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The Best Medicine For Your Business? A Free Set Of Eyes
Forbes - 17 Sep 2015 21:17
Over the years, I have had many clients with problems in their business that they didn’t know how to solve. They would invite me in to take a look to see if I could solve their problem. And, sure enough, a very easy so...
Janet who? Main St. not holding breath on rate hike
CNBC - 17 Sep 2015 18:56
While the market anxiously awaits a Thursday Fed decision on interest rates, Main Street is quietly going about its business.
Germany's HelloFresh raises $85M, values Rocket Internet company at $2.9B
Venture Beat - 17 Sep 2015 10:29
Hello Fresh, the Berlin-based company that delivers meal kits and recipes to subscribers, announced today that it has raised another $85 million. The company, which is a product of Germany’s Rocket Internet’s startup...
Driving Quality Website Traffic: Some Traffic Sources Work Harder Than Others
Forbes - 18 Sep 2015 01:30
Every effort to drive quality website traffic starts with understanding how visitors find your site. Once you discover how people find you, you can then determine how much each channel contributes to conversions and reve...
Forbes CMO Silicon Valley Excursion Examines Tech-Driven Marketing Innovation
Forbes - 18 Sep 2015 01:14
As if CMOs didn’t already have enough on their plates, they increasingly are being tasked with—or voluntarily taking on—driving a corporate innovation agenda based on customer wants and needs, budgetary boundaries,...
Hyperloop's intro video claims the future is now
Venture Beat - 18 Sep 2015 01:13
Hyperloop, dubbed “the fifth mode of transport,” is real. At least, that’s what the introductory video released this week on YouTube is trying to communicate. Hyperloop is a project envisioned by engineer and inven...
Adobe sees strong Q3 with $1.22B in revenue, 684K new Creative Cloud subscribers amid leadership changes
Venture Beat - 18 Sep 2015 00:56
5.3 million people now subscribe to Adobe’s Creative Cloud service, the company revealed in its third quarter 2015 earnings report today. Adobe hopes to hit nearly 6 million paid subscribers before 2015’s end. The co...
AMD's newest processor reduces carbon footprint by 46%
Venture Beat - 18 Sep 2015 00:51
Advanced Micro Devices said today that its latest family of processors is 46 percent more energy-efficient in terms of its carbon footprint than the previous generation of chips. In 2014, AMD set its 25X20 energy efficie...
Microsoft's HoloLens augmented-reality headset is still half a decade away
Venture Beat - 18 Sep 2015 00:50
We’re on the precipice of the virtual reality future, but we’ll probably have to wait a few more years before augmented reality is a part of our daily lives. The Microsoft HoloLens AR head-mounted display (HMD) is �...
Taking Tuxedo Rentals Online: It's Been Tried, But George Zimmer Is Jumping In, Too
Forbes - 18 Sep 2015 00:42
Age means little to the hungers that nag within a committed entrepreneur. Over the past year the ongoing saga of George Zimmer has proved that.
Headhunting Basics (Part 1) -- When to Engage a Professional Search Firm
Forbes - 17 Sep 2015 23:41
One of the biggest challenges for a startup seeking to hire top talent is knowing when to engage a professional headhunting firm - either contingency or retained.
Hyperspecialization Brings Huge Profits for These 5 Businesses
Nibletz - 17 Sep 2015 23:40
In an Internet-connected, information-saturated world some businesses are finding that the more they narrow their focus the easier it is to find success. Niche, highly specialized businesses once had difficulty staying p...
Y Combinator adds Pinterest, Airbnb, and 23andMe cofounders as part-time partners
Venture Beat - 17 Sep 2015 23:28
Y Combinator is growing its partnership team with the additions of the chief executives and cofounders of 23andMe, Pinterest, and Airbnb. Anne Wojcicki, Ben Silbermann, and Joe Gebbia will be part-time partners with the ...
Yahoo Mail app arrives on Windows 10
Venture Beat - 17 Sep 2015 22:51
Yahoo today announced the availability of the Yahoo Mail app for Windows 10. It’s available now in the Windows Store. “The app brings you brand-new ways to effortlessly access mail and get notified of new messages,�...
Mobilize's Silverlight bridge lets developers port their apps to Windows 10
Venture Beat - 17 Sep 2015 22:27
Microsoft today announced the availability of a technology preview of a tool that developers can use to convert Windows Phone Silverlight 8.x apps to Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps. UWP is a big deal because it ca...
With 4M deliveries under its belt, Postmates expands to 10 new cities
Venture Beat - 17 Sep 2015 22:27
On-demand delivery/courier service Postmates has just undergone a major expansion. Today it announced that it’s in 10 new cities, bringing the total number of markets to 40. Cities that are now online include Baltimore...
BBC reveals plans to launch a new video-subscription service in the U.S. in 2016
Venture Beat - 17 Sep 2015 22:18
With the BBC facing increasing criticism over its publicly funded model in its native U.K., the broadcasting giant today revealed plans to boost the coffers of its commercial “BBC Worldwide” arm by launching a new vi...
Facebook is down with a generic 'Service Unavailable' error (Update: It's back)
Venture Beat - 17 Sep 2015 22:07
At about 11:04 a.m. PST today (2:04 p.m. EST), Facebook went down. VB staff from across the world confirmed they couldn’t reach the social network — the site either merely loaded a blank page or a generic “Service ...
Force Protection Video LE10 Recorders Chosen over Competition
Venture Beat - 17 Sep 2015 22:07
PRESS RELEASE: Force Protection Video Equipment (OTC Markets: FPVD), which sells HD body camera systems and accessories for law enforcement, announced that the LE10 on the body camera has been chosen over several other m...
Facebook offers option for advertisers to only pay for ads that you can -- you know -- actually see
Venture Beat - 17 Sep 2015 21:53
Facebook is joining the 100 Percent Viewability Club. Today, the social networking giant announced a new ad buying option where advertisers only pay for ads that are actually seen. The digital ad industry is beset by a m...
IPO or exit ready? Reducing tax risk for international expansion (webinar)
Venture Beat - 17 Sep 2015 21:17
VB WEBINAR: Join us for this live webinar on Wednesday, September 30 at 10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern. Register here for free. Let's say you've navigated early stage growth, the company's looking bullet-proof inside an...
Facebook launches Signal to help journalists monitor activity on Instagram and Facebook
Venture Beat - 17 Sep 2015 20:57
Facebook today announced the availability of Signal, a new free tool that journalists can use to keep track of activity on Facebook and Instagram. “Journalists interested in seeing what conversations are resonating on ...