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This article shows you how to beat procrastination and get things done even when you don't feel like working.

A new Silicon Valley venture capital firm has launched with a $120 million fund aimed at backing “bold teams from the earliest stages of company creation” through to market leadership. Founded out of Palo Alto in 201...

Facebook could be even more of a marketing game-changer in the near future.

Women entrepreneurs didn?t find as many angels in 2015 but the future looks good

Segway, the two-wheeled self-balancing scooter brand acquired by Chinese rival Ninebot last year, has launched a brand new transporter vehicle in North America. Available to preorder today through Amazon for $1,000, with...

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Being an entrepreneur can be frustrating. Some of the richest self-made women share their advice for when the going gets tough.

Hopefully, Red Bull is not a performance-enhancing drug, because Street Fighter pros are probably gonna get to drink a lot of it at an upcoming event. Capcom is partnering with Red Bull Media House to host the Capcom Pro...

The failure rate for new products and services can be as high as 90 percent in some sectors. Luckily there are some simple ways to increase the odds your product will avoid the same fate. Follow these five steps to optim...

The CAPROCK Group has launched iPAR, a data visualization tool to help investors measure and see the impact of their investments. The tool is available free to the public but the firm's investment clients get access to m...

Facebook has developed an engine that will enable it to better understand the context of your posts. Called DeepText, it utilizes deep neural network architecture in order to understand the text being shared. The social ...

In Episode 2 of VentureBeat’s “VB Engage” podcast, we are pleased to have the one-and-only Amy Vernon, director of audience development at The Daily Dot. Did you miss Episode 1 with Gary Vaynerchuk? Fear not — we...

I spent extra money on Overwatch, and now I want a reason to spend more. After putting a few dozen hours into Blizzard’s new shooter, I started getting thirsty for some of the alternate looks for my favorite characters...

The esports business is getting to be a lot like pro physical sports. The latest example of that is that a professional esports team, the Immortals, is acquiring another team today, Tempo Storm‘s Counter-Strike group, ...

IMVU, the social network with 3D animated avatars, said that it has provided the technology behind a new version of the popular Kimoji paid app created by Kim Kardashian West. Redwood City, Calif.-based IMVU operates a s...

Over the past decade, just-in-time scheduling software has emerged as one of the most divisive business practices affecting the lives of hourly workers, particularly those in the service sector.

What do you wish you knew before starting up? We asked our community of Under 30s for their best advice for aspiring founders. They shared insight on what to know, from idea to execution.

VB EVENT: We've committed the MobileBeat 2016 event on July 12-13 entirely to the new paradigm shift toward artificial intelligence and the conversational user interface. The new craze around chatbots is taking over Sili...

Practicing dermatologists Katie Rodan and Kathy Fields have built a remarkable $1.1 billion fortune with two hugely successful skin care brands--and a whole lot of cringe-worthy marketing methods.

Plunging oil prices. Bankruptcy. Litigation. It's all red meat for Reorg Research, the upstart chronicler of corporate distress.

On-demand luxury fashion startup Armarium launched out of beta today with a $1.25 million investment from Metamorphic Ventures, Venezuelan fashion entrepreneur Carmen Busquets, and Net-a-Porter, among others. The New Yor...

If you want to include more video content in your campaign, but aren't sure how to go about it, try following these 10 simple steps.