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Startups, please don't hire a biz dev person
Venture Beat - 2 Oct 2016 20:08
GUEST: There are an awful lot of people with empty calendars. How do I know? My inbox tells me. Many of them are filling that time by sending me messages like these: “I am going to be in town next week and would love t...
Lawyers Defend $300 Million Fee In VW Settlement, Say They Didn't Ride DOJ's Coattails
Forbes - 2 Oct 2016 15:11
Plaintiff lawyers defend a $10 billion settlement and their $300 million fee in the VW diesel emissions scandal.
EU plans to demand Google halt anti-competitive behavior for Android
Venture Beat - 2 Oct 2016 07:24
(Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators plan to order Alphabet’s Google to stop paying financial incentives to smartphone makers to pre-install Google Search exclusively on their devices and warned the company of a large...
Can A.I. help out in the executive suite?
Venture Beat - 2 Oct 2016 03:04
Will artificial intelligence replace humans, or assist humans? That’s the great debate in Silicon Valley, and the larger world of technology. We’ll see this debate play out over and over, from the Westworld HBO telev...
3 chatbots to deploy in your business
Venture Beat - 2 Oct 2016 01:10
GUEST: While the idea of a "killer app" has turned out to be mostly hyperbole, the rumor that bots are "app killers" is a prediction that seems to be coming to fruition. With messaging platforms like Slack and WeChat off...
How to get a job in the VR economy
Venture Beat - 2 Oct 2016 00:18
GUEST: When Apple introduced the iPhone in 2007, it kicked off a booming tech ecosystem known as the app economy. And the app economy, in turn, generated hundreds of thousands of new jobs spanning design and development,...
How Children Of Entrepreneurs Can Find A Healthy Tech Balance
Forbes - 2 Oct 2016 23:37
While we, as busy entrepreneurs, spend the majority of our days staring at screens, our children are learning from our habits. Here's how (and why) to create a healthy technology balance for your family.
Let's stop name-dropping our corporate exes
Venture Beat - 2 Oct 2016 22:05
GUEST: There’s a Silicon Valley trend that’s been bothering me lately. Open Twitter and you’ll see hundreds of tech bios that read a variation of: Engineer at [company]. ex-@Apple, ex-@Google, @MIT As a marketer, I...
Tesla Sees Best-Ever Deliveries Amid Rocky Third Quarter
Forbes - 2 Oct 2016 21:47
The strong delivery figure comes after Elon Musk conceded the company's no-discount policy was not fully adhered to in the quarter
Tesla delivers 24,500 vehicles in Q3, a 111% annual increase
Venture Beat - 2 Oct 2016 20:15
Telsa announced that it has accelerated delivery of its electric vehicles in the third quarter. In a press release, the company revealed that in the past three months, it delivered 24,500 vehicles, of which 15,800 were M...
The ultimate guide to customer interaction management for Dreamforce
Venture Beat - 2 Oct 2016 19:25
GUEST: The customer economy has propelled the customer experience and the digital transformation to the top of enterprise's agendas. It is transforming contact centers and customer service into a much broader industry to...
Donald Trump's 1995 Return: What The New York Times Missed
Forbes - 2 Oct 2016 19:05
I have to make note of this piece by Katy Abbot - Jack Mitnick, Donald Trump;s Tax Accountant: 5 Fast Facts You Need To Know. Mitnick, a 1956 graduate of New York City College and a 1960 New York University Law School gr...
Do you know who's making the biggest profits? (Hint: Not your favorite tech company)
Venture Beat - 2 Oct 2016 18:05
GUEST: Quick quiz: Who's more profitable, LinkedIn or Lululemon? Google or Applebee's? Facebook or Dunkin' Donuts? The answers might surprise you. In fact, there's a massive gap between companies thought to be the most p...
So you want to sell to banks?
Venture Beat - 2 Oct 2016 16:02
GUEST: If you ask almost any early-stage B2B FinTech startup selling to banks what their biggest challenge is, the answer you’ll likely get is “sales.” Although interest in FinTech from incumbent institutions has s...
GaymerX founder Matt Conn says video games belong to everyone
Venture Beat - 2 Oct 2016 15:00
The slogan for GaymerX is “everyone games.” That’s the message that the “queer side of gaming” wants to convey to everybody else who wonders why the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) gather ...
Logitech's new $80 keyboard makes multi-device workstations way more productive
Venture Beat - 2 Oct 2016 12:34
REVIEW: With the global PC market seemingly in perpetual decline, one could be forgiven for thinking that the desktop computer accessory market would be well on its way to oblivion. Well, not according to Logitech. In th...
The 5 Behaviors That Derail Executive Careers
Forbes - 2 Oct 2016 06:07
Some marketers make it to the top of the firm and some don't. Why? What causes some careers to derail before they reach the pinnacle? It's a question that young people ask and mature people ponder even after having worki...
The stupidity of Business Intelligence and why this 'hot' sector needs an A.I. overhaul
Venture Beat - 2 Oct 2016 04:00
GUEST: Several years ago I was working as the CTO of a major tech company with significant operations around the world. One morning while reviewing our daily collected figures I noticed and determined that we were facing...
Detroit schools Silicon Valley on the future of transportation
Venture Beat - 2 Oct 2016 02:00
GUEST: Who will be the first to get fully functioning self-driving automobiles on the road and in the market? Google, Apple, Tesla Motors, Ford, GM? The truth is, it doesn’t matter. Because being first isn’t what’s...