Startup News
Micromedia: Big-Time Influence On A Small-Time Budget
Forbes - 11 May 2016 23:58
Back in the old days (you know, the 1980s and earlier), the most common ways to promote your business were to buy advertising or hire a PR firm. And if you were a small fry, you probably didn’t have the budget for eith...
Next Generation Of Philanthropists On How They Found Their Purpose
Forbes - 11 May 2016 23:55
Four philanthropists, each in their mid-30s, each hailing from a prominent American family (albeit, Barbara Bush was the only one who enjoyed a long stint in the White House) agree that for the most part they've been ins...
Orcs Must Die: Unchained developer on making adjustments to keep players happy
Venture Beat - 11 May 2016 23:01
FEATURE: Making free-to-play games isn’t always about getting players to spend money. A big challenge is ensuring you can keep the people who never spend anything feeling satisfied with their experience. And that’s w...
Content Marketing Benchmarks: Does Your Company Stack Up?
Forbes - 11 May 2016 22:07
The most successful content marketers are focused on their goals, strategic in their planning and action, and effectively communicate with their audience.
6 Super Successful People On How They Turned Their Passion Into A Real Career
Forbes - 11 May 2016 22:01
Learn from Bill Gates, Ellen DeGeneres, Victoria Beckham and others what it really takes to turn your passion into a super successful career.
Oculus and Samsung have 1M Gear VR users
Venture Beat - 11 May 2016 21:15
Oculus has already sold more than 1 million virtual reality head-mounted displays — although most of those are the Gear VR peripheral for Samsung Galaxy phones. The Facebook subsidiary announced in a blog today that 1 ...
Why Giving Too Many Choices Could Be Hurting Your Conversions (And How To Avoid It)
Forbes - 11 May 2016 20:47
While consumers may initially be drawn to many choices, they're more likely to buy when offered fewer choices. So, when is it beneficial to offer "less" rather than "more"?
My Number One Tip For Hiring Millennials
Forbes - 11 May 2016 20:44
My advice for trying to attract Millennials? Don't try so hard. If you're looking to hire this next generation, your core values have to align with theirs.
Twilio names first executive director for its nonprofit foundation
Venture Beat - 11 May 2016 20:31
In 2013, Jeff Lawson’s telecommunications API provider company Twilio had done pretty well appealing to developers. But then he thought about how nonprofits and other philanthropic organizations could benefit from its ...
Apple releases third Safari Technology Preview update with Web Inspector improvements, bug fixes
Venture Beat - 11 May 2016 19:55
Apple today released the third update to its Safari Technology Preview browser, which is meant to implement the most cutting-edge Web technologies into a browser for developers that looks just like normal Safari. Today�...
Perfect World is putting Xbox One multiplayer battler Gigantic on Windows beyond Microsoft's app store
Venture Beat - 11 May 2016 19:30
One of the Xbox One’s most interesting-looking free-to-play games is also coming to nearly every active version of Windows thanks to a new partnership. Developer Motiga is teaming with publisher Perfect World, the comp...
Accurate Background's New Version of Their Background Check API Delivers Superior Developer Experience
Venture Beat - 11 May 2016 19:07
PRESS RELEASE: Accurate Background, the fastest growing and most trusted provider of employment background checks, today announced the release of Version 3 to their Accurate Background Check API. The API provides the bro...
Microsoft will shut down Sunrise on August 31 to focus on Outlook for Android and iOS
Venture Beat - 11 May 2016 19:06
Microsoft is sunsetting Sunrise. Today the Sunrise team took to its blog to announce the sad news that the calendar app Microsoft acquired last year will be going away as the team focuses more on the calendar functionali...
Firefox 4.0 for iOS arrives with Today widget integration, Awesomebar, and printing support
Venture Beat - 11 May 2016 18:55
Mozilla today released Firefox 4.0 for iOS. Notable additions to the browser include integration with the iOS Today widget, Awesomebar that knows your bookmarks and history, and printing support. You can download the new...
The Day I Was Almost Defrauded By 'The IRS'
Forbes - 11 May 2016 18:53
Throughout my life, certain milestones have stuck out as particularly momentous — the day I got married, the days I had my children, the day I graduated from graduate school. Today is a day I can add to that list. Toda...
How Sallie Krawcheck Plans To Dominate The $11 Trillion Female Investor Market
Forbes - 11 May 2016 18:37
Wall Street veteran Sallie Krawcheck has launched an online investing platform for women.
Teaching Entrepreneurship To The Next Generation Of Business Leaders
Forbes - 11 May 2016 18:33
Over 3000 international students showed up at the 2016 Virtual Enterprises International Summit in New York City on April 19. Students, in radiant and colorful costumes representing 175 simulation companies, turned the h...
Star Wars: The Old Republic's Mandalore's Revenge episode armors up for June 3 launch
Venture Beat - 11 May 2016 18:30
If you’re playing through Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Knights of the Fallen Empire expansion, prepare yourself to see lots of blokes walking around in Mandalorian armor. BioWare announced today that the next episod...
Microsoft's Azure CDN from Akamai launches out of preview
Venture Beat - 11 May 2016 18:00
Microsoft today is announcing that its Azure CDN (content delivery network) service provided by CDN vendor Akamai is now generally available, following a preview that began in the fall of 2015. The technology is meant to...
Will You Go Down With Your Business?
Forbes - 11 May 2016 17:44
You can avoid estate planning disaster by asking these three Exit Planning questions in regards to your business.
Newzoo: A billion people will know about esports by the end of 2016
Venture Beat - 11 May 2016 17:30
Esports is outgrowing its status as a niche industry for hardcore gamers, and it’s turning into global entertainment. More than a billion people will know about the concept of esports before the end of 2016, according ...
Are You An Entrepreneur Or A Wantrepreneur?
Forbes - 11 May 2016 17:29
As a result of this popularity, we toss around the term "entrepreneur" rather freely in business circles. Experts liken the term to edgy or innovative thinkers who are impacting their respective industries. But this titl...