Startup News
Women Leaders Must Dive In, Not Just Lean In (Part 2)
Forbes - 18 Mar 2014 14:41
n Part 1 of my interview with Deloitte's Maritza Montiel, Deputy CEO & Vice Chairman, and Jennifer Steinmann, Deputy CEO and Chief Talent Officer, they addressed many issues that women face in their quest to advance into...
Tandum Takes On The Live Event Ticketing Market
Nibletz - 18 Mar 2014 20:55
Three frustrating experiences led 2 music fans to the idea for a new ticketing platform.
Pick A Fight With Mediocrity
Forbes - 18 Mar 2014 15:52
If you want to best your competition, it’s not enough to make an incremental improvement from them. Because of this, you’ll need to disrupt, rather than just slightly change what’s already the status quo. Small twe...
Lyft slashes ridesharing prices during slower hours, claims to be the most 'affordable option'
Venture Beat - 18 Mar 2014 19:00
"This is a fully dynamic marketplace, with prices going up and down," Lyft spokesperson Erin Simpson said by phone.
The Future Of Virtual Sex, Part One: 5 New Technologies
Forbes - 18 Mar 2014 16:15
How does $40 an hour sound? You can work from your own home, pick your own hours, wear as little as you choose.
IRS Noose Starting To Tighten On Sham Risk Pools
Forbes - 18 Mar 2014 05:51
A captive insurance company ("captive") is an insurance company that is created by the parent organization to underwrite the insurance needs of its operating affiliates. An oil company might, for example, form a captive ...
AbilTo gets $6M to keep you happy, even when you're not healthy
Venture Beat - 18 Mar 2014 23:30
AbilTo has devised an eight-week program for folks with chronic conditions, like diabetes, to stay emotionally and physically healthy in between doctor's visits.
Brian Wong, Gabriella Draney, Josh Miller, Ryan Hoover & Mike Muhney Speaking at #EETN
Nibletz - 18 Mar 2014 23:10
Everywhere Else Tennessee is getting hotter and hotter. With early adopter tickets running out fast, we're announcing 4 more outstanding speakers to this year's lineup.
The rise of marketing ops
Venture Beat - 18 Mar 2014 23:00
Guest Post: When you envision the future of marketing, what do you see? Undoubtedly, it will be a function that's greatly influenced by technology and is becoming increasingly data-driven. And there's certainly evidence ...
Google Is On a Mission
Forbes - 18 Mar 2014 22:15
Despite appearances to the contrary, Google isn’t out to dominate the world – it only seeks to organize it. Actually, the company states its mission is “to organize the world's information and make it universally...
Stocks to Watch: Oracle, Adobe, FedEx are stocks to watch Wednesday
Market Watch - 18 Mar 2014 22:12
Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Wednesday's session are Oracle, Adobe Systems, and FedEx.
Social Media Tips For Highly Regulated Industries
Forbes - 18 Mar 2014 22:09
This article is by Dan Callahan, community manager at BeyondAlpha, an online community for registered investment advisors (RIAs).
Cloudera snatches a massive $160M to lead the business of big data
Venture Beat - 18 Mar 2014 22:06
With a big pile of fresh money, Cloudera can continue to run at the head of the pack of tech companies pushing software to analyze lots of different kinds of data.
The Google Of Ed Search: Will Using Your Noodle Generate A Better College Fit?
Forbes - 18 Mar 2014 21:57
Princeton Review founder John Katzman wants New York-based Noodle to act not just as a search engine, but a guidance counselor for your college hunt.
How To Increase Conversion Rates
Forbes - 18 Mar 2014 21:24
Learn how to increase both your online and offline conversion rates and boost your sales and profits.
Bitvore nabs $4.5M to be your 'data mining for dummies'
Venture Beat - 18 Mar 2014 21:15
Interestingly, almost one quarter of this round's money came from crowdfunding. Bitvore used Fundable's crownfuding service to raise money.
Transcatheter Technologies Reports Six-Month Follow-up Results for Pilot Study of Its 'Truly Repositionable' Trinity TAVI System
Venture Beat - 18 Mar 2014 20:52
Sponsored Post: Transcatheter Technologies GmbH, an emerging medical device company that is developing a third-generation transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) system-Trinity-announced today the successful 6-mon...
This is what Android will look like on wearable devices
Venture Beat - 18 Mar 2014 20:34
The Android Wear project appears to bring a clean and basic interface to smart watches running Android.
CNBC List Of Top Main Street Lenders Forgets The Elephant In The Room
Forbes - 18 Mar 2014 19:40
There has been a lot in the news lately about how banks are jumping back into small business lending with both feet. Good news to be sure. In fact, just a couple of days ago, in a piece for CNBC, Elaine Pofeldt published...
Snowden slams Amazon for leaking customer data to the NSA
Venture Beat - 18 Mar 2014 19:39
"I didn't do this to be safe; I did this to do what was right. I'm not going to stop my work in the public interest."
Apple gets patent for iPhone camera remote control
Venture Beat - 18 Mar 2014 18:40
Apple is toying with the idea of creating a remote control for your iPhone, according to a newly approved patent application. The company’s new remote control patent, which it first filed for way back in 2009, is focus...
Google launches Android Wear: A new project to bring Android to wearables like smartwatches
Venture Beat - 18 Mar 2014 18:26
Google has officially launched Android Wear, an initiative to extend the Android operating system to wearable tech. Google says Android Wear devices will launch “later this year” and claims to be working with “Asus...