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In March I will publish the 2015 list of the 10 Most Powerful Men in Africa. This annual ranking distinguishes and celebrates the accomplishments of Africa's most outstanding male power brokers. The 10 Most Powerful Men ...

A list of the top ten most-funded startups in the big data space

The first episode of Snapchat’s new micro-series Literally Can’t Even, debuted this morning on the app’s new Discover media channel. While some may think the opening episode was “dumb,” there may be more promis...

According to jobs marketplace Freelancer.com, these sectors are adding more freelance gigs than any other in 2013.

Super Bowl Sunday is America's great secular feast day, loosely organized around a professional championship football game but centered on food, parties, music, advertising and consumer hoopla and folderol in all shapes ...

If you focus on the odds, you may be forgetting the most immutable rule of wagering, the one who wins on every single bet, legal or not: the IRS.

Guest:Don't give up on IoT just because of the silly ideas we saw coming out of CES earlier this month. The best IoT has to offer right now isn't in the consumer space at all.

When it comes time to secure secondary funding, the companies that succeed will have taken a long-term strategic approach, instead of seeing problems as a set of hurdles that must be overcome individually.

We're all affected by one of those "slow work days" once in a while. We spend all day being active, yet at the end of the day, none of our tasks are complete. What happened? And what if--heaven forbid--you are doing this...

Last week was a difficult week for Wall Street, but not for Amazon.com' stock, which soared. Investors cheered the company’s strong financial performance in the fourth quarter. But will the party last?

There have been lots of reports that WhatsApp will roll out free voice calling to India in 2015. However, there’s been no confirmed timeline for when that might happen. Late last night, images of WhatsApp’s new voice...

In 2014, Israeli startups enjoyed exits worth about $15 billion, an all-time record.

No matter how much research a woman has conducted online, or how many times she's seen an ad, the critical purchasing moment often comes down to that "last three feet of the sale."  This is when she's standing on the sa...

The Pirate Bay is back.

As an executive at a relatively young and decidedly ambitious company, it?s hard to describe the excitement and sense of remarkable possibility you experience sitting in the East Room hearing the President of the United ...

The deadline for Obamacare is almost here: February 15th. In fact, if you do not enroll, you may be subject to a fine.

Apple has begun clawing back market share from Android.

is the international money transfer market the hottest area for start-ups? a $58 million investment and a heavy advertising campaign could indicate that it is.

This entrepreneur wanted to bring connoisseurs of the art world to India, so she did.

During his annual state of the league press conference, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced yesterday afternoon that the NFL would be hiring a chief medical officer (CMO). He used the press conference to highlight t...

The very best entrepreneurs are successful because they love what they do. There really is no substitute for a passionate founder, so perhaps that’s why Deepak Tailor has succeeded in building a site that receives more...

PR could become the next sector facing 'disruptive' competitors as a new start-up looks to change the way the old guard work and at the same time make PR more accessible to other start-ups.