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RingCentral is Restored, But We're Left Wondering: Can we Really Depend on Voice over IP?
Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 4:22pm | 316Read More...Earlier today, RingCentral (a virtual phone service with plans for small businesses) went down, creating huge problems for businesses that rely on the company's services. Benzinga is one such company. We use RingCentral as our main office line. After restoring the service, the company agreed to...
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Groupon Founders Invest $1.5 Million in Benzinga
Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 11:12am | 351Read More...Benzinga is proud to announce that Lightbank, the technology investment vehicle from Groupon co-founders Brad Keywell and Eric Lefkofsky, has invested $1.5 million in our company. This marks the first time that Benzinga has received outside funds and is among the largest investments made by Keywell...
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Groupon Founders Invest $1 Million In Qwiki
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 1:33pm | 159Read More...Two of Groupon's co-founders, Brad Keywell, Eric Lefkofsky have invested $1 million in Qwiki, write the New York Times DealBook. Qwiki is a technology platform that uses data to create multimedia presentations,, and was started by Dr. Louis Monier, a founder of AltaVista. In an email sent to...
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Brad Keywell: Born To Be An Entrepreneur
Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 2:20pm | 534Read More...Spend any amount of time with Groupon founder Brad Keywell and you will quickly learn one thing: he was born to be an entrepreneur. In college, Keywell studied both law and business at the University of Michigan. Either subject could have taken him down a promising career path. But as someone who...
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Groupon From The Ground Up
Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 2:07pm | 348Read More...With Groupon, LightBank, MediaBank, Echo Global Logistics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECHO) and other businesses under his belt, Brad Keywell is a brilliant entrepreneur. But you might be surprised by the common thread that he found among his successful startups. “We are very good at knowing what we're not good...
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Groupon Founder On The Verge Of Being A Billionaire
Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 9:29am | 223Read More...Chicago investor Eric Lefkofsky, cofounder and 30% owner of the fastest-growing company ever, Web phenom Groupon, has made the Forbes 400 Billionaires List. Groupon, which sends out daily coupons to its users about deep discounts on products and services, was launched in 2008 and employs more...
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Jay-Z Lands On Forbes 400 Billionaires List
Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 9:02am | 265Read More...According to AllHipHop News, Jay-Z is worth $450 million from his Roc Nation label, and is on Forbes 400 Billionaires list alongside Eric Lefkofsky, Marc Pincus, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Jerry Seinfeld. "Here you got these millionaire guys who had to pretend as if they weren't successful at all or it...
