Success Stories

Since its introduction in 2003, DocuSign has become a mainstay of several industries, essentially bringing sectors like insurance and real estate into the 21st century. In its nearly 15 years in the technology space, it’s been the subject of acquisition rumors from almost every tech giant and...

The United States is home to the most unicorn companies in the world, with over 100 such companies, according to a new report by HowMuch. The term unicorn, used to describe a private company valued at at least $1 billion, was thrust into the spotlight after Uber became the ultimate unicorn as it...

If you learned everything you know about Wall Street from movies, you probably think that most traders are like the guys in “The Wolf Of Wall Street.” While it’s a stretch to paint the finance industry as a fountain of money for the public good, there are some traders who are...

If you’re a shareholder of Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE: VRX), GoPro Inc (NASDAQ: GPRO) or Wayfair Inc (NYSE: W), the last thing you’d think to call Citron head and infamous short seller Andrew Left charitable. But Left is headlining Traders4ACause’s marquee event in Las...

CNBC's Jim Cramer has some free advice for the person who is $700 million richer thanks to the Powerball lottery. During his daily "Mad Money" show Wednesday Cramer offered some valuable pieces of advice that can also apply to anyone who finds themselves in a substantially better financial position...

New ideas seem to become booming businesses overnight, if the mobile and cloud revolutions in tech are any indication. However, it might be time to ask what’s next. The world has seen innovations that optimize the way people, goods and information travel, like Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s...

Benzinga announced last week that DocuSign chairman Keith Krach, former Prosper president Ron Suber and Ripple executive chairman Chris Larsen will join a speaker's roster that already included "Shark Tank" host Kevin O'Leary at the Benzinga FinTech Summit on September 28th in San...

"Betting against Elon Musk is betting against the future of humanity, and it's an incredibly stupid thing to do." That's what angel investor Jason Calacanis said this week. Bold claim? Not really, and here are three reasons why Calacanis is making a long-term bet on the Tesla Inc...

Being in the cannabis business right now is mostly about compliance. It’s not hard to come up with an idea that could prove profitable, even in a short time; what’s hard is to implement it in a way that doesn't raise eyebrows among federal- and state-level regulators and government...

The choice between selling out and staying pure is faced by crust punks and startup entrepreneurs alike. Both diehards and founders, when faced with the prospect of the big time, have to decide whether the money is worth the prospect of giving up some of what made what they did great in the first...

As capital markets evolve, new ways of going public are emerging. A few weeks ago, Benzinga had the chance to discuss how Myomo, Inc. (NYSE: MYO) had become the first company to get listed in a National Securities Exchange through a crowdfunded IPO with the main players involved in the transaction...

Over the past few weeks, Benzinga has been sharing interviews with the top venture capital and investment firms operating in the cannabis industry. Among those focused on ancillary businesses that do not touch the plant, we profiled Snoop Dogg’s Casa Verde and Arcview Group partner,...