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4 Steps You Must Take To Start Your Own RV Business
Nibletz - 27 Aug 2017 08:26
Starting your own RV rental business is bound to be a very rewarding experience, especially if you're looking for an additional source of passive income or for an entire career change. But to make it as a successful RV r...
Blue Apron and Snap's 'busted' IPOs herald judgment day for unicorns
Venture Beat - 27 Aug 2017 05:04
ANALYSIS: A year that began with high hopes for a tech IPO revival has crashed into a wall of reality following sputtering public offerings from Snap and Blue Apron. The catastrophe that is Blue Apron was driven home in ...
AR smart glasses will become standard issue with self-driving cars
Venture Beat - 28 Aug 2017 01:33
GUEST: Imagine flying into a new city. The rental car company hands you a pair of smart glasses at the airport. As you step outside the terminal amid the airport traffic chaos, your AR glasses identify the autonomous car...
Event strategy for startups: When to attend, sponsor, or skip
Venture Beat - 27 Aug 2017 23:10
GUEST: Conferences are an important part of a startup's strategy. They're where you meet new customers and potential partners, foster existing relationships, and raise brand awareness. However, events can be a huge drain...
Food delivery startups cause tech headache for U.S. restaurants
Venture Beat - 27 Aug 2017 22:04
(Reuters) — Four tablets from various delivery companies crowd the front counter of Proposition Chicken in San Francisco, each calling out with its own ring when an order arrives. When there is a ping, a cashier finds ...
The 4 'perks' good developers really want
Venture Beat - 27 Aug 2017 21:25
GUEST: Landing the right developers can make the difference between your company’s success and its demise. But ask any leader in the software industry how to win over developer talent, and they’ll tell you it’s get...
Game Boss interview: Grand Theft Auto creator wants to bring realism to massive online games
Venture Beat - 27 Aug 2017 20:33
Even since releasing the original Grand Theft Auto in 1997, Dave Jones has been obsessed with making believable worlds. He worked on more recent online game worlds like All Points Bulletin (APB), and at each point along ...
The numbers say IPOs are more profitable than acquisitions
Venture Beat - 27 Aug 2017 19:35
GUEST: We’ve seen a move in exit strategy lately from IPOs to acquisitions amid talk that M&A exits take less effort and produce higher returns. But I’ve crunched the numbers, and from what I see, IPOs still create t...
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds just beat Dota 2 for concurrent players
Venture Beat - 27 Aug 2017 13:03
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds just did the impossible — it had more simultaneous players online through the Steam PC gaming service than Dota 2, according to data-tracking site Steam Spy. This is an incredible achiev...
Sliver.tv raises $9.8 million for esports in VR
Venture Beat - 27 Aug 2017 09:10
Esports VR broadcasting company SLIVER.tv announced it completed series A round equity funding with $9.8 million raised. To date, the company has received $17.5 million. Danhua Capital, Heuristic Capital Partners, and ZP...
Nintendo answers the call to Arms on TV
Venture Beat - 27 Aug 2017 06:03
GUEST: Nintendo’s Switch remains a hard-to-find gaming system. Its Super NES Classic retro console sold out in seconds on some retail sites. And the House of Mario is dominating on TV, too, with 39 percent of TV ad imp...
5G could power a 'calm tech' era, where tech is ubiquitous but doesn't interrupt us
Venture Beat - 27 Aug 2017 03:41
GUEST: Back in 1996, when the internet was in its formative stages and had not yet produced time- and attention-sucking features like Twitter or mobile push notifications, a pair of pioneering computer scientists named M...