Twelve Austin companies made Deloitte’s annual Technology Fast 500 list, up from eight companies last year. Deloitte ranks the fastest growing private and public companies in the technology industry. Five of the companies made the list last year and again made the list this year including Kinnser Software, 181, Bazaarvoice, 186, SailPoint, 233, HomeAway, 404 […]
Bazaarvoice’s Acquisition of PowerReviews Violated Antitrust Laws
January 14, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Bazaarvoice has been found guilty of violating U.S. antitrust laws involving its $168 million acquisition of rival PowerReviews. Judge William Orrick with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued the ruling last week following a three week trial which began on Sept. 23rd. The court has scheduled a hearing on Jan. […]
Startup Advice from Serial Entrepreneurs in Austin
May 14, 2013 by 4 Comments
By LAURA LOREK Founder Silicon Hills News Startup founders can learn a lot from entrepreneurs who have been there and done that. And on Monday, three serial entrepreneurs in Austin shared some of the challenges they faced in building their companies and some tips on how others can succeed. Sam Decker, co-founder of Mass Relevance, […]
Bazaarvoice stock soars in its first day of trading
February 24, 2012 by 1 Comment
Bazaarvoice made some newly minted Austin millionaires today. The social media marketing company stock debuted on the Nasdaq, priced at $12 a share, Friday morning and rose as high as 41 percent to $17.16 in the afternoon. The stock, traded under the stock symbol BV, opened at $15.77 a share, up 33 percent, when trading […]
Bazaarvoice set to go public Friday
February 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Bazaarvoice plans to offer 9.5 million shares of stock in its initial public offering, raising $114 million. The stock, priced at $12 a share and traded on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol, BV, will begin trading Friday morning, according to a news release from Bazaarvoice. The Austin-based company is offering 9 million shares and […]
What happened in Silicon Hills last week?
February 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Made In Austin career fair matches technology start-ups with students
November 30, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Local tech start-ups want to keep as much homegrown talent in town as possible. So they created Made In Austin, a job fair that matches area students with start-ups looking for technology talent. The first event, featuring 100 tech companies and more than 500 registered students, took place Tuesday night at the AT&T Executive Education […]
Austin companies seek tech talent in Silicon Valley
September 2, 2011 by 4 Comments
By L.A. Lorek Got tech talent? Then Austin companies want to recruit you. A group of Austin CEOs plan to travel to San Francisco and Sunnyvale on Sept. 13th and 14th to hire engineers, software developers and others with technology skills. Many Silicon Valley area companies already have a presence in Austin, but this will […]
