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A step-by-step guide to agile growth experiments
Venture Beat - 20 Sep 2015 22:00
GUEST: After driving growth for the world's largest companies, building automated trading systems like SearchForce and managing over $1 billion media spend while studying high growth companies like AirBnB, Uber and Zenef...
3 Reasons Why Executives Should Use Twitter to Strengthen Their Own (Personal) Brands
Forbes - 20 Sep 2015 04:45
With social media now a commonplace element of most business' marketing plans, research indicates that three out of four CMOs believe it is an effective tool to help build their business and 82% indicate it has helped in...
EndoChoice -- Guts, Glory & A $100M IPO
Forbes - 21 Sep 2015 01:09
There was a time when going public was all the rage. It still is for serial entrepreneurs who expect to hit major scale and want a lower cost of capital to continue feeding that scale. For some people an IPO isn't in the...
From zero to 1 million: How to acquire users fast
Venture Beat - 21 Sep 2015 00:00
GUEST: Hitting the million-user milestone isn't a sure sign your startup will be successful, but it is an important one. Facebook, now a billion-user behemoth, hit the milestone in 10 months. Pocket, which lets you save ...
From Artist To Social Entrepreneur: Becoming A Global Good Fund Fellow
Forbes - 20 Sep 2015 20:34
In January 2013, I was recovering from a year of extreme highs and lows. The highs included: securing the first investor for my fashion brand, designing and executing a sample collection out of India with extensive hand-...
Silicon Valley could be ruining fintech
Venture Beat - 20 Sep 2015 20:00
GUEST: Remember that friend from college who never quite matured out of the "party every weekend" mentality? Who defaulted on every student loan? Who thinks a good job is measured by how well it accommodates hangovers? F...
Amazon's AWS outage takes down Netflix, Reddit, Medium, and more
Venture Beat - 20 Sep 2015 19:31
Good morning! Did you notice any apps not working on your phone? Perhaps no Netflix? That’s because for the past few hours, Amazon Web Services has been undergoing a widespread outage. At its worst, about 31 services w...
Presidential Race - Let's Talk Religion Politics And The IRS
Forbes - 20 Sep 2015 17:59
If Pople Francis starts "feeling the Bern" will the taxman show up at St. Patrick's Cathedral?
What A Trip To Silicon Valley Taught A Cancer Doctor About Running A Non-Profit Hospital
Forbes - 20 Sep 2015 16:00
Stuart G. Marcus, 54, is a longtime cancer doctor specializing in gastrointestinal surgery. In January 2014 he became CEO of St. Vincent’s Health Services, a hospital company in Bridgeport, Ct., with $500 million in re...
Mercedes F1 Team Accelerates To Record Value For Money
Forbes - 20 Sep 2015 04:54
German car manufacturer Mercedes got its highest-ever value for money from its investment in its Formula One auto racing team last year and is on track for a bonus prize money payment according to its financial statement...