Google began strictly as a search company, and it’s still their bread and butter. However, as the company has grown, it’s spread its tentacles like a giant octopus out to most parts of the Web. A benevolent giant octopus, providing lots of highly useful services, but a giant nonetheless. Try surfing the Web without touching a single Google service. It’s impossible.
How Google dominates the Web?
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The 2010 Inc. 5,000 lists the fastest growing privately held companies in America. See which company is leading the pack with over 20,000% growth. via www.inc.com
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Demand Media’s IPO has received a lot of attention lately. It can be difficult to make sense of all the numbers people have been throwing around, so wired broke down Demand Media’s business model in detail and their S-1 filing fills in many of the gaps. 10,000 Free lance writers, 5700 content pieces per day, Half a billion page views per month and lot more. via blog.authoritylabs.com
In the United States, venture capital investment can be crucial for getting a company off the ground. But who are the entrepreneurs that receive funding for their startups?
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If there was a company that is an essential part of any office environment, then it would be Canon. Developing not just cameras, but photocopiers, printers and computers, Canon has over the past 40 years made itself more than a manufacturer of cameras, but a leader in the business solutions market.
The tech industry's major players require some serious firepower when it comes to servers. Below is a breakdown of how these giants stack up against one another.
These days, big business is getting really big. Here is a look at the 10 companies with the biggest current market value—and a comparison of their last 12 months of sales to the 10 countries with the most similar gross domestic products last year.
Banks, lenders and card companies are fickle; they want your money; nay, thrive off your money, but push them too far and they are happy to discard you like a sweet wrapper. It's a fine line, balancing precariously between financial solvency and having a credit rating so poor, not even your grandmother would lend you a few bucks.
There are a few reasons why a company may issue an initial public offering (IPO), but primarily a company will do it to provide itself with capital expansion without incurring debt. An IPO enables a company to gain access to a pool of stock market investors through listing its shares on the public stock, thus increasing its chances of raising revenue to drive future growth.
