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Rdio shows off its new features to Fox News [video] 8 Aug 2012 | 04:51 am

Rdio made a splash at the recent Pepcom event, and Fox News was there to showcase it on their “Tech Take” segment. Clayton Morris spoke to Sparkpr’s very own Jeff Koo about Rdio’s ad-free music stream...

One woman’s vision to make social marketing less of a cesspool: Wildfire 2.0 20 Jul 2012 | 08:23 pm

EXCERPT: “Social media has a positive impact on marketing. It democratizes it. It’s not just about who’s got the biggest budget, but who really understands their consumer.” I’m talking to Victoria Ran...

One woman’s vision to make social marketing less of a cesspool: Wildfire 2.0 20 Jul 2012 | 08:23 pm

EXCERPT: “Social media has a positive impact on marketing. It democratizes it. It’s not just about who’s got the biggest budget, but who really understands their consumer.” I’m talking to Victoria Ran...

Edmodo scores another $25M, adds NEA to roster of top investors 20 Jul 2012 | 04:59 am

EXCERPT: It looks like social learning platform Edmodo is on an upward swing. In the past year the education startup has not only more than doubled its user base from 3 million to 8 million and expand...

NEA Boosts Education Bet, Leads $25M Investment in Edmodo 20 Jul 2012 | 02:22 am

EXCERPT: Education has long been a challenging market for startups because it’s hard to sell into school systems and students tend not to be flush with cash. New Enterprise Associates thinks that’s an...

Congratulations! Sparkpr clients included in 2012 AlwaysOn Global 250 15 Jul 2012 | 08:10 pm

EXCERPT: This year’s 250 top, private technology companies — plus 50 to watch — are combining infrastructure and software innovations to create an interconnected, global technology community. The tent...

Congratulations! Sparkpr clients included in 2012 AlwaysOn Global 250 15 Jul 2012 | 08:10 pm

EXCERPT: This year’s 250 top, private technology companies — plus 50 to watch — are combining infrastructure and software innovations to create an interconnected, global technology community. The tent...

The $10 Billion Idea This VC Wants to Fund 9 Jul 2012 | 06:15 pm

EXCERPT: It’s not often you get to peek inside a venture capitalist’s brain. But I had that opportunity with Ajay Agarwal, managing director of Bain Capital Ventures which has funded companies such as...

How inome’s $100K Cash Prize Encourages Employees to Innovate Like Entrepreneurs 3 Jul 2012 | 04:32 pm

EXCERPT: As founder and CEO of Intelius (and its parent company inome) Naveen Jain presides over a successful information commerce company with about $150 million in revenues. Over one million people ...

Greylock’s David Sze: Facebook Has Three Things Great Companies Need 19 May 2012 | 01:10 am

Excerpt: Now that Facebook has entered the public markets, venture firm and early Facebook backer Greylock Partners stands to make around a 115X return on its initial investment in the company. It’s a...

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