Well, we all have something to say. Our picks this month include Y Combinator’s Sam Altman who lays out the playbook for startup companies; which leads you to the A13Z team’s helpful list of the best startup company metrics…

News junkies everywhere know that it is the best of times, as news is presented in various forms through a multitude of channels, often in real time — but fear the worst of times, as the implosion of the former monolith of print news threatens the existence of journalism as a profession…

A smattering of topics this month, including Marc Andreesen on why the IPO is dying; cogent advice on why founders should get some early liquidity; analysis and context of the S&P 500’s historic close above 2,000;  our former professor Max’s advice… 

2013 in a word? According to at least one economist it was: Bitcoin – a secure peer-to-peer payment system and digital currency created in 2009. New Bitcoins are mined by software programmers, and although users can remain anonymous, central to the system is a public database and sequential record of all transactions,,,

Last month, we talked about the decline of mass merchant monolith, Sears, in an increasingly diverse, online retail environment.  Sears is not alone in this struggle – brick and mortar retailers around the globe are struggling to adapt and thrive in a changing marketplace…