Business software giant CA Technologies is buying Boulder-based Rally Software Development Corp. in a $480 million deal announced Wednesday. New York City-based CA (Nasdaq: CA) said Rally agreed to be acquired for $19.50 per share, which would total about $480 million. The deal is scheduled to close this fall, in CA’s second fiscal quarter. Rally shares soared on news  Continue Reading »

Katherine Barr of Wildcat Venture Partners would like to invite you to an intimate dinner for visionaries who have become leaders in their fields, changed the game, and inspired others to follow their own, unique paths. Event Link: 25at25.splashthat.com Date: Thursday May 21, 2015 Time: 5:00pm Location: Twenty Five Lusk   Speakers: Tina Perry Executive Vice President, Business  Continue Reading »

Entrepreneurs are commonly described as: competitive, evangelizing, risk taking, nimble, scrappy, and visionary. However, there is a broader skillset and mindset that entrepreneurs require to be successful. I’m going to share eight mistakes entrepreneurs make that aren’t often talked about publicly. My hope is that I can help you to avoid at least some of  Continue Reading »

This post is the sixth in a series of posts that will eventually become a book. I am looking to improve the text by incorporating readers’ feedback before I go to print. Find out more about this project or start from the beginning. Read the previous chapter in this series The Transformation Zone is reserved  Continue Reading »

Money is tricky for small businesses—which is to say that it tends to be tight. Pretty much everything about money—securing it, managing it, spending it—requires some kind of special tool, and that tool had better be effective, easy to use, and cheap, or else the company is going to find itself in trouble fast. That’s  Continue Reading »