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How To Get An Angel Investor To Say "I'm In"
Forbes - 7 Feb 2016 15:05
The investment deal makers and deal breakers that startups should know
Titanfall 2 will feature a single-player campaign and possible TV spin-off show
Venture Beat - 7 Feb 2016 22:45
Titanfall 2 will have a single-player campaign and a companion TV show, Respawn Entertainment’s lead writer Jesse Stern told Forbes in an interview. This revelation shows that Respawn — started by Call of Duty vetera...
Google reportedly plans to release a Cardboard successor like Samsung's Gear VR this year
Venture Beat - 7 Feb 2016 22:05
Google is planning to release a new virtual reality headset for smartphones this year, pegged as a successor to its Google Cardboard platform and similar to Samsung’s Gear VR. The company will add extra support for the...
Super Bowl Showdown: Is esports or the NFL a better career choice?
Venture Beat - 7 Feb 2016 21:02
FEATURE: Today is Super Bowl 50, and about 120 million people are expected to watch the Denver Broncos square off against the Carolina Panthers. That's one-third of all Americans, many of whom have never played pigskin, ...
Why hiring a COO was the best thing I did for my business
Venture Beat - 7 Feb 2016 21:00
GUEST: As any entrepreneur will tell you, one of the biggest challenges in growing a business is knowing which responsibilities of the business to hand off. Even more difficult is knowing when to hand them off. In order ...
How To Instill A War-Room Mentality In Your Team
Forbes - 7 Feb 2016 20:18
As a business leader, have you ever had that sick feeling in your stomach because a competitor is about to outmaneuver you?
Sharing economy's 'billion-dollar club' is going strong, but investor risk is high
Venture Beat - 7 Feb 2016 20:00
GUEST: There are now 24 billion-dollar companies in the sharing or collaborative economy. This is up from 13 in 2014, reflecting a jaw dropping 71% increase and about one new addition every month. The size of the sharing...
Entrepreneurs, investors: How to up your chance of a win
Venture Beat - 7 Feb 2016 19:00
GUEST: In life as in work, we’re constantly dealing with uncertainty. As parents, employees, leaders, we look at the future and estimate the odds: what’s the chance that our teenage son will do drugs? What’s the ch...
These New Data Tools Are Helping TV Watch Back
Forbes - 7 Feb 2016 18:17
New data-driven ad metrics can shed light on one of the enduring mysteries of marketing: who's seeing my ads, and what do they think about them?
How Emerging Entrepreneurial Hubs Are Becoming America's New Boomtowns
Forbes - 7 Feb 2016 17:30
A select group of smaller American cities have been magnets for highly educated workers, spurring investments in downtowns, green space, schools and cultural attractions over the past ten years -- now they're reaping the...
The Entrepreneurial Delusion And Why I'm Selling My Soul To Goldman Sachs' Vision For America
Forbes - 7 Feb 2016 17:00
Newly enrolled in Goldman Sachs' 10,000 Small Businesses program, I'm thinking bigger, remembering my original vision--and dispensing with excuses.
Five Reasons Why You Shouldn't Work Alone
Forbes - 7 Feb 2016 16:30
When I profile small business owners, I always ask them to dole out advice to other founders.
Forbes' Best Small Business And Entrepreneurial Reads Of The Week
Forbes - 7 Feb 2016 09:00
Including: Small business owners are feeling the Bern, South Korea's $3B bet on startups is paying off, and Forbes' first list of the 25 best small companies in America.
Twitter users decry reported plan to prioritize tweets
Venture Beat - 7 Feb 2016 02:23
NEW YORK (By Amy Tennery, Reuters) – The hashtag #RIPTwitter became the top trending U.S. item on Twitter on Saturday, after a report from BuzzFeed said the company is planning to change how it displays users' tweets. ...
Five Positive Exits in 2015 -- How This Angel Group Did It
Forbes - 7 Feb 2016 00:37
Every angel investor wants positive exits. Although great exits can take years to come to fruition, angels are willing to put in the time and effort to see the journey through. In the world of angel investing, oftentimes...
Red Dead Redemption is playable on Xbox One after getting backward compatibility
Venture Beat - 7 Feb 2016 00:34
I am playing Red Dead Redemption on my Xbox One right now. Microsoft has made the Rockstar Western playable on its newest console using its Xbox 360 backward compatibility feature. You can download the game now if you ow...