of the trend Thrive was pursuing, so the business turned to influencers
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social Capit... |
| Oct 17, 2016 | Turo believes in self-driving and self-funded cars | In the next 20 years, even individually owned cars will have some self-driving technology
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social Capital), ... |
| Oct 17, 2016 | When Munchery was young: the early years | Hundreds of meals served four months after launch; over 200,000 meals served by its third year
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming upon Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social Capita... |
| Sep 13, 2016 | GGV Capital just made a couple of high-profile hires | GGV Capital, the nearly 20-year-old cross-border venture firm, with offices on both Sand Hill Road and in Beijing and Shanghai, has brought some new, interesting people into its orbit: Jason Costa, who spent the last three years as a produc... |
| Mar 18, 2016 | «Тренд года»: запуск бот-платформы Facebook станет самым громким событием десятилетия
Первые дни мессенджинга как платформы
Большой ботобум
Боты — это новые приложения
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| Mar 17, 2016 | Facebook’s Messenger Bot Store could be the most important launch since the App Store | Tom Hadfield Contributor
Tom Hadfield is the CEO of Message.io, the bot syndication service backed by Khosla Ventures, Eniac Ventures and Y Combinator.
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| Feb 15, 2016 | The Serious Business Of Play | Doug Renert Contributor
Doug Renert is a co-founding partner of Tandem Capital.
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| Jul 27, 2015 | Dear Investors, Fund More Underrepresented Founders In Tech | If the future of the tech industry is to be a culture of inclusion and diversity, then women founders and founders of color need funding. Although Google, Twitter, Pandora, Facebook and other tech companies released their diversity data las... |
| Jul 19, 2015 | The rise of the thematic VC and what it means for founders | Thematic venture capital funds have come into vogue over the last decade. Firms used to be generalists and VC was an artisanal craft largely organized by stage and fund size. Today there are hardware funds, B2B funds, and funds with very ex... |
| Jul 19, 2015 | The rise of the thematic VC and what it means for founders | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Thematic venture capital funds have come into vog... |
| Dec 2, 2014 | Rabois: investors are misleading with post seed rounds | Keith Rabois took the stage at Vator's Postseed conference on Tuesday
At Vator's first ever Post Seed Conference on Tuesday, Keith Rabois of Khosla Ventures took the stage with Paul Martino of Bullpen Capital to discuss how the ch... |
| Nov 18, 2014 | Tipping Tuesday | One of the most promising use cases for Bitcoin is micropayments. And one of the most promising use cases for micropayments is funding content. There are two primary ideas for how to do this with micropayments.
1) A paywall that requires a ... |
| Aug 5, 2014 | Navdy is 'like Google Glass, but for your car' | Purchasing a Tesla or a Chevy Volt can have its advantages, but what if you could turn your current car into an electric one and get all the benefits just by purchasing an add-on?
Unfortunately that’s not possible yet, but what is possible ... |
| Aug 5, 2014 | Navdy is 'like Google Glass, but for your car' | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Purchasing a Tesla or a Chevy Volt can have its advantages, but what if you could turn your current car into an electric one and get al... |
| Apr 27, 2014 | My Weekly TechCrunch Habit Ends | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor at Haystack. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
Over the past three years, every weekend, I sit down with my lap... |
| Apr 20, 2014 | In Digital Health, Does Nike Have A Path To Victory After Fuelband? | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor at Haystack. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
This past week, conflicting reports about Nike leaked, suggestin... |
| Apr 13, 2014 | UberRUSH Raises Three Critical Questions For The Future Of Mobile On-Demand Services | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor at Haystack. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
Last week, my column discussed how on-demand mobile services — T... |
| Apr 6, 2014 | Tap Your Phone, Get Stuff (Including Funding) | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor at Haystack. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
Earlier this week, Steve Schlafman, an investor with RRE in New ... |
| Mar 30, 2014 | Microsoft Office, Now On iOS, Highlights A Powerful Lesson For Incumbents | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor at Haystack. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
Finally, Microsoft’s flagship Office suite (Excel, PPT, Word) is... |
| Mar 23, 2014 | Mobile Platforms, Smartwatches, And Golden Handcuffs | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor at Haystack. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil
Ask three different smart, knowledgeable people in tech about the... |
| Mar 16, 2014 | Looking In The Rearview Mirror For Mobile App Inspiration | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil
