An Austin company is in the news this week for an invention which could upend the battery industry. EEstor, which has received $3 million in venture backing from Kleiner Perkins, claims to have developed and patented a battery which would allow a motorist to plug in a car for five minutes and drive 500 miles round-trip – the equivalent of driving from Austin to New Orleans – without gasoline. The technology has been licensed to [...]
Motive finally filed re-stated financials today (unaudited of course because they don’t have an auditor anymore). A summary of financial performance: 2006 — Net loss of $25.3M on revenue of $63.6M. They didn’t have to re-state this number because it’s never been reported. 2005 — Net loss of $18.4M on revenue of $76.2M. Again, the first we’ve heard of what happened in 2005. 2004 — Revenue of $67.1M instead of the $98M previously reported. Net [...]
This week we’re talking with Greg Peters, Chairman, President & CEO of Zilliant about the complex world of pricing optimization in the B2B space. Greg was formerly the CEO of Vignette, which saw explosive growth and is one of Austin’s most successful software companies. Q: Give us the elevator pitch for Zilliant, for those that might not be familiar with the company?A: Zilliant is transforming how B2B companies negotiate prices for their goods and services, [...]
