Razoo March Goodness Contest
The yearly ritual of March Marchness is almost upon us. For the Razoo team it’s March Goodness time. March Goodness is national nonprofit fundraising competition modeled after the NCAA basketball tournament. The contest includes 64 US nonprofits competing in the Big Dance and 32 smaller nonprofits competing in RazooNIT. The nonprofit teams will try to amass the [...]
Invest in America Alliance Program To Fund Tech Companies and To Create New Jobs for College Grads
Invest in America Alliance, led by Intel and supported by 24 leading venture capital firms and corporations plans to invest $3.5 billion in US based technology companies over the next two years. These investments, which include a new, $200 million Intel Capital Invest in America Technology Fund, will target key innovation and growth segments such [...]
TapMetrics Acquired by Millennial Media
Millennial Media, the largest independent mobile advertising network, announced today that it will acquire TapMetrics, a San Francisco-based mobile analytics firm, focused on application usage and behavior. TapMetrics launched at the most recent Social Matchbox event held in Washington, DC after graduating from the Launchbox Digital incubator program. More information on the acquistion can be [...]
Team Building for Early Stage Startup Companies
I have interviewed a lot of early stage startup company founders and one thing that they all have in common is a frustration with recruiting. It isn’t just with recruiters although for some the recruiters rank highly on their list of complaints. The biggest challenge for founders is to identify who to hire, how to [...]
Social + Jobs + Matchbox Merger Update
Comments OffFor several years now we have maintained two different websites for startup related events and jobs, but in 2010 the two will be united under the Social Matchbox website and brand. The two were merged for a variety of reasons, but the most important reason for the merger is the fact that it will better [...]
