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Entrepreneurs And Their Single Biggest Success Factors (Money Isn't One Of Them)
Forbes - 4 Jul 2017 15:01
Success in business isn't always down to making sales and securing funding; other pivotal factors are at play
10 Inspirational Quotes From Africa's Youngest Billionaire, Mohammed Dewji
Forbes - 4 Jul 2017 10:42
10 Inspirational Quotes From Africa's Youngest Billionaire Mohammed Dewji
7 myths about AI that are holding your business back
Venture Beat - 4 Jul 2017 23:33
GUEST: We can all agree that the use of AI in business is at its infancy and may be long until it becomes widespread. Businesses of all sizes may find it easier than thought to run early AI experiments to clear their vis...
The Future Group changes both game shows and live events with mixed reality
Venture Beat - 4 Jul 2017 19:25
Game shows have been losing younger audiences for some time. The Future Group wants to change that by making game shows more interactive with mixed reality technology. The Oslo, Norway-based startup — which raised $20 ...
Facebook fights U.S. gag order over government search warrants
Venture Beat - 4 Jul 2017 18:45
(Reuters) — Facebook is challenging a gag order from a U.S. court that is preventing the company from talking about three government search warrants that it said pose a threat to freedom of speech, according to court d...
Why I outsourced to Michigan instead of India
Venture Beat - 4 Jul 2017 17:35
For one CTO, offshoring software development seemed like a good idea. Six years ago, the CTO joined a fintech company that had a history of sending coding projects to India, China, Vietnam, and the Ukraine. Like so many ...
PODCAST: Jason Calacanis Speaks Plainly About How To Get Rich
Forbes - 4 Jul 2017 16:33
An early investor in Uber and many other startups, Jason Calacanis seems to have an eye for money-making companies. On this episode of The Forbes Interview, he shares how he has built wealth and influence from nothing.
How Amazon's Echo Show can change how you cook dinner
Venture Beat - 4 Jul 2017 16:15
The $230 Amazon Echo Show went on sale for the first time last week, and with it came visual cards, video, and other elements developers can use to create Alexa skills. Beyond news and entertainment video, the largest ca...
How Donald Trump Could Win A Twitter War, FDR-Style
Forbes - 4 Jul 2017 16:03
Our nation's leader seems to spend a lot of time tweeting, and significantly less time doing everything else. Though amusing, these mini-communiques are coarsening our national conversation. Cartoon by Ted Rall.
5 chat services with the potential to change democracy
Venture Beat - 4 Jul 2017 15:00
On the last 4th of July, VentureBeat took a look at five bots that could reshape or change democracy. One year later, we revisit the bot landscape with the same idea in mind. Outlier Media Detroit has a poverty rate of n...
Ticketmaster will soon admit you to events using audio data transmitted from your phone
Venture Beat - 4 Jul 2017 14:33
Ticketmaster will soon be able to admit you to live events and track your movement using nothing more than a discrete digital audio broadcast from your smartphone. The ticketing giant has teamed up with Lisnr, a data-ove...
This Miss America Is Working To Thank Veterans For Their Service
Forbes - 4 Jul 2017 14:00
Former Miss America Sharlene Hawks is as famous outside the U.S. as in, but she is true-blue American, working to honor the country's fighting forces and their veterans for their service.
Which Global Cities Offer The Best Prospects For Start-Ups? The Answers May Surprise You
Forbes - 4 Jul 2017 13:34
These cities score more highly than any others for entrepreneurs starting up a business
Meet The Kenyan Entrepreneur Who Built A $800 Million Asset Management Firm
Forbes - 4 Jul 2017 10:43
Meet Edwin Dande, the Kenyan entrepreneur who built a $800 Million Asset management firm
Glitch caused Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and other stock prices to spike or plummet
Venture Beat - 4 Jul 2017 09:17
(Reuters) — The prices of several big-name Nasdaq-listed stocks appeared on some websites to either spike or plummet well after the closing bell on Monday, seemingly due to a glitch related to the market data that runs...
Silicon Valley Has Gone Full Soap Opera With Naming And Shaming Sexual Assaults From V.C.'s
Forbes - 4 Jul 2017 06:22
The Tech Version Of Days Of Our Lives Is Currently Playing Out
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is the most important shooter since Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Venture Beat - 4 Jul 2017 02:54
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds represents a paradigm shift in the shooter genre. Its thrilling last-man-standing multiplayer action has led to more than 4 million in sales, but it’s the breadth of its appeal that make...
Goldman Sachs says Bitcoin price will drop before bouncing back
Venture Beat - 4 Jul 2017 02:36
Even though Bitcoin has been called a bubble, investors who have hungrily watched Bitcoin’s price soar 290% over the past year from the sidelines still have a chance to win big. Or at least that’s according to Goldma...
What it takes to build a compelling chatbot
Venture Beat - 4 Jul 2017 02:10
GUEST: Here’s what we know: Chatbots have enormous potential. With bots, brands can have millions of simultaneous one-on-one conversations with fans without sacrificing the quality of the user’s experience. But not a...
Dropbox reportedly seeks to hire IPO underwriters
Venture Beat - 4 Jul 2017 01:13
Data-sharing business Dropbox is seeking to hire underwriters for an initial public offering that could come later this year, which would make it the biggest U.S. technology company to go public since Snap, people famili...