Deal Radar 2009: Aravo

According to AMR, the overall supply management market grew 11% in 2007 with continued double-digit growth expected. They project a $4.3 billion market by 2012, and the market currently stands at about $3.3 billion. Today’s Deal Radar covers the origins and growth of a SaaS player in the market, Aravo . >>>

Apollo Focusing on Employer-Paid Education, GI Bill

Apollo Group (NASDAQ:APOL) recently announced Q3 results that continued to outshine market expectations. Q3 revenues crossed the billion-dollar mark for the first time to come in at $1.05 billion and represented growth of 26% over the year. EPS of $1.26 grew a significant 48% over the $0.85 earned a year ago. The market was expecting revenues of $1.04 billion with EPS of $1.12. >>>

From Semiconductors to Green Power: Borrego CEO Mike Hall (Part 6)

SM: Will you limit yourselves strictly to project financing? Do you envision a technical leadership role?

MH: Our industry is new enough that we absolutely need to stay involved in engineering and evaluating new technologies. We have a technology group that does evaluations and downstream technology development such as balancing systems and racking. >>>

Last Day to Retweet For Free “Entrepreneur Journeys” E-Book

The deadline to retweet to win free e-book copies of “Entrepreneur Journeys”, Volumes One and Two, is TODAY, Wednesday, July 15 at midnight Pacific time. See the full post for details. >>>

Sales Drop as Garmin Navigates Poor Economy

Even as Garmin (NASDAQ:GRMN) remains the company of choice for US consumers buying GPS devices, the recession and its impact on discretionary spending have hit the manufacturer hard, as was evident in the company’s Q1 results. Revenues and earnings not only fell significantly, but also missed analysts’ estimates by quite a margin. >>>

From Semiconductors to Green Power: Borrego CEO Mike Hall (Part 5)

SM: Is your business entirely residential?

MH: No. Now we are entirely the other way. I took over as CEO in January. After the investment came in we restructured the board and the company. We had separated into two divisions in 2007, which provided a nice, clean way of splitting. Accordingly, we sold the residential portion of the company. >>>

Catching Up On Readings: VCs And More VCs

Here is a summary of the posts from this past week, in case you missed them. >>>

The Web Startup Success Guide (Part 3): Early-stage Venture Funding

By Guest Author Bob Walsh

[In this next excerpt from “The Web Startup Success Guide”, which will be published on July 22, Bob turns to early-stage funding in an interview with Rebecca Lynn, a principal at Morgenthaler Ventures. With over $2.5 billion invested in 300-plus companies over the years, Morgenthaler Ventures is one of the oldest VC firms in Silicon Valley, focusing on life sciences and IT. Here’s what Rebecca, who focuses on early-stage investments in mobile, Internet services, digital media and financial services, had to say.] >>>