Kevin Kelleher
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Recent articles by Kevin:
Slack's Stock Worth $21B on Debut. Now the Hard Work Begins
Slack faces several challenges, including signing up more mainstream users and competing against Microsoft. → Read More
Slack Is Going Public Without an IPO. Here's How a Direct Offering Works
Slack is going public via a direct offering, or direct listing, an alternative to IPOs. Both involve Wall Street banks but not underwriting. → Read More
'It's Just Lazy': Current's CEO Lashes Out at Facebook's Calibra for Its Similar Logo
Calibra, a Facebook unit creating a digital wallet for the Libra cryptocurrency, has a logo that looks like that of fintech startup Current. → Read More
Google Pledges $1 Billion to Develop 20,000 New S.F. Bay Area Homes Over the Next Decade
The move comes amid rising criticism of Silicon Valley giants for their role in the region's housing crisis. → Read More
The Mueller Report—the Best True Crime Tale Going—Is Now Available as a Podcast
The report is broken down into 39 episodes—all Mueller, no added commentary. → Read More
51% of the World's Population Is Now Online, But Growth Is Slowing, Says Mary Meeker's 2019 Internet Trends Report
Mary Meeker's 2019 Internet Trends report showed online users are now more than half the global population. Growth is slowing in ecommerce. → Read More
Apple Stock Drops as WWDC Gets Upstaged by Report of a Possible Antitrust Probe
Apple's (AAPL) stock fell 2% during its WWDC conference after a Reuters report said the DoJ may launch an antitrust probe into the company. → Read More
Uber's First Earnings Report Offered No Surprises for Wall Street
Uber reported its first ever earnings report after its IPO, showing revenue growing and a net loss. Uber's stock fell 0.3% on the news. → Read More
AMD's 50-Year Tug-of-War with Intel Just Took an Interesting Turn
Analysts believe AMD's new Ryzen chips could eat into Intel's longtime dominance of desktop CPUs. → Read More
Pinterest Falls 19% on Its First Earnings Report, Previewing a Troubling Post-Tech IPO Trend
Pinterest (PINS) saw its stock fall as much as 19% as its first earnings report showed a larger-than-expected loss and weak 2019 guidance. → Read More
Apple's No-Good, Very-Bad Day: Trade War, Supreme Court Ruling Knock Stock Down 6%
Apple stock (AAPL) dropped 6% as a trade war with China ratcheted up, and the Supreme Court ruled against the iPhone-maker's App Store. → Read More
Here's How Ride-Sharing Drivers Will Strike Ahead of Uber's Massive IPO
As Uber readies its IPO, drivers will stake protests and strikes against pay and benefit policies at Lyft and other ride sharing apps. → Read More
Lyft's First Earnings Report Shows 95% Revenue Growth—and a $1.1 Billion Net Loss
The company said revenue growth will fall to 60% this quarter and 52% this year. → Read More
Here's Why Eventbrite's Shares Plunged 27%
Eventbrite's stock fell 27% after CEO Julia Hartz said revenue and earnings disappointed and CFO Randy Befumo would step down as CFO. → Read More
Lyft Rises 9% on First Day of Trading for a Market Cap of $26.5 Billion
Lyft's stock rose 9% on its 1st day trading on Nasdaq, with a $26.5 billion valuation. Its IPO success bodes well for Uber, Pinterest, Zoom. → Read More
How This Female Fintech Exec Conquered Her Imposter Syndrome to Succeed In Silicon Valley
LendUp's Jotaka Eaddy had little experience coding but once she "got out of her own way" she began to find success in Silicon Valley. → Read More
U.S. Stocks, Led by Tech, Post Their Best Quarter in Nearly a Decade
"While December was oversold, January and February were overbought," one investor cautioned. → Read More
Lyft Prices IPO at $72 a Share, Valuing Company at $24 Billion
Lyft priced its IPO at $72 a share for a $24 billion market cap. It will start trading on Nasdaq Friday as Uber, Pinterest weigh tech IPOs. → Read More
Warren Buffett on Tim Cook's Services Push: 'Apple Should Do Some Things That Don't Work.'
Warren Buffett said Tuesday that Apple's streaming TV services is "not an easy game to predict." Berkshire Hathaway has a 5.7% stake in AAPL. → Read More
Walgreens to Clear Shelf Space for CBD Products in 1500 Stores
The move comes a week after CVS said it will sell CBD products in 800 of its stores. → Read More