The recent Square IPO, which valued the company about 40% below the preceding private financing value, supports the view that valuations of later-stage private start-ups are excessive and likely to ...

There's no sign that the world's obsession over unicorns is slowing down anytime soon, and truthfully, we're glad. The Winter can be downright depressing (thanks a lot, freezing temperatures and dark ...

Unicorn valuations could be just as endangered as the mythical creatures they represent. But while that would be a disaster for most founders of these companies, it many cases it’ll be a non-event for ...

Yelp debuted "surprise losses" on its earnings yesterday, causing its stock to plummet 28 percent by the next day. Its projected revenue for 2015 was lower than expected, in part because its employees ...

So you got a job at Pinterest as a product manager. Yea! You’ve got a generous salary, free lunch, a dog bed under your desk for Scout, and a plethora of stock options that will be worth, well, a lot.

Here’s a real world experiment to try: Ask 100 people on the street about Cloudera; I bet you’ll get 100 blank stares. (Unless that street is in the Bay Area.) However unknown Cloudera is to the ...