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Dare To Try Again: Confessions Of A Serial Entrepreneur
Forbes - 27 Mar 2017 23:02
When your first startup venture fails, the fear of trying again can be paralyzing. Here's how one entrepreneur channeled lessons learned from failure into opportunity.
Today's Must-Reads For Entrepreneurs: Why Tiny Beauty Brands Like Huda Are Now Big Targets
Forbes - 27 Mar 2017 16:55
News and insights for business owners from around the Web, including how Amazon is reinventing traditional retailing, why companies are rethinking their supply chains and what it takes to get a bank loan.
AI and the rising expectations for enterprise software
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2017 23:10
GUEST: From the dawn of the information age, computers have helped us accelerate our understanding of business performance and opportunities for improvements. We rely on them to tackle the routine, yet often complex, cal...
Taxbot for Slack connects you with an accountant to file your taxes
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2017 22:25
EXCLUSIVE: The startup Taxfyle has launched a Slack bot for getting your taxes done, powered by hundreds of human accountants. Now in the Slack App Directory, Taxbot asks a series of questions, then gives you a price quo...
Blizzard announces Hearthstone Global Games team rosters
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2017 22:15
Get ready to root your country on toward Hearthstone supremacy. Blizzard today announced the competitors that made the cut for its Hearthstone Global Games tournament, which pits teams representing 48 countries against e...
SpinMagic lets you draw on augmented reality images on your iPhone
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2017 22:01
Adtile Technologies has launched SpinMagic, an augmented reality app for the iPhone that lets you turn your smartphone into a virtual paint brush. San Diego, Calif.-based Adtile said that SpinMagic can capture your spati...
Watch how Has Been Heroes' zany lane-based combat works
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2017 21:31
Trine developer Frozenbyte is about to release its next game in April, and it’s a difficult game to understand in screenshots. So let’s take some time to explain what it’s all about. Has Been Heroes is due out Apri...
How To Measure What Matters As A Small Business
Forbes - 27 Mar 2017 21:11
If you were on a remote island, what are the three things you would need to know to ensure your company is healthy?
Bots shift towards AI and garner $24 billion of investment
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2017 21:10
GUEST: While the manufacturing sector is increasingly using physical robots to improve industrial processes, the market for virtual bots or “chatbots” is also gaining serious traction in the space where humans and co...
Can Chinese Philanthropists Learn From The Rockefeller Legacy?
Forbes - 27 Mar 2017 20:15
Now is the time for China to broaden its approach to philanthropy, and create its own philanthropic forefathers, motivated not just by obligation but by a desire to inspire and to drive real positive social change.
Bungie teases Destiny 2 with fiery image
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2017 19:56
We have our first official tease of Destiny 2. The official Destiny Twitter account today posted an image promoting the sequel, giving us an official at the multiplayer, open-world shooter. The first Destiny came out in ...
Kony Named a Leader for Mobile Low-Code Development Platforms by Independent Research Firm
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2017 19:53
PRESS RELEASE: Kony, Inc., the leading enterprise mobility and applications company, today announced it has been named a "Leader" in Mobile Low-code Development Platforms by independent research firm Forrester Research, ...
Apple's Find My AirPods feature arrives with iOS 10.3
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2017 19:45
Apple today released the final version of iOS 10.3 to everyone. This is the latest update to iOS 10, which Apple made available in September. Since then there have been small updates, including most recently iOS 10.2 two...
Three Overlooked Negotiation Skills Entrepreneurs Need To Master
Forbes - 27 Mar 2017 18:45
Hard line negotiation tactics may play well on television, but entrepreneurs should beware. In real life, negotiation often requires a more nuanced approach.
Donald Trump Is Setting The World On Fire
Forbes - 27 Mar 2017 18:35
President Donald's Trump's slash and burn strategy continues with the gutting of the Environmental Protection Agency as well as signing an executive order Tuesday in which former liberal priorities on climate change are ...
Paris' Station F announces June opening for world's largest startup campus
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2017 17:58
Originally slated to open in April, Paris’ Station F announced today it would instead open at the end of June following a water leak earlier this year that delayed construction for several weeks. Funded by French telec...
Where is Fitbit's smartwatch?
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2017 17:33
OPINION: Fitbit’s latest device, the Alta HR, is more of the same. For Fitbit fans, this is great news. Since 2009, the company has built an empire on activity trackers, and Fitbit has shrunk its heart rate sensing tec...
Skype for Business gets Auto Attendant and Call Queues, Call Analytics preview
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2017 17:17
At the Enterprise Connect conference in Orlando today, Microsoft announced new Skype for Business features: Auto Attendant and Call Queues. The company also released a preview of the new Skype for Business Call Analytics...
Hearthstone is giving away free cards as it preps for Journey of Un'Goro's launch
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2017 17:09
You hear that? Sounds like some big dinosaurs are closing in. Blizzard today outlined a series of daily log-in rewards leading up to the launch of the Year of the Mammoth, the next cycle in the digital card game’s Stan...
Hands-on with Wilson's Heart psychological thriller for the Oculus Rift
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2017 17:00
Virtual reality still needs big blockbusters to get off the ground, and Oculus Studios hopes that its Wilson's Heart psychological thriller will be one of them. The virtual reality title developed by Twisted Pixel Games ...
Facebook Messenger now lets you share your live location, but only for 1 hour
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2017 17:00
Facebook apparently isn’t done adding new features to Messenger in the weeks leading up to its F8 developer conference. The social media company announced today that Messenger now supports live locations, meaning that ...
Security and Scale: How game developers can avoid freak-outs
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2017 16:50
SPONSORED: Presented by Akamai There are three key questions to ask yourself before your next Day 1: Do I have the right infrastructure to support my game? How well am I protecting my product and players? Do I have the c...