Startup News

The power of apology: turning dissatisfied customers into fans and advocates.

Meet Buck Mason, a minimalist men's clothing brand. A profile and Q&A with the founders.

Each holiday season I am struck by the way lights, trees, and colorful decor can enhance a lonely street or a simple room. The investment and time my remarkable wife takes to transform our home brightens the season and m...

As we make our way into December, the holiday spirit and rumblings of New Years resolutions are filling the air. For many marketers, those resolutions are focused specifically on winning bigger with the millennial genera...

Splunk, the publicly traded company selling software for analyzing logs from servers and other hardware, has succeeded in getting startup Sumo Logic, which sells cloud-based log-management software, to back off on certai...

On the heels of Uber’s $1.2 billion funding round, Lyft (the tech industry’s other transportation giant) has some big news to share. The company hired two new executives today, chief marketing officer Kira Wampler an...

David Sengeh tells me he'll have to delay our phone interview. "I am sorry to do this but there's a last minute need for me to attend an Ebola meeting." Sengeh is a multi-faceted kind of guy. After all, before he started...

Tute Genomics says it has developed a comprehensive cloud-based genome analytics platform that lets clinicians and researchers identify disease genes and biomarkers in complex genome sequencing data.

Some new job listings at the Apple site yesterday may have tipped the company's hand on future development plans.

The region is expected to generate more than $784 million this year.

The term "customer experience" or CX is very much in vogue these days. It is at or near the top of everyone's mind who works and plays in the world of marketing. Or at least it better be for CX will undoubtedly be the on...

When it comes to making a case for bringing a big data solution into a company, most executives know full well that customer or client data can seriously boost the bottom line. In fact, the median Fortune 1000 company co...

This concept and the visual was taken from my new book, The Future of Work: Attract New Talent, Build Better Leaders, and Create a Competitive Organization. A few months ago I introduced the concept of the 7 Principles...

Content marketing can easily build a brand’s reputation, increase engagement and familiarity with a brand, funnel readers into opportunities for conversion, and serve as a platform to build authority for SEO.

When I moved from Connecticut to rural Maryland earlier this year, I made two significant shifts in my life: I began working from home — and I gave up my landline.

Twitter is launching Answers, a free way for advertisers to measure promoted and organic app installs on mobile. Answers, which allows advertisers to track for free app downloads attributed to Twitter, operates inside of...

Get all the tech funding news of the day delivered straight to your mailbox! Sign up for Funding Daily and never miss a deal. Here's a list of today's tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you ...

The Washington Department of Revenue's ongoing refusal to release most of its written determinations has created a sense that tax policy is being administered behind closed curtains, and the public is left unable to disc...

This release shows the latest in the trend toward movie-based mobile games.

Fake Louis Vuitton bags are pretty great when that’s what you meant to purchase but not when you thought that $2,000 was going to get you a real one. Unfortunately, when you’re purchasing luxury fashion items from pe...

The game has generated $9 million in revenue. But it has also found a way to educate students in a fun way.

Forget the odds, and get moving with confidence that you have the next BIG idea.