They say one of the traits of a successful entrepreneur is persistence, the ability to keep pounding away on your original idea until you can shape it into something viable. That’s what Ben Smith has ...

The online local guide Citysearch, an IAC (NASDAQ:IACI) company, has teamed up with MerchantCircle, an online network and marketing company for local businesses. The partnership allows Citysearch to ...

MerchantCircle may not be as well-known as business listing site Yelp, but its user base of small businesses who want to control their web presence keeps growing. The company says it recently signed ...

MerchantCircle, a Los Altos, Calif.-based online network of local business owners, has raised $10 million in Series B funding. IAC and Square 1 Bank were joined by return backers like Rustic Canyon ...

MerchantCircle has a simple goal, but challenging—displace the old fashioned printed Yellow Pages and bring local business into a more social Web of commerce. I talked to Ben Smith, CEO of the startup ...

Hyperlocal business directory provider MerchantCircle has taken $10 million Series B in a round that included previous investors Rustic Canyon Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Steamboat Ventures ...

More than 75% of the members of MerchantCircle, an online network of 650,000 local business owners, have no other Web presence outside of that provided by MerchantCircle. A study by research firm ...

Hyperlocal business directory MerchantCircle has been steadily growing its business directory for merchants in smaller towns. MerchantCircle has long targeted merchants in small locales versus ...

SCOTTSDALE, AZ--(Marketwired - January 23, 2015) - Digital Air Strike, the automotive social media and digital engagement company, today announced another new partnership with a leading online social ...

Rafe Needleman reviews mobile apps and products for fun, and picks startups apart when he gets bored. He has evaluated thousands of new companies, most of which have since gone out of business. Thanks ...