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I’m a CEO and I’m also an introvert. Don’t get me wrong - I enjoy social events, the occasional public speaking opportunity or media exposure – but in general I’m much happier to have a quiet evening at home wi...

Two days ago the story of lifetime Laker?s fan, Jesse Sandler, loosing his Stubhub tickets to Kobe Bryant?s last home game went viral. Stubhub, the popular ticket resell website, has jumped into major damage control mode...

The early bird catches the worm...

Today Twitter closed the day trading below $20 a share — an all-time low for the company and a threshold that makes Twitter’s financial situation feel all the more dire. Three days ago, CEO Jack Dorsey offered soft c...

If you engage in these practices, it could mean severe manual penalties or crushing blows to your online visibility in organic search results. Avoid these 5 common mistakes at all costs.

Y Combinator CEO Sam Altman announced today that the company is undergoing a structural transformation, placing a partner in charge of each of its individual business units. While Altman remains president of the entire o...

From McDonald's to white truffle risotto and everything in between: take a look at what the members of the 30 Under 30 Food & Drink list say is the best thing they've recently eaten, what they cook in a pinch and which g...

EXCLUSIVE: Data analytics startup Mixpanel yesterday laid off nearly 20 employees, primarily in sales, VentureBeat has learned. The layoffs, which multiple sources familiar with the matter confirmed to VentureBeat, don�...

92% of people quit their New Year's Resolutions, but this doesn't have to be you. Learn how you can make sure you are part of the 8% who DO achieve their goals in 2016.

(By Jessica Toonkel for Reuters) — The National Football League is planning to livestream all three games scheduled to be played in London next season, and Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc subsidiary Google are among the tec...

Research that shows hooking up with the right manager?whether in sports or business?can quickly increase your value even if it means taking an initial pay cut.

VB WEBINAR: Email marketing is the undisputed marketing ROI leader, the preferred channel for your customers--so why are you losing money? Join our live webinar to find out from the experts how personalization can dramat...

EXCLUSIVE: After more than two years as CEO and 6.5 years at the company, game creator David Brevik has resigned from online game publisher Gazillion Entertainment. In an exclusive interview with GamesBeat, acting CEO Da...

SPONSORED: The new generation of VR is ready to deliver on promises. 2016 will see the launch of three new VR systems, and this time around we're pretty sure that the technology is indeed up to the task.

If you want an amazing workforce, it’s not just about hiring. It’s about marketing. You need to shift your thinking of the workplace as an amorphous collection of desks to a product, and embrace the concept that in o...

There's no reward for being first, but there is plenty of reward for being fast and best.

It's 2016, and you've made a New Year's Resolution. Have you considered how you're going to accomplish it?   There's a reason only 8 percent of people who make resolutions are successful and that 24 percent of peop...

Earlier this week, VentureBeat's Chris O'Brien published a phenomenal article that explored online productivity app Evernote's recent trials and tribulations. Back in 2013, Evernote was yet another Silicon Valley darling...

OPINION: Wikipedia has brought a wealth of knowledge to the online world, enabled by its crowdsourcing approach that permits anyone to add and edit articles on any subject. But a by-product of opening such a system to th...

OPINION: After a week of product announcements from the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, I find the only one that has really left an impression on me is the Hack Harassment campaign. Yesterday, Intel, Vox M...

OPINION: After a week of product announcements from the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, I find the only notable one that has left an impression on me is the Hack Harassment campaign. Yesterday, Intel, Vox ...

The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City will not be forced to take marijuana business accounts as federal judge dismisses case.