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In the fevered atmosphere that a high-stakes financing can create, the CEO, investors, and non-investor board members need to keep a long term perspective and balance risk and ambition as they signal expectations and neg...

The phrase ‘the best three years of your life’ - in reference to university - is one that students have heard regularly before, during and after their time in higher education. Usually in a reflective, rueful, tone f...

Didn't do what you said you would? The top ways people avoid taking responsibility.

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It's been a good month for miracles. And by miracles I mean our oldest miracle, that first miracle, the creation of life itself.

Apple may add Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre to its executive team upon completion of its rumored $3.2 billion purchase of Beats Electronics, reports Billboard. The move would make sense considering that Apple put a high value...

The NSA and Carnegie Mellon University kick off a $2 million joint research project to study SoS.

The past several years have seen bitcoin and other cryptocurriences become a multibillion dollar ecosystem, attracting hundreds of startup companies and over $100 million in venture capital investments.

"We asked ourselves: could social networks be like parties? This is a step in that direction. We aim to take anonymous mobile communications to the next level, providing relief to social networks fatigue and privacy conc...

Sponsored Post: After weeks of research, Wearable World has created an Infographic of The Existing Wearable Technology Landscape, which indexes over 160 different companies within the ecosystem.

Sponsored Post: Join VentureBeat Editor-in-Chief, Dylan Tweney, as he talks with ON24's CFO, Drew Hamer, who will answer questions on how his company has achieved consistent YOY Growth, and how yours can do the same.

VentureBeat’s DataBeat conference is coming up next Monday and Tuesday, May 19-20, and we’ve got a room full of data visionaries. Today, we’re excited to announce an all-star panel that will be exploring the techni...

Got a small business? Then think San Jose/Sunnyvale/Santa Clara, Detroit/Dearborn, and Denver. Those are the three top metro areas in a new survey of The Best Small Business Cities in America, from online credit/loan pro...

What's next in mobile? Find out at MobileBeat, VentureBeat's 7th annual event on the future of mobile, on July 8-9 in San Francisco. Register now and save $400! French consumer electronics company Archos is introducing t...

I was a solo business owner trying to identify with companies that had to deal with hiring packages and unemployment insurance. Who was I kidding? Now that I have a name for what I am, I'm choosing to embrace it -- and s...

How can big data and smart analytics ignite growth for your company? Find out at DataBeat, May 19-20 in San Francisco, from top data scientists, analysts, investors, and entrepreneurs. There are only 50 tickets left! Mic...

In terms of speed alone, Apple is taking some steps to position its Safari browser to pass Google’s Chrome. But Mozilla’s Firefox has been running a different race. Apple has been upgrading its WebKit open source bro...

Guest Post: The Internet's #1 revenue engine is also its weakest link. Solving the problem of ad fraud will fall to the smart minds who are actively working on solutions to stay one step ahead of the bad guys.

Following last week’s reports, Twitter today officially launched a much-needed mute feature, allowing anyone to tone down over-active Twitter users. According to Twitter, this feature operates a step below a full-on bl...

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By Natalie Burg

After more than four years of operation, Pinterest has finally decided it’s time to make some money. The social media company is beginning to sell ads — what it’s calling “promoted pins” — to select marketers...