Good morning, everyone! —– Top News in the A.M. Apple just finished up the most profitable quarter of any company — ever. You can find more numbers here. In the fourth quarter, Yahoo will spin off the rest of its stake in China’s Alibaba Group, pleasing its many cash-hungry investors. BloombergView’s Matt Levine explains what’s going […]
Richard Wolpert
Richard Wolpert’s Big Idea: Tech Support for Your Parents
“I’m no spring chicken,” says Richard Wolpert. “But I’ve been at this for 30 years and I have a lot of great experience under my belt.” Wolpert — who sold companies to Adobe and RealNetworks and launched Disney’s earliest online businesses before joining Accel Partners as a venture partner and cofounding Amplify.la — is explaining […]
Amplify.LA Turns the Accelerator Model Inside Out (Completely)
Since Y Combinator first swung open its doors nine years ago, hundreds of accelerator programs have sprung into existence, almost all modeled in similar fashion — holding classes at certain times of the year, accepting a pre-determined number of startup teams, and staging “demo days.” Paul Bricault, a founder the two-and-a-half-year-old accelerator Amplify.LA in Venice, Ca., […]