Every Sunday, I try to write something about mobile that’s relevant today or ... |
| Mar 9, 2014 | How Secret May Uncover A New Secret To Mobile Growth | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil
Greetings from a rainy (but always fun) Austin, TX. As is the case leading up... |
| Mar 2, 2014 | The WhatsApp Effect | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil
It’s no secret that many entrepreneurs and investors are seduced by the spect... |
| Feb 23, 2014 | The WhatsApp Story Challenges Some Of The Valley’s Conventional Wisdom | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil
Silicon Valley and the tech world at large are filled with a variety of conve... |
| Feb 16, 2014 | An iPhone Loyalist’s First Few Weeks With Android | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil
A year ago, I wrote a post titled “Silicon Valley Slowly Awakens To Android.”... |
| Feb 9, 2014 | How CodePath Trains Developers To Build In A Mobile World | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
Late in 2013, I stumbled upon two bootstrapped entrepreneurs with deep backg... |
| Feb 2, 2014 | Unpacking Facebook’s Mobile Strategy: Paper, All The Mobile News That’s Fit To Print | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
In the world of mobile apps, the biggest news from this week was the announc... |
| Jan 26, 2014 | Enterprise Mobility: Devices, Security, Design, And Distribution | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
Every Sunday for this column, I write on something related to mobile. To dat... |
| Jan 26, 2014 | Funny, I Don’t Feel All That Fatigued With Twitter | In a recent piece in The New York Times, Jenna Wortham says she’s becoming fatigued with Twitter. Basically, she uses all the Twitter discussion around Justin Bieber’s arrest as a springboard for a broader argument about how the service has... |
| Jan 19, 2014 | Revisiting Mobile Identity, TouchID And Beyond | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
About three years ago, Rebekah Cox, an early product designer at Facebook an... |
| Jan 12, 2014 | The Automobile As A Consumer Mobile Frontier | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
I’ve never been to CES before, but it’s hard to escape the flurry of noisy t... |
| Jan 5, 2014 | A Passive Yet Potentially Aggressive Mobile App Strategy | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
Yes, we all know…If you’re reading TechCrunch, there’s a great chance we all... |
| Dec 29, 2013 | How Snapchat Became The Breakout Consumer Product Of 2013 | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
Last year, as 2012 ended, I scanned the early-stage startup landscape and tr... |
| Dec 22, 2013 | For Holiday Shopping, Mobile Apps Bring Out My Inner Grinch | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
Every week for this column, I write about something related to mobile techno... |
| Dec 15, 2013 | The Shifting Ways In Which We’ll Interact With Mobile Apps | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
‘Tis the season to reorganize the apps on my iPhone. With iOS 7 and the shif... |
| Dec 8, 2013 | On Mobile, The Location Arrow May Finally Be Pointed In The Right Direction | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
From time to time on Twitter, I’ll unknowingly dip my toes into contested wa... |
| Dec 1, 2013 | A Tweet About Mobile That Took On A Life Of Its Own | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
I’ve been fascinated with mobile startups like Uber and Snapchat, among othe... |
| Nov 24, 2013 | QuizUp’s Mobile Play May Be Anything But A Trivial Pursuit | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He writes at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
About every three months or so, the early adopter tech crowd fixates on a n... |
| Nov 17, 2013 | Ephemerality Aside, Snapchat Sends Its First Permanent Message | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He writes at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
In many parts of Silicon Valley and the consumer technology world, the zeit... |
| Nov 10, 2013 | How Mobile Alters Traditional Network Effects In Marketplaces | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil. (A special thanks to Simon Rothman, a partner at Greylock and a noted expert... |
| Nov 3, 2013 | App Indexing, Predictive Services, And Unlocking Mobile Distribution | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
There is a “perfect storm” brewing in consumer mobile: Developers, companies... |
| Oct 27, 2013 | Fancy Hands Enhances Mobile Search In Novel Ways | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
This weekly column has been focused on mobile lately and will likely stay th... |
| Oct 20, 2013 | Rethinking The Seductiveness Of Mobile-First | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
For the past few months, my weekly column here has been focused on some aspe... |
| Oct 13, 2013 | The Precise Art Of Mobile Push Notifications | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor – as a disclaimer for this post, he is an advisor to one of the companies mentioned here, Refresh. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him ... |
| Oct 6, 2013 | The Future Of Mobile Taps And On-Demand Services | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor – as a disclaimer for this post, he is an investor in one of the companies mentioned here, Instacart. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow h... |
