Wait, Fab Launched In June And It's Already HOW Big?
We've been following Fab since before it was a design sale site, and its growth story is really unbelievable.Founder Jason Goldberg has been a tech entrepreneur since 1999. He launched Fab last winter...
View ArticleBranch Raises $2 Million From SV Angel And Others
Branch, a startup created by Princeton dropout Josh Miller, has raised a big seed round of financing from SV Angel and others.A source close to the company says the amount is $2 million.Other investors...
View Article25 Up-And-Coming Startup CEOs In New York
New York City is full of startups. But the real winners have amazing leadership teams driving them to succeed.We polled tech industry executives and investors to find CEOs who are rising stars; they...
View ArticleSurprisingly Convincing Argument About Shopping Limitations On Amazon
Why have flash sales sites like the marketplace for design products Fab.com grown so quickly?CEO and co-founder Jason Goldberg says that while Amazon is the go-to place for shoppers who know exactly...
View ArticleHey Startups, Here's How To Budget All That Money You've Just Raised
Fab.com has grown exponentially since its pivot just over a year ago.While the new company eventually raised impressive rounds, its founders figured out how to balance their budget efficiently and...
View ArticleFab.com's CEO Is Getting Married To His Boyfriend
It's been a great summer for Fab.com CEO Jason Goldberg.Last week, he raised $105 million for his company, which sells curated designer goods online at a discount.And Friday morning, he and his...
View ArticleDarren Criss And Deborah Cox Serenade Fab.com's CEO At His Wedding
Fab.com CEO Jason Goldberg married his longtime boyfriend, Christian Schoenherr, Saturday at Craft, a restaurant in New York City.As we noted when we reported on Goldberg and Schoenherr's visit to City...
View ArticleDriven By Apps, Fab's Mobile Sales Leapt On Thanksgiving Day (AAPL, FB)
Fab, the high-design e-commerce site, did 40 percent of its Thanksgiving Day sales through mobile devices, CEO Jason Goldbergreports.The trend highlights two things: the explosive growth of mobile...
View ArticleFab Is Firing 100 People For The Second Time A Few Months After Raising $150...
After raising a massive $165 million this summer and firing more than 100 European employees in July, Fab, a site that sells products with a heavy focus on design, is letting go another 101 people,...
View ArticleFab's COO Leaves The Company As The Startup Attempts To Restructure
The COO of e-commerce site Fab, Beth Ferreira, is adding to the company's executive turnover and leaving by the end of the year, according to Bloomberg.The Bloomberg report comes from an internal email...
View ArticleFab CEO Has A Long History Of Mistakes
Jason Goldberg, CEO of online retailer Fab, is "doomed to repeat his mistakes," according to The Verge. It's a great long-read about the company's history.For instance, although many people know that...
View ArticleFab Strikes Back At 'Skewed' Media Coverage: 'Here Are The Facts'
The folks at online retailer Fab are getting annoyed at the drumbeat of negativity in the media surrounding its recent change of direction, and the layoffs that occurred with it.They're particularly...
View ArticleAfter A Year In Hell, Fab CEO Jason Goldberg Speaks Out
Fab's management is aware of its image problem. They read the same stories about the home design site that everyone else does: The ones about Fab being in a "death spiral" and CEO Jason Goldberg being...
View ArticleStruggling E-Commerce Startup Fab Plans To Cut Its New York Staff Staff Down...
The downward spiral of the e-commerce site Fab continues, with rumors that it's going to trim its New York City office to less than 30 people, down from a few hundred. "Fab is going to reduce its NY...
View ArticleHow A Gay Social Network Turned Itself Into A Billion Dollar E-Commerce Site,...
More bad news hit the struggling e-commerce startup Fab Wednesday night: The company sent an email telling many of its employees not to show up to work today, likely ahead of the extreme New York City...
View ArticleFab Is Buying A European Furniture Company
Fab is buying a Finnish company that designs and manufactures furniture and then sells it online, reports Re/Code's Jason Del Ray. Fab confirmed to Del Ray that it signed a term sheet for the cash and...
View ArticleFab CEO: 'E-Commerce Is A B**CH'
The CEO of Fab, the troubled online fashion and retail site, spoke publicly for the first time Monday since his company was hit by a series of well-publicized layoffs and financial problems.Speaking at...
View ArticleA Tech Company Once Valued At $1 Billion Is About To Sell For $15 Million
The ailing e-commerce site Fab is reportedly in talks to be acquired by PCH International for $15 million. TechCrunch reports that Fab's contractual agreements are in the early stages with PCH, an...
View ArticleFormer Fab CEO Jason Goldberg's new company Pepo has raised $2.3 million in...
LONDON — Jason Goldberg, the former CEO of e-commerce company Fab, announced on Tuesday that his new startup Pepo has raised $2.3 million (£1.8 million) in seed funding.Pepo is a messaging app that...
View ArticleJason Goldberg, best known for Fab, has raised $8 million in seed funding for...
Summary List PlacementJason Goldberg has learned his lessons in running a startup, especially when to take on venture capital investment, how much to take, and when to say no, he told Insider.Goldberg...
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