Archive | 21. Mar, 2008

SolarWinds Files for IPO

The writing was on the wall for SolarWinds, and now the writing is also on the S/1 statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, and Lehman Brothers are handling the offering. Not a bad group of underwriters for an Austin IPO. Looking at the numbers, the company  hopes to [...]

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MindBites Launches

MindBites Launches

The instructional video space is hot right now, and Austin is homebase for two of the emerging companies in the space; ExpertVillage and MindBites.
In mid-2007 Demand Media (which recently acquired Pluck) bought ExpertVillage. In January, 5Min landed 5Million for their website. Last month former Google Video/YouTubers launched HowCast with an $8M investment. Today, MindBites is [...]

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