University of Arkansas at Fayetteville graduate students and their advisor took first place – a distinction that came with $25,000 – for their business plan during the Tri-State Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup competition in Las Vegas. The team formed the plan for a company called MerchantEyes, LLC, which has developed software designed to streamline [...]

With markets in a downturn, tension between venture capitalists and entrepreneurs can increase. What can these two entities do when revenue gets tight and the environment gets tough? Yahoo! Tech Ticker reporter and new media blogger Sarah Lacy talks to Sharon Wienbar of Scale Venture Partners and Pascal Levensohn of Levensohn Venture Partners as they [...]