Startup News
Marc Chernoff: How Entrepreneurs Can Increase Their Productivity
Forbes - 23 Sep 2014 03:22
I recently spoke to Marc Chernoff, who has one of the most popular personal development blogs called "Marc And Angel Hack Life". It has over six hundred articles covering happiness, productivity, emotional intelligence,...
7 Tips For Being A Successful Social Entrepreneur
Forbes - 23 Sep 2014 06:00
More than ever, people are looking to pursue meaningful career paths. At times our vision of how the world should be is so vivid, we can’t resist the urge to try and build it ourselves. Starting a business has never be...
Lyft acquires carpooling competitor Hitch
Venture Beat - 23 Sep 2014 01:57
Lyft, the ride-sharing company that recently launched a carpooling service, has acquired a startup named Hitch.
Feds order Bitcoin scam company shuttered, 20,000 customers fleeced
Venture Beat - 23 Sep 2014 22:56
Feds shut down a fraudulent Bitcoin outfit in Missouri. May signal a crackdown on the crypto currency ecosystem.
How To Get Your App Noticed -- Wisdom From App Annie
Forbes - 23 Sep 2014 22:21
Whether you’re a small to mid-size app developer, or among a team coding late into the night in your dorm, in the end of the day you want people to download your product. Aside from creating the darn thing, getting hug...
Microsoft's Chromecast copycat is more expensive and less functional
Venture Beat - 23 Sep 2014 22:18
So what makes Microsoft's version different? Well, how about it being pretty lackluster.
VentureBeat Webinar: AWS, Google, and Azure -- what would Pinterest, Yelp and Feedly do?
Venture Beat - 23 Sep 2014 22:00
In this webinar featuring some heavy-hitters from Pinterst, Yelp, Feedly and Cloudability, we'll explore one of the biggest factors you need to consider: How much control do you need?
My breakfast with Westergren: Pandora's founder talks about royalties, ads, brands, and bands
Venture Beat - 23 Sep 2014 21:51
Westergren says Pandora wants to introduce more types of content in the car (like podcasts, for starters), but believes his company needs to make in-car streaming as user-friendly as flipping on a radio dial.
Creativity, Alternative Lenders, And Small Business Financing
Forbes - 23 Sep 2014 21:25
“The small-business community employs half of the private workforce and creates two out of every three net new jobs,” said SBA administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet at a packed luncheon crowd at City Club Los Angeles, ...
$1M for cookies made from ... crickets? Tim Ferris thinks these will jump into our diets
Venture Beat - 23 Sep 2014 20:21
Cookies made out of crickets are great for productivity, and efficiency guru Tim Ferris is joining in on a million-dollar bet on their future. Traditional office snacks can be a productivity killer. Bins of sugary granol...
Xceedium Awarded Third Core Patent for Privileged Identity Management
Venture Beat - 23 Sep 2014 20:00
Press Release: Xceedium®, Inc., the premier provider of privileged identity management for enterprise environments, today announced it has been issued its third patent covering core privileged identity management techno...
947 companies in 43 categories part 2: The crowded marketing tech landscape comes alive
Venture Beat - 23 Sep 2014 19:31
Remember Scott Brinker’s massive marketing technology infographic, which attempted to show the massive growth of the marketing technology landscape? Brinker showed how the industry grew from perhaps 100 companies in 20...
While Apple HealthKit works out bugs, Cleveland Clinic uses Microsoft's HealthVault platform to reach remote patients
Venture Beat - 23 Sep 2014 19:21
The renowned health provider is using HealthVault to capture and store health data from remote patients.
Should We Give Up On Reagan Style Tax Reform?
Forbes - 23 Sep 2014 19:10
The landmark 1986 Tax Reform Act is an inspiration to all would-be tax reformers. But reforms following that basic framework have gotten nowhere in Congress.
The 6 Main Types Of Blog Posts And How To Use Them
Forbes - 23 Sep 2014 19:07
Content marketing has come a long way since it first gained popularity as an inbound marketing strategy. Innovative marketers around the world have devised new strategies to gain reader attention, build reader trust, and...
Robinhood snags $13M to make stock trading hip
Venture Beat - 23 Sep 2014 19:00
You have to wonder why a startup is named after an English folklore hero who stole from the rich to give to the poor. For the founders of Robinhood, the inspiration came from the fees that stock brokerage firms charge th...
BetterWorks' app for tracking employee goals pulls in $15M
Venture Beat - 23 Sep 2014 18:00
For almost a year, a startup called BetterWorks has been quietly crafting a web-based service big companies can use to store employees’ goals and measure their progress. Today BetterWorks is finally showing the app to ...
Grantoo pivots into multiplayer mobile gaming, raises $3.5M, and renames itself Fuel
Venture Beat - 23 Sep 2014 18:00
Fuel's platform helps mobile-game developers create better multiplayer experiences.
Microsoft and GoDaddy want small businesses to 'get online today'
Venture Beat - 23 Sep 2014 18:00
Earlier this year, Microsoft and GoDaddy announced they’d be working more closely together. Now they’re rolling out their latest collaboration. Today the companies are launching Get Online Today, a web hosting and we...
Big brands want 'nothing to do with' incentivized ads on mobile games
Venture Beat - 23 Sep 2014 18:00
Well games trying to acquire players love incentivized ads, Doritos and Old Spice don't want it to look like they're paying people to watch their promotions.
B2B's Must Shift To Support The Mobile Marketing Conundrum
Forbes - 23 Sep 2014 18:00
If the predictions are right, and I suspect they are, 2014 is the year where mobile Internet usage surpassed the desktop.