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iFive: Spotify Worth $1 Billion, Jobs Speaks on App Subscriptions, Huawei U.S. Deal Ends, Flash on Android Tabs, White iPhone 5

BY Kit EatonTue Feb 22, 2011

The week's off to a running start, so let us help you get up to speed too--here's today's early innovation news, handily summarized:READ»

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How Do You Make Your Business Ideas Concrete? Look to Hamburger Helper

BY Dan Heath and Chip HeathWed Jan 12, 2011

What can a Kleiner Perkins VC pitch, and Hamburger Helper from General Mills, tell you about how to make your ideas tangible and real? We continue our Leadership Hall of Fame series, a year-long look at the top business books and authors, with an excerpt from "Made to Stick" (2007) by Fast Company columnists Dan and Chip Heath. READ»

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iFive: Interpol Chases Assange, Twitter's Value, BlackBerry OS Beats iOS, iPad Whups Kindle, Bing, Google Go Hard on Social

BY Kit EatonWed Dec 1, 2010

Is this WikiLeaks fallout a kind of protective diplomatic move by China? The nation says it's arrested "hundreds" of naughty hackers, and uncharacteristically has admitted it's a big problem. Since WikiLeaks' cablegate leak suggested ...READ»

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Bloom Energy Unveils Its Ultra-Secretive Bloom Box Fuel Cell

BY Ariel SchwartzSun Feb 21, 2010

If you keep track of green technology companies, you may have heard rumblings about Bloom Energy, a secretive company that has raised nearly $400 million from investors like Kleiner Perkins for its supposedly game-changing fuel cell device. Now the eight year old company is finally emerging from the shadows with the Bloom Box. READ»

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Strategic vs. Traditional Investors: The Lowdown From a Venture Capital Vet

BY Paul H. Lee, Senior Vice President, Peacock Equity FundTue Oct 6, 2009

Every so often, I hear an early-stage venture capitalist warn a roomful of entrepreneurs about the pitfalls of taking money from strategic rather than traditional investors. Time for a rebuttal. READ»

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Fisker, Kleiner Perkins Team Up for $39,000 Plug-in Hybrid Mystery Car

BY Ariel SchwartzWed Sep 16, 2009

Fisker Automotive is best known for pissing off Tesla Motors and introducing the Karma, an $80,000 luxury plug-in hybrid set to debut later this year. Turns out the startup company has another trick up its sleeve: a $39,000 ...READ»

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T. Boone Pickens, Kleiner Perkins Back Upstart U.S. Automaker V-Vehicle

BY Clay DillowThu Jun 18, 2009

VC powerhouse Kleiner Perkins and Texas oilman T. Boon Pickens, two outspoken advocates of green transit technology, have teamed up to provide V-Vehicle Company $100 million to bring a “high quality, environmentally friendly and ...READ»

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V-Vehicle: An Auto Start-Up From T. Boone Pickens and Kleiner Perkins

BY Ariel SchwartzThu Jun 18, 2009

What do you get when you create a company backed by green venture capitalists Kleiner Perkins and former Texas oil magnate T. Boone Pickens? V-Vehicle Co., a mysterious new auto company that just emerged from stealth mode after four ...READ»

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Life Online Just Got a Little More Real

BY Francisco DaoTue Jul 8, 2008

The line between the real world and the online world got a little more fuzzy today. Vivaty (www.Vivaty.com) just announced the launch of their public beta. I normally wouldn’t write about a beta launch but I saw the screenshots ...READ»