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EFactor Acquires RocketHub For $15 Million To Accelerate Perks-Based Crowdfunding
Friday, April 17, 2015 - 2:55pm | 641Entrepreneurs are rarely eager (or even allowed) to talk to the press immediately after their company has been acquired. Brian Meece, co-founder and CEO of RocketHub, embraced the idea. He was excited to tell Benzinga about RocketHub's sale to EFactor Group Corp (OTC: EFCT), a network for...
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Infographic: Are We In A Startup Bubble?
Friday, December 12, 2014 - 1:22pm | 340This is the second article in a two-part series. Click here to read part one. Last month, Benzinga shared a comprehensive look at the response to Marc Andreessen's Twitter commentary on startup valuations. His tweets were in response to an article in The Wall Street Journal where venture...
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3 Reasons Why Crowdfunding Is The Investment Tool Of Millennials
Thursday, July 24, 2014 - 10:59am | 916In case you haven't heard about the vast amounts of money raised online for Pebble, Oculus Rift or potato salad, Internet crowdfunding is kind of a big deal. Both the Internet and the JOBS Act, a law passed slightly more than two years ago that eased certain security regulations to...
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#PreMarket Prep Guest List For The Week of June 23, 2014
Monday, June 23, 2014 - 8:23am | 1146It's an exciting week coming up on Benzinga's #PreMarket Prep broadcast, sponsored by OptionsHouse. Tune in at 8:00 am EST Monday-Friday here for market analysis and insight. Monday, June 23, 8:35 a.m. Lydia Idem Finkley (@faithmight), Forex Trader and Author of FaithMight.com Lydia...
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Startup Competition Comes To Detroit, Offers Big Prizes
Thursday, May 1, 2014 - 9:05am | 398Prepare your business pitches, Motor City dwellers. Detroit is one of three cities that will host Project Startup Live, a series of competitive entreprenuerial forums aimed at bolstering local startups. The program is a partnership between A&E, Comcast Business (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and...