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Tech Aug. 9, 2013, 3:29 AM

An Obvious Reason Why Some Startups Fail Shortly After Raising Tons Of Money

Investors sometimes forget to ask an important question before writing giant checks.

Tech Jun. 30, 2012, 6:15 AM

WHAT WENT WRONG? Right After Raising $25 Million, LinkedIn-Wannabe BranchOut Started Losing Millions Of Users

[credit provider=”BranchOut”] Sometimes a startup that appears to be doing really well, can suddenly look very unhealthy.BranchOut attracted a significant amount of attention from the media and investors when it grew from 400,000 monthly active users last December to more than 8 million in April.

Tech Apr. 19, 2012, 9:19 PM

Hey, LinkedIn, You’d Better Go Buy BranchOut — Before Facebook Does

[credit provider=”Flickr/The DEMO Conference” url=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/democonference/4994503718/sizes/l/in/photostream/”] A professional social network app that floats on top of Facebook, BranchOut, just raised another $25 million.BranchOut was started two years ago and already has 25 million users, which puts it on a similar growth ramp to Instagram–the photo-sharing app that Facebook bought last week […]

Tech Apr. 19, 2012, 9:00 PM

This Startup Just Raised $25 Million To Beat LinkedIn

[credit provider=”BranchOut”] BranchOut wants to beat LinkedIn at its own game: helping people use their social network to find a job.Today, the company got a lot more backing to help it out. It announced a $25 million Series C round from Mayfield and other investors, bringing its total funding to […]