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A Humbling Portrayal Of Humanity: Meet the Humans of Bombay
Forbes - 15 Apr 2016 06:44
What began as a project inspired by the popularly known Facebook photography page, Humans of New York, Karishma Mehta?s Humans of Bombay has grown into something in stark contrast ? a supremely humbling portrayal of huma...
Fewer deals and smaller checks: Startups suffered in Q1 as first-time financing fell 31%
Venture Beat - 15 Apr 2016 06:01
While it’s never easy for entrepreneurs to convince venture capitalists to invest in their new companies, it was especially difficult during the first quarter of this year. Fewer startups received first-time funding, a...
Shock Top Wedgehead Still Delivering
Forbes - 15 Apr 2016 22:49
Shock Top’s Super Bowl ad featuring actor and comedian T J Miller and Shock Top spokes-orange, Wedgehead, is a pithy gift of an ad, and it keeps delivering. Ad awareness and purchase consideration for Shock Top among y...
Four marketplace truths about your customers
Forbes - 15 Apr 2016 21:12
Spend time in the marketplace and you’ll have many close encounters of the third kind with the most interesting species in all of nature: the human being. And as we have learned, the nature of humans isn’t much diffe...
10 Scientifically Proven Tips for Beating Procrastination
Forbes - 15 Apr 2016 20:47
Here are ten tips for overcoming that daunting task you've been avoiding, based on science.
GAO Questions DOL Retirement Income Advice
Forbes - 15 Apr 2016 19:25
Is knowing your target replacement rate really important?
Five Startup 'Must Haves' For Powerful Public Relations
Forbes - 15 Apr 2016 18:41
The art of getting your brand noticed by the right people.
Using Virtual Reality To Diagnose Concussions
Forbes - 15 Apr 2016 18:06
A new device that combines eye tracking and virtual reality could revolutionize how quickly and accurately concussions can be diagnosed.
A Thousand Dollars Is A Tragedy; A Trillion Is A Statistic
Forbes - 15 Apr 2016 17:43
When it comes to taxes, it's the pay-all versus the pay-nones.
And Now For Something Completely Different: An Impact Fund For Consumer Products And Retail Startups
Forbes - 15 Apr 2016 15:45
There's a new impact investing fund called Collab+Consumer for social enterprise startups in consumer products and retail
Recent Tax Court Case Shows the Need for Senator Warren's Plan to Overhaul Tax Return Filing
Forbes - 15 Apr 2016 15:27
There has been a lot written about Senator Warren’s introduction of the Tax Filing Simplification Act of 2016, legislation that would overhaul the tax return filing process for millions of Americans and require the IRS...
Browser startup Vivaldi says it needs 5 million users to turn profit
Venture Beat - 15 Apr 2016 15:14
OSLO (By Joachim Dagenborg, Reuters) – Internet browser Vivaldi, which launched last week, must attract five million monthly users to become profitable, its founder and chief executive said in a Reuters interview. The ...
For Entrepreneurs, Knowing What You Don't Know Is Crucial
Forbes - 15 Apr 2016 15:00
If networking isn't your thing, there are other ways to force yourself to learn and grow.
7 Tips To Help You Stay Connected When Traveling
Forbes - 15 Apr 2016 14:07
Forbesfone: Your International Roaming SIM, with coverage in 220+ countries and low rates worldwide. Take out the smartphone, unlock, peer, lock. And repeat. Checking our smartphones has become so commonplace that we do ...
Huawei enters the virtual reality fray with a new wearable headset that connects to your phone
Venture Beat - 15 Apr 2016 13:25
One week after unveiling its P9 flagship smartphone, Chinese electronics giant Huawei has now joined the throng of tech companies embracing virtual reality (VR), with a new wearable headset of its own. Unlike Oculus Rift...
Google's free public Wi-Fi hits 10 Indian train stations as Internet companies take control
Venture Beat - 15 Apr 2016 12:12
ANALYSIS: Back in September, Google promised to bring Wi-Fi to hundreds of train stations across India, an initiative that kicked off in Central Mumbai in January. Today, the program is available in 10 stations, after th...
Twitter gears up for new push into China with hiring of regional director
Venture Beat - 15 Apr 2016 10:23
With user growth remaining elusive, it appears Twitter is getting ready to make a run at the world’s largest population of Internet users. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted that the company has hired Kathy Chen as managi...
Why Trying To Sustain Anything In Your Organization Actually Does More Harm Than Good
Forbes - 15 Apr 2016 08:22
I often get questions from listeners and event attendees about how organizations can sustain certain things such as employee tenure, growth, revenue, and innovation. My answer to this question is always you can't sustain...
Verizon counting on Armstrong as it prepares Yahoo bid
Venture Beat - 15 Apr 2016 03:06
(Reuters) – Verizon is the clear favorite in the upcoming bidding for Yahoo’s core Internet business, according to Wall Street analysts, in large part because the telecommunications company’s efforts to become a fo...
5 Subtly Effective Marketing Strategies You Never Considered Before
Forbes - 15 Apr 2016 02:24
Content is king has become something of a buzzword in the world of Internet marketing. And 98% of marketers say this is their core strategy. To an extent, it’s true, but if you think you are going to post lots of conte...
Time To Go Bargain Hunting In Shipping Stocks
Forbes - 15 Apr 2016 02:20
Shipping stocks have been in the doghouse in recent years. A prolonged slow down in the global economy, most notably in China, Brazil and Australia, has taken its toll on sea-transportation volumes and shipping rates. T...
March 2016 NPD: Ubisoft, Nintendo shake up sales chart with The Division, Zelda
Venture Beat - 15 Apr 2016 00:30
Gamers aren’t spending more than they did last year, but that’s only because many of them already have the latest hardware from Microsoft and Sony. New video game products generated $964.1 million in sales at United ...