Billion Dollar Unicorns: Will Box Implode Post IPO?

There is no shortage of private Billion Dollar Unicorns today given the feeding frenzy that VCs are partaking in by investing in late-stage ventures at astronomical valuations. In fact, of late, fund managers have been thoroughly irresponsible by investing at sky rocketing and sometimes senseless valuations giving rise to a slew of private startups that may

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Unicorn In The Making: Yext Planning IPO Soon

Continuing with our analysis of Billion Dollar Unicorns, here is a digital advertising start-up Yext, which is yet to hit the billion dollar valuation mark. Its stellar performance does make it a potential Unicorn. According to eMarketer, the global spending on ads on Internet-connected devices including desktops and mobile devices were estimated to grow 15% over the year

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: A Rare Media Venture Called Vice

According to researchers, the global digital video streaming industry is projected to grow from $3.3 billion in 2014 to over $10 billion in the next five years. Digital streaming is not only restricted to TV series and movies, but it is also expanding within the fields of journalism. Within the segment, Billion Dollar Unicorn club member

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Tableau’s Valuation Increases to $6 Billion

No Billion Dollar Unicorn story can be complete without a discussion on data anlaytics start-up, Tableau Software (NYSE: DATA). Here is the story of how Christian Cabot started this capital efficient unicorn company.

Billion Dollar Unicorns: ServiceNow’s Expanding Market Opportunity

Here is a brief write-up on another Billion Dollar Unicorn Club member — cloud-based IT Services Management (ITSM) vendor, ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW). ServiceNow has shown how to create a multi-billion dollar enterprise by relying solely on domain expertise.

Billion Dollar Unicorns: Workday’s Ramp to Multi-Billion Valuation

Continuing with the Billion Dollar Unicorn posts, here is another mega hit in the category: SaaS-based enterprise services provider for human resources, payroll and financial management, Workday (NYSE: WDAY).

Billion Dollar Unicorns: How Marketo Is Faring In The Public Market

Last year, we began tracking some Unicorn companies – essentially organizations with billion dollar plus valuations – inspired by a TechCrunch article by Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures. Some of these Unicorn companies went public last year and have reasserted their high valuations. One such company on my radar is digital marketing solutions provider Marketo (Nasdaq:MKTO).

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The Split at HP

According to Gartner’s third quarter report on global PC shipments, the market fell 0.5% over the year to 79.4 million units. Growth in the mature markets was offset by a decline in the emerging markets. Gartner analysts believe that with tablet penetration crossing the 40-50% range, consumers are going back to PC purchases. Lenovo remained

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