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The Paris Attack Will Add To Wall Street Anxiety Next Week
Forbes - 15 Nov 2015 17:10
There was plenty of anxiety on Wall Street last week, as investors had many things to digest. First came continuing jitters over the future of Valeant Pharmaceuticals, which cooled off the once hot healthcare sector. ...
Want an open-source deep learning framework? Take your pick
Venture Beat - 15 Nov 2015 02:02
Earlier this week, Google made a splash when it released its TensorFlow article intelligence software on GitHub under an open-source license. Google has a sizable stable of AI talent, and AI is working behind the scenes ...
7 crucial steps to building your 'A' team
Venture Beat - 15 Nov 2015 23:00
GUEST: High performance sports teams know that to win consistently, you have to be willing to do what it takes to recruit the best players. Giancarlo Stanton recently made headlines when the Miami Marlins baseball team a...
Give Your New Venture Liftoff: Recruit A Personal Board Of Directors
Forbes - 15 Nov 2015 22:12
Have you ever had one of those ‘Aha’ moments when you knew your life was about to change forever? I distinctly remember mine. It started with the first recruit to my Personal Board of Directors: my husband, the entre...
Is It OK For Leaders To Lie?
Forbes - 15 Nov 2015 21:58
Operating in the new world of networked communities calls for a higher standard of leadership truthfulness than ever before.
When data surprises you, have the courage to act
Venture Beat - 15 Nov 2015 21:30
GUEST: To marketers, social media and other forms of consumer data represent new struggles. To turn these struggles into viable strategies, marketers need fresh and innovative approaches -- but they should also follow th...
5 Ways To Be Jedi Calm In A Dark Side Workplace
Forbes - 15 Nov 2015 21:23
Just like in Star Wars, there are Darth Vaders running amok in many workplaces. But that doesn't mean you have submit to the Dark Side of the Force. Here are five ways to keep your Jedi calm in a not-so-Jedi world:
5-Time Everest Summiteer Melissa Arnot Keynotes AAC Dinner, Reveals Biggest Fear
Forbes - 15 Nov 2015 21:17
In most outdoor sports, women compete against women, men against men. And, as good as say, the superstar Williams sisters are in tennis or the late Florence Griffith Joyner was in track, if they were to compete against m...
Rising From The Ashes: Five Lessons From A CEO Whose Business Burned To The Ground
Forbes - 15 Nov 2015 20:43
When a fire destroyed Brad Serl's Rustic Crust production plant in Pittsfield, New Hampshire in March 2014,,he made two quick, decisive decisions: to get back into business as quickly as possible and pay all of his emplo...
Fed's Easy Money Crashes Retailers
Forbes - 15 Nov 2015 20:28
Retailers are seeing the dark side of QE
Why is the US killing its fintech industry?
Venture Beat - 15 Nov 2015 19:30
GUEST: The World Economic Forum recently reported that the fintech industry can close a $2 trillion funding gap for small businesses globally. If given the right conditions, the industry can therefore power entrepreneurs...
Data science and predictive marketing: Using numbers to draw the future (webinar)
Venture Beat - 15 Nov 2015 18:43
VB WEBINAR: Don’t miss this live webinar. Register here for free. Numbers. Numbers. Numbers. If there’s one thing a marketer needs to be good at, it’s staring at a lot of numbers — browsing the latest statistics ...
Dear Google, your app store has a decompiling problem
Venture Beat - 15 Nov 2015 18:30
GUEST: Dear Google Play team: Thank you for creating and managing Android's largest app store, which now serves as the central hub for the largest smartphone platform in the world. Thanks as well for Android's open archi...
CEOs, CMOs, And Executive Recruiters Make Predictions For Marketing Leaders in 2016
Forbes - 15 Nov 2015 17:04
What are the top predictions for marketing leaders heading into 2016? To find out, I turned to some of the leading experts, including CEOs, Presidents/GMs, CMOs, authors and executive recruiters.
Retirement Account Mistakes--Not For Dummies
Forbes - 15 Nov 2015 17:00
A guide to traps created by the insanely complicated rules governing IRAs, 401(k)s and other retirement accounts.
Faraday Isn't The Start Of A Chinese Auto Invasion -- They're Already Here
Forbes - 15 Nov 2015 17:00
Chinese automotive firms have been weaving their way deep inside the U.S. auto industry for years.
7 effective event marketing tactics for startups
Venture Beat - 15 Nov 2015 16:46
Events are undoubtedly an extremely viable marketing tactic but you don't need to go to the cost of presenting to make the most of them. Here are my key marketing tactics when it comes to events: Segment and prioritize: ...
Mad about no tips? 'No pushback': Restaurateur
CNBC - 15 Nov 2015 16:00
One restaurant owner tells CNBC why his servers aren't griping about his having eliminated tips.
Sumo Digital In Pune Takes Indian Outsourcing To The Next Level
Forbes - 15 Nov 2015 13:11
The journey from London to Pune in India is an interesting one. It is easier to take the nine-hour flight to Mumbai and then get a taxi for the 95-mile journey rather than wait for a connecting flight.
4 questions to ask before Dockerizing your applications
Venture Beat - 15 Nov 2015 08:01
Docker is famously easy to experiment with. But for enterprises with monolithic applications that are interested in Docker, there is little information about how to actually use Docker. And significant debate — even am...
How we use flock leaders to affect change
Venture Beat - 15 Nov 2015 06:01
Glance up at the sky and you're sure to see a “flying V” move across it. “Flying V's” are formations birds teach themselves to alleviate the strain of flapping their wings for miles upon miles. Birds create air f...
Bernie Sanders Less Of A Socialist Than Dwight Eisenhower !
Forbes - 15 Nov 2015 05:13
As I write this the Democratic debate is still going on, but they seem to have covered the tax part. There was not a lot there. Hillary Clinton said that the middle class needs to be paying less and that she would clos...