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Disrupting Business As Usual: Let's Make The Fashion Industry A Force For Good
Forbes - 13 May 2016 06:00
Editor’s note: Cynthia McKinney Drayton leads global partnerships at Ashoka in support of social entrepreneurs throughout the world. Before coming to Ashoka, Cynthia founded and built a children’s and ladies’ appar...
Location-based experiences are finding their way into every industry
Venture Beat - 13 May 2016 16:45
SPONSORED: This sponsored post is produced in association with Phunware. With our mobile devices constantly connected to location-based tech like GPS, beacons, and Wi-Fi, the opportunities for brands to engage us as we s...
5 Mistakes Hardware Startups Make When Bringing Their Product to Market
Forbes - 13 May 2016 23:36
It's a scary world for hardware startups, who face a road far less traveled than their software counterparts. With fewer guides to help them navigate, founders are more prone to mistakes--and ultimately--failure.
Highlights From FORBES' Women's Summit 2016
Forbes - 13 May 2016 23:16
The 4th annual FORBES Women's Summit brought together influential women from diverse industries and backgrounds. They shared how they're redefining power.
Overwatch: One of the biggest betas ever made a promising game great
Venture Beat - 13 May 2016 23:00
FEATURE: If you think all betas are glorified demos, you’re wrong. Gamers are buzzing about Overwatch, Blizzard’s upcoming team-based shooter. While it doesn’t debut until May 24 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC...
Here's What It Takes To Build A Billion Dollar Company, Without A Single Salesperson
Forbes - 13 May 2016 22:25
How to build a billion dollar company, with customers that include Google, LinkedIn, Facebook, through ethics and sustainability-- and without a single salesperson.
Automatic lays off 28% of its workforce, aims for profitability in 2017
Venture Beat - 13 May 2016 22:11
Automatic is laying off 24 of its employees, which equates to about 28 percent of its workforce. The connected car platform company said that the layoffs are distributed across the organization, impacting those in engine...
10 Lies About PR That Brands Need To Know
Forbes - 13 May 2016 22:05
PR remains a mishandled and mismanaged discipline. It has evolved from being merely a way to generate publicity to a bona-fide marketing powerhouse, hence why it’s regrettable to witness PR agencies and in-house teams ...
Organizational Special Sauce: An Intangible Force
Forbes - 13 May 2016 21:59
“Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun.”
Ellen DeGeneres has her own mobile slots game now
Venture Beat - 13 May 2016 21:00
Look out, Kim Kardashian. OK, maybe not. Look out … Willy Wonka? Ellen DeGeneres, the star of her own daytime talk show and the upcoming animated film Finding Dory, is now the face of a new mobile slots game. Compactly...
This Week In Credit Card News: Using Peer-To-Peer Loan To Pay Card Debt; Google Bans Payday Loan Ads
Forbes - 13 May 2016 20:50
Why a Peer-to-Peer Loan Could Help You Pay Off Pesky Credit Card Debt
Jewelry Designer Kendra Scott On Why it's Important for Fashion Brands to be Philanthropic
Forbes - 13 May 2016 20:48
The phrase “everything is bigger in Texas” may get tossed around a lot, but it is certainly merited. Geographically and culturally, the Lone Star State has the reputation of going above and beyond—an ideology that ...
Cyberpong VR gets an esports tournament on Twitch
Venture Beat - 13 May 2016 20:30
Virtual reality is already getting an esports tournament for one of its earliest competitive games. Colopl announced today that it will hold a competitive event for its Cyberpong VR game this weekend that it will livestr...
Google for Work head Amit Singh moves to the company's VR division
Venture Beat - 13 May 2016 19:40
Amit Singh, the person Google hired away from Oracle in 2010 to head up its enterprise business, has taken on a new position inside Google’s recently formed virtual reality unit. He announced the move in a tweet today....
Attracting players who pay out: How data can double ad revenue and get your game ranked (VB Live)
Venture Beat - 13 May 2016 19:35
VB LIVE: Data is the key to attaining and retaining loyal players who pay: Join VB's own Dean Takahashi, Thumbspire's VP of Product Stefano Melucci, Appsflyer's Shani Rosenfelder and deltaDNA's CEO Mark Robinson--and fin...
The Week's Best Reads: Why Beyoncé Invested In This Entrepreneur's Startup
Forbes - 13 May 2016 19:09
Plus: Sam Adams brewer talks about the difference between sex and masturbation-and other business insights.
When It Comes To Sales, I've Learned That Authenticity Matters Most
Forbes - 13 May 2016 19:08
I've been thinking about the nature of sales a lot lately. My company, BodeTree, is going through a period of rapid expansion, and we've been growing our sales team in recent months. In doing so, I've had to make decisio...
4 Key Steps to Forge Closer Collaboration Between Brands and Agencies, and Engage Customers
Forbes - 13 May 2016 18:24
In a recent study by Forbes Insights, “The Age of Brand, Agency & Customer Collaboration: 4 Keys to Success in Translating Marketing Visions Into More Engaged Customers,” sponsored by Oracle Marketing Cloud, 60% of b...
Africa's Indian Retail King: "Africa Is An Addiction"
Forbes - 13 May 2016 18:22
This article appeared in Forbes Africa
Trust But Verify - Will Big Insurance Takes Its Cue From The Sharing Economy?
Forbes - 13 May 2016 18:12
Trust is one of the lubricants of business. If you buy a camera online, you trust that the vendor will ship the product intact, in good working order and within an acceptable timeframe. If you order the services of a plu...
The Inadequacy Of BEPS To Fix What's Wrong With The Corporate Income Tax
Forbes - 13 May 2016 18:01
Conventional wisdom tells us the OECD's base erosion and profit-shifting initiative is the most significant development in tax policy in decades. Not so, says Reuven Avi-Yonah, a law professor at the University of Michig...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Disney Infinity canceled, and Civilization VI revealed
Venture Beat - 13 May 2016 17:45
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, Overwatch conquers the world of porn, Ratchet & Clank becomes a sales success, and Star Wars: Battlefront 2 gets a release window. Enjoy, and have a great weekend! ...