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Corporate Venture & Innovation Initiative (CVI²), J. Thelander Consulting Release Most Comprehensive Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) Compensation Report
Venture Beat - 25 Sep 2014 18:02
Press Release: The Corporate Venture & Innovation Initiative (CVI²) announced today the release of the Thelander CVI² 2014 CVC Compensation Report. The report is the most comprehensive effort to provide cross-industry ...
Predictive lead scoring is gaining ground with smaller companies (report)
Venture Beat - 25 Sep 2014 23:45
The drive to qualify incoming leads so that marketing teams are seen to be producing high-quality prospects, and in order that salespeople have the best chance of closing those opportunities, is pushing smaller companies...
How Twitter can solve its onboarding problem
Venture Beat - 25 Sep 2014 23:30
Guest Post: I get so much value out of Twitter, but it has a problem getting new users.
Dylan's Desk: 21 reasons why I'm not buying an iPhone 6
Venture Beat - 25 Sep 2014 22:30
I don't have iPhone 6 envy. Seriously. Here are all the reasons I don't.
Flipboard finally launches a Windows Phone app, minus the 'flip'
Venture Beat - 25 Sep 2014 21:57
Digital magazine startup Flipboard has decided to stop shafting Windows Phone users by releasing a new app today. A Windows Phone app for Flipboard was first announced nearly a year ago and even made an appearance in the...
FAA approves limited use of drones on some movie sets
Venture Beat - 25 Sep 2014 21:48
Today, the Federal Aviation Administration announced it will allow the use the of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on some U.S. film sets. More specifically, the FAA says it “has granted regulatory exemptions to six aer...
What You Should Be Doing on LinkedIn Every Month, Week, and Day
Forbes - 25 Sep 2014 21:18
This plan will make sure you use LinkedIn to its full advantage.
Three Worrisome Signs Of Wall Street's Sell-off
Forbes - 25 Sep 2014 21:05
Most of 2014 has been on the side of the bulls, but not today—with Wall Street selling-off.
Eric Schmidt confirms it: He sealed the deal with Google at Burning Man
Venture Beat - 25 Sep 2014 21:02
What happens at Burning Man gets told to Stephen Colbert
DHL's 'drug drones' might be useful in U.S. heathcare
Venture Beat - 25 Sep 2014 20:53
Could 'Drug Drones' could play a role in U.S. healthcare rethink? Maybe. Getting people to take the medications they've been prescribed is an expensive problem in U.S. healthcare. Drones might play a role in changing th...
How Emotional Intelligence Landed Mr. Rogers $20 Million
Forbes - 25 Sep 2014 20:51
If your project needed $20 million in funding and you had to send someone to appear before the US Senate to get it, would you choose former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer or the beloved children’s television show host Fre...
Is 'bendgate' all hype? Apple says only 9 users have complained about bent iPhones
Venture Beat - 25 Sep 2014 20:25
Following the “#bendgate” pile-on earlier this week, Apple has come forward with an interesting claim: Only nine users have complained to them about bent iPhones, according to CNBC. Although there’s no way to indep...
How to turn unknown shoppers into known customers with personalization
Venture Beat - 25 Sep 2014 20:10
Sponsored Post: To start building engaging user experiences, you'll need to craft a personalization strategy and adopt the right tools to responsibly and collect and apply consumer data to your brand experience.
#selfielapse: Hyperlapse now works with your phone's front camera
Venture Beat - 25 Sep 2014 19:42
You can try to pretend selfies aren’t a thing, but not for long. Today, Instagram announced you can now use your phone’s front camera to shoot videos with its Hyperlapse app. The company has released a new update for...
Beyond China and the U.S.: Finding the next gaming growth market
Venture Beat - 25 Sep 2014 19:30
Beth Kindig addresses how to find the next $2 billion game market.
You Just Came Up With A Great New Business Idea - So Now What?
Forbes - 25 Sep 2014 19:14
Has a great idea for a business struck you out of the blue? Melanie Haselmayr outlines the first steps you must take to solidify your new business idea and turn inspiration into reality.
Microsoft pushes collaboration with Groups for Office 365
Venture Beat - 25 Sep 2014 18:25
Groups might not sound like a huge advancement, drawing as it does on several Microsoft tools that have existed for years, like file sharing and email. But Groups does acknowledge how people really work.
Yahoo transparency report: 30K government data requests, nearly half from the U.S.
Venture Beat - 25 Sep 2014 18:15
Today Yahoo released its third transparency report, revealing 30,511 government data requests, 12,533 of which originated from the U.S. government from January 1 to June 30 this year. These figures are down from 32,493 t...
A Proven Approach To Making Giant Leaps Forward In Innovation
Forbes - 25 Sep 2014 18:04
When thinking about innovation, companies often focus efforts on incremental improvements. While continual betterment makes sense to a certain degree, it doesn’t paint a full picture of what’s actually happening, and...
How the tech elite teach Stanford students to build billion-dollar companies (in 11 quotes)
Venture Beat - 25 Sep 2014 17:52
Stanford is offering a class in startups taught by some of the most successful tech founders in the valley. Here are some gems from the opening lecture.
DirecTV shareholders approve $48.5B AT&T takeover deal
Venture Beat - 25 Sep 2014 17:30
Shareholders of satellite TV service provider DirecTV have voted in favor of accepting a very lucrative acquisition offer by communications company AT&T, the companies announced today. AT&T announced its plans to take ov...
App delivery platform PowWow grabs $2.5M
Venture Beat - 25 Sep 2014 17:20
Application delivery platform startup PowWow has raised a new $2.5 million round of funding today to help businesses work from mobile devices. PowWow’s platform allows enterprise-level clients to translate in-house Win...