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Thirty years ago, before I left a good job as a systems programmer to be a full-time entrepreneur, I'd come home from work with a head full of business ideas. Each one was better than the next. All my ideas were propelle...

Many U.S. technology stocks got hit today following the United Kingdom’s Brexit vote to leave the European Union — in line with many financial services companies, foreign stock indexes, commodities, and the British p...

Prepare the wallets. The Steam Summer Sale has begun. This is one of the craziest times of the year for Valve’s digital PC store. From now until July 4, hundreds of games will be available at huge discounts. So many ar...

Speaking at the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit, U.S. President Barack Obama gave his first speech since the U.K. voted to leave the European Union yesterday. While the President’s direct comments on Brexit were mi...

Here are the fascinating stories of 5 successful companies that almost failed as startups.

In 1987, when Rick Astley filmed the video for his hit song Never Gonna Give You Up, he had no idea it would eventually become one of the most viewed videos of all time.

We’re happy to announce that GamesBeat University will return to the GamesBeat 2016 event this summer. We’re going to select a mix of sponsored talks and developer talks to air on our livestream during the breaks at ...

Millions of U.S. Consumers Are Escaping Subprime

Google has started showing lightweight, fast-loading Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) in its Google Play Newsstand news and magazine app for Android and iOS. The launch only applies to free content. “We are exploring ext...

Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! We’re still posting stories from last week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, including interviews with the director of the new God of War, Cory Barlog. Also, Mighty No. 9 h...

Human Resources. It's one of those essential functions that entrepreneurs and SME business would probably rather not spend too much time thinking about ? or indeed allocating a resources to. While a the CEO or Managing d...

By Samantha Walravens and Heather Cabot

Just a month after it introduced them, Oculus VR has reversed security updates introduced to its Oculus Home platform. Following the initial update's arrival in late May, users discovered that a popular hack known as ReV...

Plant Prefab wants to make it easier for people to build homes within urban neighborhoods and cities, and it has raised $3 million to do just that. The investment, led by Obvious Ventures, will go some way toward helping...

The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is about to fade into memory but not before I let everybody know what my favorite games were. We had a team of six writers scouring E3 for the best games, and we had to occasionally...

VB LIVE: Classic IVF automation already reduces customer service call costs by more than 90 percent--imagine what sophisticated A.I. can do. Join bot technology experts and A.I. scientists as they explore this and many o...

Pokémon fans, get out your Pikachu-themed pens and mark your calendars. The Pokémon Company will reveal new information about the next games in the series, Sun and Moon, at 6 a.m. Pacific on July 1, according to IGN. P...

Using a less restrictive agreement, such as a non-solicitation agreement, demonstrates your goal of the agreement is to protect your business.

Branded content and equity content can still get easily confused with each other. And when that happens your strategy won't always align with your goals and you'll ultimately fail in connecting with your audience.

Companies often hire investment bankers for capital fund-raising and M&A activities. We discuss certain guidelines that are appropriate when drafting an investment banker engagement letter.

The angry man is aiming at what he can attain, and the belief that you will attain your aim is pleasant.

The UK's tech community has reacted to today's Brexit vote. The results, announced early this morning, saw 48.1% of voters asking to remain in the European Union (EU), whilst the remaining 51.9% voted for a Brexit. The n...