Large companies that want to bring deep-tech startups into the fold need to consider carefully the particular needs of these young operations.

An interesting perspective on crowdfunding.

When should companies go public? The answer is simple: when they’re ready. In fact, to-IPO-or-not-to-IPO is not the right question; the question is how to be ready and ensure that a business is “working”.

Just as “social networking” is a bland term that doesn’t really capture the layers of what happens underneath (and on top of) social networking platforms, “crowdfunding” is a broader phenomenon than what the term and tools implies.

Technology companies worth more than $1 billion—and many worth $10 billion—have fewer reasons to go public than they did in the past.