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This week's newsletter is (almost) all about Amazon, given the news from Thursdaythat the company had selected its shortlist of 20 communities that are still in the running for HQ2. I gave my take on what to expect from ...

We may think business leaders, founders, and thought leaders are immune to bullying. But remember that blistering email you got from a client, or the RFP where you heard what competitors say about you, or the social medi...

You might be contributing to the problem.

Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs with font, privacy, Timeline, shell, settings, Hyper-V, and access improvements. This build is part of the RS4 branch, which represents the next Windows 10 update...

While much of Silicon Valley is keeping its eyes on a Mark Zuckerberg run for president, other Silicon Valley luminaries are exploring ways to get more involved in politics. This week, former Google and Uber executive Br...

Earlier this morning, from out of nowhere, BioWare executive producer Mark Darrah took to social media to claim that he is overseeing work on the next Dragon Age while simultaneously working on the studio’s upcoming on...

European venture capital (VC) firm DN Capital announced that it has closed its fourth fund at €200 million ($247 million) as it looks to invest in seed-stage and series A-level startups in Europe and the U.S. Founded i...

Entrepreneurs need to be on the offense regarding both business strategy and financial strategy.

The capacity for critical thinking and judgment is an essential cognitive capacity for every leader. This post breaks it down into its component parts and delineates signs of deficiency, enabling a search committee to as...

Organic meal delivery service Sun Basket has announced a new $57.8 million funding round as the San Francisco startup looks to become a $1 billion business through expansion across the U.S. The latest funding tranche con...

GUEST: Though not fully autonomous, Tesla's electric truck that debuted in November, equipped with the company’s next-generation autopilot system, represents a significant step toward fully driverless trucks. Embark, a...

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Microsoft launched the closed beta for its online pirate game Sea of Thieves yesterday on Xbox One and Windows 10, but you may have struggled to commit any piracy due to a number of server errors that prevented people fr...

Good mentors haven't been lucky, they've been resilient. Learn from this 23-year-old college dropout who went on to build a $41M company.

"Pre-joy is when you realize a poisonous spider is on your arm and if it bites you, you will die within ten minutes." It's the state that you must get through to enjoy those magical moments when you feel the relief of be...

Blizzard announced that it is changing the way players climb ranks in its digital card game, Hearthstone. Since launching in 2014, Hearthstone players queue up against random opponents and earn stars for wins and lose th...

Pirates are well known for their aversion to meeting new people. Stranger danger killed more Caribbean sailors than sharks, and players in Microsoft’s new piracy simulator Sea of Thieves are dealing with that threat by...

GUEST: Entrepreneurship plays a critical role in establishing or revitalizing any economy. Look no further than Michigan to know that this is true. Thanks to a strong pipeline of talented workers from private and public ...

PRESS RELEASE: After approximately three months in the market, Silversmith Capital Partners ("Silversmith") announced today the first and final closing of its second fund, Silversmith Capital Partners II, L.P. ("Fund II"...

EXCLUSIVE: Y Combinator (YC) recently launched a program to help its startups improve their series A fundraising, VentureBeat has learned. YC partner Aaron Harris, who is overseeing the program, confirmed that it debuted...

Obsidian Entertainment announced today that its role-playing game sequel Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is launching on April 3 for PC. Deadfire raised over $4.4 million on the crowdfunding site Fig.The first Pillars o...

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