Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry
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Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry |
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 Thursday, January 15, 2015 SpareFoot Names New CFO Austin-based online self storage marketplace SpareFoot has hired on a new Chief Financial Officer, saying Wednesday that it has named Mel Tang as CFO. Tang was most recently the CFO of Demand Media, and also had served at UBS Investment Bank. SpareFoot said the search for its CFO was led by Bespoke Partners. Tang had been at Demand Media since 2006. posted on Thursday, January 15, 2015(Full story) LawnStarter Raises $1M To Get Your Lawn Mowed Austin-based LawnStarter, which helps connect users with lawn care, has raised $1M in a seed funding round. The company is a graduate of the TechStars Austin accelerator. LawnStarter said the funding came from angels such as Gary Vaynerchuk, Rob Taylor, Cotter Cunningham, Pat Mathews, Rony Kahan, and others. The company has now raised a total of $1.5M. posted on Thursday, January 15, 2015 (More)(Full story) RadioShack Plans Bankruptcy Filing, Says Report Fort Worth-based RadioShack is preparing for a bankruptcy filing, as early as next month, according to a report. The WSJ--citing people familiar with the matter--said that the filing comes as RadioShack has run short of cash, and as the company's attempt at a turnaroud has sputtered. RadioShack has been attempting to carve out a new niche for itself in the m (More info...) posted on Thursday, January 15, 2015(Full story) |
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