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Brands Can Promote Themselves Even If They Don't Have Super Budgets
Forbes - 6 Feb 2016 06:14
The Super Bowl has become not only a sports championship game, but also a highly anticipated event for the advertising industry. In fact, CBS even produced a TV show about the greatest ads ever to air during the game. On...
6 tips for hiring and nurturing great female techies
Venture Beat - 6 Feb 2016 23:00
GUEST: We've all heard the dismal news that women are underrepresented in the technology sector. While women represent 59 percent of the workforce, they only represent 26 percent of employees in technology. Over time, th...
German watchdog wants user data considered before approving Internet mergers
Venture Beat - 6 Feb 2016 22:00
(Reuters) – The vast troves of consumer data held by big Internet companies should be scrutinized in merger probes because they have a big impact on competition, the president of the German antitrust watchdog told a ne...
How to be a non-consensus entrepreneur
Venture Beat - 6 Feb 2016 21:00
GUEST: Opinion makers, founders, and funders often develop a consensus of opinions around specific entrepreneurial ideas and evaluate opportunities narrowly within that predefined framework. Traditional and social media ...
Advice To Martin Shkreli On Reputation Rehab: 9 Ways To Stop Being The Most Hated Man On The Planet
Forbes - 6 Feb 2016 20:56
He may be a sociopath, or he may have a reputational death wish, but he still could be conducting his life in the limelight better. There's just no need for "the most hated man" in the world to be that hated... So here a...
Young Voices Tackle The Music Business: Takeaways From Amsterdam's Inaugural FastForward Conference
Forbes - 6 Feb 2016 20:55
"If you want to know what's next, be the one to create what's next." These are words of inspiration that we hear often in the entrepreneurship world at large, and seldom within industries whose potential for innovation...
How to avoid the next Parse-shutdown scenario
Venture Beat - 6 Feb 2016 20:00
GUEST: Last week's announcement from Parse that it's shutting down its mobile backend service has left the development community perplexed about the future of this type of service. If you've missed the Twittersphere comm...
Stock Options In Startups: Answers To 8 Frequently Asked Questions
Forbes - 6 Feb 2016 19:32
Stock options are a great way to attract, motivate, and retain startup employees. Learn the answers to eight of the most frequently asked questions about employee stock options.
Amazon starts to care about profit margins
Venture Beat - 6 Feb 2016 19:00
GUEST: Amazon is making waves as usual, but this time its silence could turn out to be literally golden. The company could be readying to open up hundreds of brick and mortar stories, if you believe what General Growth P...
Record Numbers Renounce Their U.S. Citizenship
Forbes - 6 Feb 2016 17:36
IRS can cancel your passport if you owe $50,000 in taxes. For that and many other reasons, Americans are renouncing citizenship in record numbers.
The next wave in storytelling is short-form video
Venture Beat - 6 Feb 2016 17:30
GUEST: Social video apps are nothing new. However, these video tools have been slow to gain widespread enthusiasm from brands as a serious content distribution channel — until now. Meerkat and Periscope put instant vid...
Top Five Characteristics A Marijuana Business Should Look For In A Landlord
Forbes - 6 Feb 2016 17:05
It’s tough finding a landlord for a Marijuana company. Building owners worry that federal policies or rogue operators could cause their building to be seized. More attention has to be paid to specific regulations. Land...
Study: Having Too Much Grit Could Actually Cause You To Fail
Forbes - 6 Feb 2016 17:04
Although perseverance is usually a plus, new research reveals how having too much grit could actually backfire.
How Your Training Program Affects Company Culture
Forbes - 6 Feb 2016 17:00
It’s no secret that bringing a new employee on board is a gamble as well as an investment. You want to know that they’re going to complement your existing team with that rare combination of creativity and ambition, a...
Pipeline Angels Makes It Easy For Women To Become Angel Investors and Entrepreneurs to Pitch Them
Forbes - 6 Feb 2016 16:51
Women who want to learn about angel investing or pitch their companies to angels can apply now for Pipeline Angels upcoming events.
Five Keys To Success For Growing Subscription Revenues
Forbes - 6 Feb 2016 14:58
The is little doubt about it -- building subscription revenues takes time. Here are five keys we have learned about building our subscription revenue base.
Google launches Android Studio 2.0 beta with Cold Swap, app indexing improvements, and multi-touch support
Venture Beat - 6 Feb 2016 10:25
Google has released Android Studio 2.0 beta, the latest version of its integrated development environment (IDE). Until now, preview releases were available in the Canary channel, but Android Studio 2.0 has been promoted ...
U.S., Britain consider letting spy agencies, police seek email, chat data from companies
Venture Beat - 6 Feb 2016 10:02
(By Mark Hosenball, Reuters) – U.S. and UK spy agencies and police may soon be allowed to directly ask media companies in each others’ countries for email and online chat data for people being investigated, under a t...
Second Careers: Ex-Fidelity Magellan Fund Manager Harry Lange Is The Money Man At Hedonism II Resort
Forbes - 6 Feb 2016 04:44
In the annals of second careers, there may be few stranger ones than that of Harry Lange, former manager of Fidelity Magellan fund, and now a partner in Hedonism II.
Indiegogo lays off some employees in restructuring
Venture Beat - 6 Feb 2016 03:24
EXCLUSIVE: Crowdfunding site Indiegogo last month made a round of layoffs affecting a small percentage of employees, VentureBeat has learned. The news comes shortly after Indiegogo announced that cofounder Slava Rubin wa...
Do Super Bowl Ads Affect Stock Prices?
Forbes - 6 Feb 2016 02:33
Super Bowl ads are often (but not always) highly entertaining. They are, however, always expensive. Is it worth the expense? Can a great Super Bowl ad affect the stock price? Dr. Kenneth A. Kim has studied this phenomeno...
The Pirate Bay now uses Torrents Time to let you stream all its movies and TV shows
Venture Beat - 6 Feb 2016 01:40
On Tuesday, a new simple solution for streaming torrents directly in your browser showed up on the Web. By Friday, infamous torrent site The Pirate Bay had already adopted it. Torrents Time provides an embedded torrent c...