http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:24:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/02/how-one-company-opened-their-books-as-a-way-to-court-venture-capitalists.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:32:33 +0000 By sharing its business intelligence dashboard with select VC partners upfront, Fab.com selected the best partners possible and ultimately raised $40MM over the holidays.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/nikes-venture-capital-fund-to-back-green-startups.html Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:24:26 +0000 The sportswear brand shows its commitment to innovation and sustainability by helping up-and-coming businesses.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/could-tumblr-be-the-next-facebook-headlines.html Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:53:39 +0000 Tumblr, the popular blogging website, is in discussion with venture capital investors to raise $800 million. What could be in the works?]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/investments-in-startups-boom-while-funding-for-clean-energy-drops-headlines.html Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:36:24 +0000 Dow Jones reports that energy companies raised less than half the amount raised by startups in the second quarter of 2010.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/airbnb-valued-at-1-3bn-after-new-funding-headlines.html Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:48:21 +0000 3-year-old startup Airbnb has increased its value thanks to venture capital investment of $12m.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/pepsi-searches-for-the-next-non-american-social-media-giant.html Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:15:38 +0000 The PepsiCo10 is a partnership between PepsiCo and Highland Capital Partners that aims to find the next 10 social and digital media successes in the UK, Europe & Russia.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/07/event-first-kickstarter-film-festival-comes-to-brooklyn.html Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:39:57 +0000 The event will bring the company mission of "funding and following creativity" to life.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/06/monocolumn-where-does-all-the-money-go.html Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:27:09 +0000 One million dollars, $2m, $7m, $12m. These are just some of the amounts that venture capitalists have doled out recently to Silicon Valley companies.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/06/interview-with-a-king-maker-fred-wilson.html Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:25:21 +0000 Nick Bilton talks with the man behind the highly successful Union Square Ventures.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/virgin-atlantics-entrepreneurial-pitchtv.html Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:15:12 +0000 Virgin Atlantic recently unveiled an in-flight entertainment service that lets travelers browse a video collection of entrepreneurial business ideas.  The dedicated channel, dubbed PitchTV, hopes to attract the airline’s business passengers and allows a simple way for those interested to contact the entrepreneurs directly.  It’s an innovative way to connect new ideas with the necessary venture capital to make it possible. Those with ideas can upload videos to Virgin’s website and those with the highest rating will be featured on the airline’s service, which is rotated monthly.  One interesting idea we found was ShareMeme, a mini-service that allows you toRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/how-vcs-can-work-with-ad-agencies.html Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:13:51 +0000 Fred Wilson from Union Square Ventures has posted the presentation he gave recently at the AdAge Digital conference. ]]>