What Are Your Startup Stock Options Worth?
Stock Options are usually out of sight and out of mind unless the company they are in happens to go somewhere. IF you have them and happen to be wondering what they MIGHT be worth then you should check out Don Rainey’s VC in DC blog post on the subject. He also shared some thoughts […]
DC Startup Space Chart
The following chart depicts what DC area startup companies are working on. The data is based on research collected by the Jobmatchbox team from 2007-2008 and includes both companies that are still in operation as well as companies that have ceased operations. The goal in providing this is just to represent the wide range of […]
How To Start Building A National Brand
I’m always intrigued by how different companies cultivate their audiences. Different companies often have very different recipes for success.
This is especially true with the job board market. For example, when McLean, VA based Jobfox started out they pursued customers in their own back yard and in Atlanta. Both cities were near enough to each other […]
Visual CV’s Novel Approach to Ad Sales
Read Write Web recently struck an ad deal with Reston, VA based VisualCV. At first glance it looks like just another banner ad on the website, but in reality they have created a content stream called jobwire that they are serving up in conjunction with the ad. It looks like they are grabbing status updates from LinkedIn […]
Go Green in DC, for real?
I’ve often talked about how much I wish I could have a green power option in DC like the one available in other states. Until today I wasn’t aware of an option, but now there apparently is: Clean Currents, a Rockville, MD based company appears to allow DC residents to go green through some sort of energy […]
DC Gaming Industry Shuffle
I was pleasantly surprised when I heard that National Geographic had made its move into the gaming industry. The new division called National Geographic Games (NGG) plans to publish and develop games for game consoles, the web and mobile devices. Paul Levine will lead the new division as well as NGV’s Maps and Mobile businesses. Chris Mate, […]
Baltimore Area Startup Bill Me Later’s acqusition by eBay to Go Through
Not too much new news here, but eBay’s acquisition of Bill Me Later for approximately $820 million in cash and approximately $125 million worth of outstanding options has moved forward.
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