Startup News
When To Start A Business? Go With Your Gut.
Forbes - 6 Jan 2014 07:59
Every aspiring entrepreneur seeks an answer to this million dollar question, but the answer lies within. By Bala Vissa, INSEAD Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship India?s hospitals are notoriously overburdened. Many ...
Lessons For Entrepreneurs From A Navy SEAL
Forbes - 6 Jan 2014 05:49
You have to be extra tough mentally to be an entrepreneur. While thinking about it, I realized that it's really not that different from the toughness required and trained into America's elite military force of Navy SEALs...
Raising Minimum Wage? How About Raising Employee Ownership?
Forbes - 7 Jan 2014 01:58
While debate is on raising minimum wage -- which will go no where -- a different answer for helping working families (and one that has bipartisan support) is to look to encourage increased employee ownership and profit s...
Startups Don't Go Bankrupt -- Founders Do
Forbes - 7 Jan 2014 00:34
As startup Founders, we are constantly focused on making sure our fledgling companies have enough runway to grow. We believe that if the company's bank account runs out, the company goes bankrupt and it's game over. Bu...
Zola Acquires Bookish But It's Really About Amazon
Forbes - 6 Jan 2014 23:58
Last year, when Bookish launched, I asked the question on this blog, "will Bookish succeed or fail?" The answer today is "yes."
Pebble Goes For The Rolex Look With 'Steel' Smartwatch
Forbes - 6 Jan 2014 23:35
The smart-watch maker gets an upgrade at CES with a stainless steel and gorilla glass watch, and a higher price tag.
Will The CES 2014 Help 3D Printers Cross the Tipping Point?
Forbes - 6 Jan 2014 23:24
Disclosure: I own DDD and VJET stocks.
Goodbye Baucus, Hello Wyden
Forbes - 6 Jan 2014 23:19
On tax reform the current chair of the Senate Finance Committee has been a laggard. Wyden will be a leader.
Ryan Caldbeck's CircleUp Democratizes Funding Process For Start-Ups and Investors
Forbes - 6 Jan 2014 22:47
A Series of Forbes Insights Profiles of Thought Leaders Changing the Business Landscape: Ryan Caldbeck, Founder and CEO, CircleUp...
Tired of Being Stressed? Here's A Surprising Approach To Feeling Better
Forbes - 6 Jan 2014 22:37
You can't avoid stress - but you can make it work for you.
Back To Work But Not Under The Gun: A Surprising Way To Deal With Stress
Forbes - 6 Jan 2014 22:37
You can't avoid stress - but you can make it work for you.
How To Build Your Personal Brand And Your Body Of Work - Tips From Pamela Slim
Forbes - 6 Jan 2014 22:32
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Creating Beautiful Furniture From Reclaimed Materials -- The Inspiring Story Of Jacqueline Sharp's FORT
Forbes - 6 Jan 2014 22:29
There aren't many women in the furniture-making business, which allows the unique craftsmanship of Jacqueline Sharp to stand out even more (her six foot tall frame, model looks and charismatic warmth don't hurt). Sharp i...
The Risk Management Race Goes To Nvidia GPUs
Forbes - 6 Jan 2014 21:19
GPUs provide the computing speed to take risk management real-time so it can be used pre-trade.
Technology Re-emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations
Forbes - 6 Jan 2014 21:08
Many of the new gadgets introduced at CES this week will replace their predecessors in the consumer technology market. Every once in a while, though, an old technology rises from the ashes and finds new life. Ryan Raffae...
Is Sacramento The World's Capital of Internet Privacy Regulation?
Forbes - 6 Jan 2014 21:06
California's assembly held a hearing on privacy that exposed deep divides on California's role as the world's Internet privacy regulator
What Wolf of Wallstreet can (or can't) Teach Us about the Secret to Life
Forbes - 6 Jan 2014 21:04
It's not exactly burning up the box office but Wolf of Wall Street is creating a lot of buzz. Is it, as People says, self-indulgent and skippable, a disappointing depiction of "a bunch of scheming, loathsome creeps given...
Why Your Company May Dump QuickBooks This Year
Forbes - 6 Jan 2014 20:50
Many companies will be switching away from QuickBooks this year and the next few years. Will you?
5 Things We Didn't Know Last Month: Creepytech, Flashsplash, Flashfic, Dataviz, Size Unimportant
Forbes - 6 Jan 2014 20:34
In Case You Missed It, here's a roundup of last month's notable articles at Forbes NetAppVoice. Hold onto your headgear...
Who's Doing The CEO's Job In Your Small Business?
Forbes - 6 Jan 2014 20:15
Every business has assignments that must be performed by the Chief Executive Officer, a.k.a CEO. Not the founder, owner, or manager; the CEO.
Should The Gates Foundation Improve MBA Programs By Balancing Research And Reality?
Forbes - 6 Jan 2014 20:00
So long as MBA programs were growing as cash cows, the level of this pseudo-scientific business research was an academic issue. Now that business schools are feeling the pain, it is time to rethink business school struct...
2014: The Year Social HR Matters
Forbes - 6 Jan 2014 19:21
In 2013, organizations finally began in earnest to integrate social technologies into recruitment, development and engagement practices. In 2014, this social integration will become the status quo.