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How to Improve Margins by Cutting Costs At Your Portfolio Companies
NuWire - 28 May 2016 19:44
When private equity firms work to boost profits at portfolio companies, they often focus on growing revenue. But particularly when working with legacy companies, controlling operational expenses is an equally essential �...
5 Hacks For Overcoming Social Anxiety & Networking Like a Pro
Forbes - 28 May 2016 06:09
If we do what social anxiety tells us, we miss so many opportunities for enjoyment and career growth. Here are some tips for succeeding alongside this common fear!
Twitter has paid security researchers over $300,000 in 2 years
Venture Beat - 28 May 2016 02:15
As services like Twitter have become critical infrastructure for people to communicate and share ideas, maintaining security and uptime is essential. But these companies can’t do it themselves and some have turned to b...
Gawker privacy lawsuit evolves into a battle between tech billionaires
Venture Beat - 28 May 2016 03:14
(Reuters) – Billionaire media owner Pierre Omidyar is backing news and entertainment web site Gawker Media in its lawsuit against wrestler Hulk Hogan, adding a new twist to a case pitting technology money against press...
The Pivot Pyramid: How to experiment with your startup
Venture Beat - 28 May 2016 22:33
GUEST: In 2011, my startup at the time raised $2 million from some of the top investors in Silicon Valley. The startup, SocialWire (later renamed Manifest), helped online retailers instantly personalize the shopping expe...
Berlin's Aeria Games specializes in taking Asian games to the West
Venture Beat - 28 May 2016 21:00
You may not have heard of Aeria Games, but it has grown into a 300-person mobile and online game publisher in Berlin based on a single model: It takes popular games in Asia and publishes them in the West. Aeria Games has...
Aziz Memon: Pakistan's Social Entrepreneurship King
Forbes - 28 May 2016 20:20
Aziz Memon, founder of the Kings Group of Companies in Pakistan is a social entrepreneur who, with a $100 million empire, may well deserve the title of "King" of Pakistan's Social Entrepreneurs.
Logistics: The $350 billion opportunity tech hasn't cracked yet
Venture Beat - 28 May 2016 20:02
GUEST: Uber is consolidating its food delivery business, shuttering an instant delivery option only a few weeks after its official launch. The move suggests that the company’s courier-provided meals posed a greater log...
Looking to Invest in Biotech? Consider These 6 Things
NuWire - 28 May 2016 19:15
Investing in a startup is risky. It’s often difficult to pick a “winner.” Even after you’ve done all your research and due diligence on the state of the market, competition, and the business itself, you can never...
5 Best Graduation Gift Ideas From Shark Tank
Forbes - 28 May 2016 18:38
Graduating from high school, college or professional school dwarfs nearly all other life events for the majority of young people. Grads deserve the most awesome gift you can find because the next chapter of their lives -...
Did TeslaCrypt kill its ransomware so it could launch a new product?
Venture Beat - 28 May 2016 18:03
GUEST: Last week saw an unusual development in the field of ransomware: The cybercriminal group that operates the TeslaCrypt malware published a universal decryption key for their software. Any victim can download and us...
The rise and fall of Nintendo's Miitomo: Massive downloads don't mean success
Venture Beat - 28 May 2016 17:00
GUEST: As we outlined in our previous post in April, Nintendo's first mobile app, Miitomo, debuted and quickly shot to the No. 1 rank on both the iOS and Android app stores. The big question is how has the game fared ove...
The Netherlands is a serious hotbed for virtual reality content
Venture Beat - 28 May 2016 16:45
GUEST: The Netherlands is already known as an innovation hub. Indeed, this past April the European Commission awarded the European Capital of Innovation (iCapital) to Amsterdam. The country has built an outstanding infra...
Lessons From Asia's Under 30 Travel Startups
Forbes - 28 May 2016 15:11
Globally, the travel and tourism industry is being shaken by the impact of technology, rapidly changing consumer markets and the emergence of new business models.
A hacker explains why US nukes controlled by ancient computers is actually a good thing
Venture Beat - 28 May 2016 14:02
A new government report on Wednesday revealed that America’s nukes are still being controlled by antique computers with 8-inch floppy disks, but a former white hat hacker says that’s not necessarily a bad thing. “T...
Product Marketing Vs Content Marketing: Which Is Better And Why?
Forbes - 28 May 2016 14:00
There are two major types of marketing that lie at the center of most debates: product marketing and content marketing. Which is better, and why?
Chinese users aren't happy with Microsoft's push for Windows 10 upgrade
Venture Beat - 28 May 2016 11:10
"Just because I didn't see the pop-up reminder does not mean I agreed."
Finance As An Instrument Of Hope: Investing In Refugees
Forbes - 28 May 2016 10:19
Last year marked a dubious milestone for the global order that emerged following World War II: violent conflict had forced more people to flee their homes than in any year since 1945. These people are looking for hope fr...
Creema, Japan's handmade marketplace, raises $10 million
Venture Beat - 28 May 2016 08:30
(The Bridge) – Tokyo-based Creema, the Japanese startup behind a consumer-to-consumer marketplace for handmade items, announced that it has raised about $10 million (1.1 billion yen) in its latest round led by Globis C...
These were the 10 biggest European tech stories this week
Venture Beat - 28 May 2016 05:12
Here's an overview of the 10 biggest European tech news items for this week.
Powering analytics: Why your data hoard and dashboards may be useless (VB Live)
Venture Beat - 28 May 2016 00:55
VB LIVE: You can slice and dice the terabytes of data you gather seven ways 'til Sunday — but what do you actually know? Join our free VB Live event to learn from the pros how to start making all your decisions powerfu...
The comprehensive interview with Uncharted 4 creators Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley
Venture Beat - 28 May 2016 00:05
EXCLUSIVE: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End is one of the greatest video games of all time. It wraps up the four-part adventures of Nathan Drake, the light-hearted adventurer who started as a Lara Croft clone and became some...