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Reasons Why Foreign Investors Are Entering The Small Business Credit Market
Forbes - 15 Feb 2016 23:59
Large foreign companies and U.S. small businesses: now there's an economic "Odd Couple."
Mergers & Acquisitions: Asset Protection For The Sale Of Your Company
Forbes - 15 Feb 2016 23:24
There are three key areas in which business owners who are going to sell their firms need to be thinking about asset protection. One area helps both the seller and the buyer potentially side-step expensive litigation.
Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge leaked from every angle
Venture Beat - 15 Feb 2016 22:20
Samsung shipped more phones than any other company in 2015, meaning its upcoming flagship Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge devices are once again highly anticipated. In the mobile world, that means they’ve been leaked left...
Funding Daily: Canada's Mobify takes $10 million for its mobile shopping platform
Venture Beat - 15 Feb 2016 21:53
Mobify, a Vancouver, Canada-based startup that says it “deliver[s] exceptional mobile shopping experiences” to online retailers, took in $10 million in a first round of funding, the startup announced Friday. The roun...
Are Millennials Too Modest At Work?
Forbes - 15 Feb 2016 21:34
Are you too modest at work? Are you a Millennial? Are you British? And are these three traits connected?
7 Ways To Use Your Competitors To Your Advantage For SEO
Forbes - 15 Feb 2016 21:00
Here are seven ways to use your competitors to your advantage for your SEO campaign.
The game industry has an abundance of talent in 2016
Venture Beat - 15 Feb 2016 20:55
GUEST: I've been in the online media, mobile and games industry for 23 years, and in 2009 , I witnessed the first major change for talent in the move from console to mobile. After a dramatic 2015 in mobile, 2016 marks th...
Kanye West asks Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page for $1 billion to fund his 'ideas'
Venture Beat - 15 Feb 2016 19:44
Rapper and fashion designer Kanye West, who says he is $53 million in debt, has asked Facebook Inc's Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg to invest $1 billion into his "ideas."
Five Ways to Keep You From Drowning in Sales Tools
Forbes - 15 Feb 2016 18:33
Fueled by instant access to information, B2B buyers are educating themselves online to learn about competitive offerings and products, as well as reading reviews – before they even engage with salespeople. In fact, 74 ...
How Blockchain Could Help Kanye Use Facebook To Get Out Of Debt - And Solve Facebook's Video Problem
Forbes - 15 Feb 2016 18:10
Kanye West believes Facebook should be doing more for him. George Howard provides a Blockchain Tech solution that could help not only Mr. West, other artists, but even Facebook to increase revenue and awareness around mu...
Britain's Five Most Highly-Valued Fast Growing Companies
Forbes - 15 Feb 2016 18:07
New research reveals the identity of the five most highly-valued fast-growing businesses in the UK today
DICE Summit to highlight game gods Hideo Kojima, Todd Howard, and Sid Meier
Venture Beat - 15 Feb 2016 18:01
Even though they let people like me into it, the DICE Summit is perhaps the most elite event in the game industry. It features talks from the superstars of games and an awards show that is akin to the Oscars of gaming. T...
How Coldplay Inspired A Korean Entrepreneur To Disrupt The Concert Business
Forbes - 15 Feb 2016 17:59
Thirty-one year old Ethan Jaeseok Lee left a good job as a developer at an online gaming company in South Korea to launch a startup, in a country where being an entrepreneur is not considered a wise career choice – yet...
India's Snapdeal raises $200 million to challenge Amazon and Flipkart
Venture Beat - 15 Feb 2016 17:53
The three-way battle for India’s ecommerce market has just intensified. Snapdeal announced yesterday a $200 million funding round as it ramps up competition against Amazon and Flipkart. The investment was led by Ontari...
True Grit: How My Team Learned To Thrive In The Face Of Adversity
Forbes - 15 Feb 2016 17:28
Every business encounters adversity. It?s one of the few constants that you can count on and it can be all too easy to allow these setbacks to get you down, discourage your efforts, and extinguish the fire that keeps you...
13 Content Marketing Predictions For 2016 And Beyond
Forbes - 15 Feb 2016 17:00
Content marketing is in constant flux. The entire industry disrupts on a monthly basis as new technologies rise, others fall, and algorithms are tweaked.
Hulu launches universal Windows 10 app with Cortana support for smartphones, tablets, and PCs
Venture Beat - 15 Feb 2016 16:00
Hulu today launched a universal Windows 10 app for smartphones, tablets, and PCs, with support for Cortana and Live Tiles. You can download the new version now from the Windows Store. To be clear, Hulu was already availa...
Players who buy once are six times more likely to buy again in mobile games
Venture Beat - 15 Feb 2016 16:00
Mobile gamers who make one purchase are six times more likely to make another one, according to analytics and in-app purchase company Soomla. That’s why it’s so important for game companies to entice players to make ...
Creating Sustainable Growth Through Franchising
Forbes - 15 Feb 2016 16:00
If you find the right partner, franchising even just part of your business can spark new growth.
How To Relay Tough Feedback
Forbes - 15 Feb 2016 15:29
How do we as entrepreneurs share advice when our feedback is far from what the entrepreneur in question wishes to hear?
Sony's GSN Games acquires rival U.K. social casino slots studio Plumbee
Venture Beat - 15 Feb 2016 15:00
Sony’s GSN Games has acquired rival social casino studio Plumbee for an undisclosed price. The acquisition is a sign of further consolidation in the social casino games business, which generated $3.3 billion in revenue...
Samsung-backed smart shoes hint at what's to come at MWC 2016
Venture Beat - 15 Feb 2016 14:30
Mobile World Congress (MWC) may be almost a week away, but we’re already gaining some insight into the kinds of products we can expect to see at the annual tech extravaganza in Barcelona. Salted Venture, one of the fir...