| Sep 29, 2013 | The Harsh Realities Surrounding Mobile App Investing | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
Rohit Sharma from True Ventures likes to say: “Mobile is the only under-hype... |
| Sep 22, 2013 | Mobile Apps, Card Interfaces, And Our Opposable Thumbs | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
This is a post about “cards” as an interface in mobile apps. I am not a desi... |
| Sep 15, 2013 | For Mobile Developers, iOS 7 Is Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
Leading up to last week’s Apple event and the unveiling of the iPhone 5s, th... |
| Sep 8, 2013 | The Scale, Competitiveness, And Industrial Strategies In Mobile Computing | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
I will admit upfront – I am finding it hard to keep up with all the major mo... |
| Sep 1, 2013 | Five Forces Fueling Frontback’s Fame | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah is a contributor to TechCrunch. You can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
“Not another photo-sharing app!” is an oft-heard or tweeted phrase. After Instagram combined the power of a networked camera, nostalgic filte... |
| Aug 26, 2013 | The State Of The Early Stage Financing Market | I am headed out on a bike ride with my daughter this morning and don't have a lot to say today. But I did read an interesting post by Semil Shah where he outlines what he thinks is going on in the early stage financing markets right no... |
| Aug 25, 2013 | A Story About Threading The Needle On Mobile | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah is a contributor to TechCrunch. As a disclaimer, he’s an employee of and a early-advisor to Swell, which is mentioned in this post. You can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
As some of you may know, I’ve been lucky ... |
| Aug 18, 2013 | Required Reading Regarding Mobile | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah is a contributor to TechCrunch. You can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
It’s clichéd, overplayed, and the obvious new normal: Mobile is the big, fundamental force driving consumer tech. Yes, we all know that, but ... |
| Aug 11, 2013 | Harry Houdini, Lock Picking, And Entrepreneurship | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah is a contributor to TechCrunch. You can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
It’s summer here in Silicon Valley, and for my column this month, I’ll try to finally polish and publish some of the old posts that have been... |
| Aug 4, 2013 | From Fail Whale To Uncaged Bird, Twitter’s IPO Drumbeat Will Get Louder | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah is a contributor to TechCrunch. You can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
Do you hear that faint drumbeat? In the background, barely noticeable, amid the frenzy around Facebook’s stock price resurgence, or the noise... |
| Jul 28, 2013 | How Social And Primary Sources Affect Online Media Brands | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah is a contributor to TechCrunch. You can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
Throughout high school and college, I took a heavy dose of political science and history classes. As a result, those teachers and professors ... |
| Jul 21, 2013 | We Need To Have A Debate About Growth | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah is a contributor to TechCrunch. You can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
In September 2012, Y Combinator’s Paul Graham penned a widely-circulated essay titled “Startups = Growth.” The message was clear — startups a... |
| Jul 14, 2013 | As Dropbox Transforms From Utility To Platform, The Bulls And Bears Emerge | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah is a contributor to TechCrunch. You can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
Earlier this week, one of the Valley’s most steady high-growth technology companies held its first-ever developer conference — DBX — marking ... |
| Jul 7, 2013 | In The Bay Area, Why “The Rent Is Too Damn High” | Semil Shah Contributor
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In Digital Health, Does Nike Have A Path To Victory After Fuelband?
Editor’s Note: Semil Shah is a contributor to TechCrunch. You can follow him on Twitte... |
| Jun 30, 2013 | PandaWhale’s Slow And Steady March To Relevance | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah is a contributor to TechCrunch. You can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
There is an interesting shift occurring in consumer websites and apps where users perform microwork that reshapes experiences. Classic exampl... |
| Jun 23, 2013 | The Series A Crunch Is No Match For Man’s Best Friend | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah is a contributor to TechCrunch. You can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
With all the barking in startup-land these days, it can be tempting to dismiss certain categories as “another sign of the bubble.” For exampl... |
| Jun 16, 2013 | Iterations: Man Vs. (The Government) Machine | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah is a contributor to TechCrunch. You can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
In 2013, we have seen a reincarnation of “man vs. machine,” except this time, the machines aren’t algorithms — the machine is government. Wit... |
