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How to Find Your Million-Dollar Business Idea By Tapping New Census Data
Forbes - 27 May 2017 16:37
New Census data reveals the many diverse fields--from carpet cleaning to real estate brokering--where everyday Americans are breaking $1 million in annual revenue.
League of Legends gets its first million-dollar pro: Faker
Venture Beat - 27 May 2017 06:52
Arguably the best player in one of the world’s most popular games has just surpassed a huge benchmark in tournament earnings. Lee “Faker” Sang Hyeok has won over $1 million playing League of Legends competitively, ...
Uber CEO's mother dies in boating accident, father hospitalized
Venture Beat - 27 May 2017 23:55
Bonnie Kalanick, the mother of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, died Friday evening in a boating accident outside Fresno, Calif. Donald Kalanick, Travis's father, suffered "moderate injuries" as a result of the accident, and is...
Gazillion 2.0: How an online game company rebooted itself and brought Marvel Heroes Omega to the consoles
Venture Beat - 27 May 2017 21:00
Gazillion Entertainment is a company that came back from the dead. It was shedding employees a few years ago, and now it’s celebrating the recent debut of its massively multiplayer online game Marvel Heroes Omega on th...
3 Ways Focusing On Mental Health Has Made Me A Better Entrepreneur
Forbes - 27 May 2017 19:29
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. As entrepreneurs and leaders, taking time to invest in your mental health care is critical. Here are three ways your leadership and your team will benefit as you take time to invest ...
The crossover between car simulations and autonomous vehicles
Venture Beat - 27 May 2017 19:25
Artificial intelligence is advancing fast and it is leading to strange bedfellows. One case is the interplay between AImotive, a maker of self-driving car software for real-world autonomous cars, and Slightly Mad Studios...
The NCAA needs to help college esports grow
Venture Beat - 27 May 2017 17:02
GUEST: As esports at all levels continues to earn mainstream credibility, one segment is poised for explosive growth - collegiate esports. How colleges and universities will manage esports is an important question. Espor...
The emerging legal battle over video game streaming rights
Venture Beat - 27 May 2017 15:00
GUEST: Esports advertisers, consumers, brands, investors, and athletes are congregating around streaming game content, competing for the revenue it generates. Juniper Research reports that esports and streaming video gam...
How To Power Through When Your Startup is Going Under
Forbes - 27 May 2017 15:00
With the inherent pressures of being an entrepreneur combined with the harshly competitive nature in achieving excellence in business and startups, entrepreneurs often find themselves between a rock and a hard place. Fin...
Mental Tenacity As Fuel For Success: The Story Of Gurbaksh Chahal
Forbes - 27 May 2017 12:19
Gurbaksh Chahal's journey from the hardships of immigration to eventual entrepreneurial success illustrates the importance of grit and determination in the face of adversity.
Antilatency lands $2.1 million for mobile VR positional tracking tech
Venture Beat - 27 May 2017 12:03
A startup named Antilatency with a positional tracking solution that recently impressed Upload has raised $2.1 million and is opening an office in the United States next month. According to the company, the seed investme...
These were the 10 biggest European tech stories this week
Venture Beat - 27 May 2017 08:44
This week, Tech.eu tracked 15 technology M&A transactions, 3 IPOs and 68 tech funding deals totalling about €596 million (about $665.8 million) in Europe, Turkey and Israel. Here’s an overview of the 10 biggest Europ...
Watch us play Arms for Nintendo Switch
Venture Beat - 27 May 2017 02:07
Nintendo has launched the test of its upcoming fighter Arms for Switch, and we’re playing it right now. Arms has you using motion controls or a traditional gamepad to fling your characters wacky arms at an opponent in ...
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds lag fix is incoming
Venture Beat - 27 May 2017 01:40
Your experience in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds may improve soon. Bluehole announced today in a post on Twitter that the studio is making some adjustments to its servers in an effort to reduce the lag that a significa...
Financial services sector needs AI, not 'Customer Service for Dummies'
Venture Beat - 27 May 2017 01:10
GUEST: The financial services sector is lagging in customer engagement, despite being a leader in modernizing across more complex functions, like trading and managing transactions. What gives? The handbook Customer Servi...
4 Content Marketing Hacks To Attract High Paying Freelance Clients
Forbes - 27 May 2017 00:01
Have you ever thought about using content marketing to attract new freelance clients? You should. Here are four content marketing hacks to help you.