Articles in Polaris
Today, JibJab launched JibJab Jr. to bring interactive children’s books to the iPad.
And while I am obviously biased (Polaris is an investor)… it’s terrific.
Very excited to introduce ShoeDazzle’s Casual Chic Collection. Same great experience and proposition…. just a new look and line!
You can learn more at ShoeDazzle.com and on Facebook.
As part of their Scaling Startups series, Mashable profiled Dogpatch-alum Instagram: “Scaling Instagram: How the Photo Sharing Startup Avoided Catastrophe in Its First Days“. It is an interesting read considering Instagram’s instant, tremendous success… and …
At Dogpatch Labs, there is a coincidental tradition of hosting companies with “Labs” in the name: Thing Labs, Formative Labs, Schematic Labs, Lumber Labs, etc. The most recent is Offline Labs, a company that we …
For South by Southwest 2011, we constructed a two-day long Dogpatch Labs SXSW and, over that period, hosted 100s of entrepreneurs. It was a lot of fun and a big success (TheStreet, Inc, NY Observer, …
As South by Southwest approaches, start-ups are polishing their applications and planning their launch parties. And today Mashable listed the “13 Potential Breakout Apps to Watch at SXSW 2011“. Of the thirteen companies to watch, …
Polaris-backed company and former Dogpatch Labs resident, Jibe has had a very good couple weeks. As a reminder, Jibe uses Facebook and LinkedIn to better connect job-seekers and employees: ” JIBE connects you to people …
Polaris Ventures is excited to announce that it will bring its spirit of “open source entrepreneurship” to SXSW 2011, by opening a special edition of Dogpatch Labs. On Sunday March 13 and Monday …
As we head into 2010 winds up and we head into 2011, there is a lot of terrific news coming out of Dogpatch Labs. Here is a sampling from just the last couple weeks in …
Today tech blog ReadWriteWeb wrote about the Top 10 Startups of 2010. Three Dogpatch Labs San Francisco companies made that list: Instagram, Learnboost and Rapportive. I have copied a small excerpt about each company but …
Earlier this week, Business Insider ran an article about Dogpatch Labs (read here) that was neither well researched nor accurate.
Another Dogpatch Labs update: recent graduate TaskRabbit is teaming up with Google to provide employees with free task “runners”. Googlers can then use TaskRabbit to do everything from routine tasks (“walk a dog”) to …
