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Leaders: Increase Employee Engagement by 300% with this Daily Practice
Forbes - 14 Apr 2018 15:00
Giving feedback is a delicate art. Telling employees they did something wrong can come across as judgmental. Worse, if the feedback is vague, then the employee will not have sufficient clarity to put it into action. Here...
Riot Games moves to establish League of Legends as a lasting esport
Venture Beat - 14 Apr 2018 22:15
The owners of League of Legends professional esports teams met in Miami recently, where they contemplated the future of esports based on Riot Games’ popular League of Legends franchises. Each team invested a reported $...
Company Targeting Athletes With 'Unfinished Business' - Like Olympic Marathoner Shalane Flanagan
Forbes - 14 Apr 2018 22:03
Flex Pharma, Inc. created a sports shot, HOTSHOT, that prevents and treats muscle cramps where they start -- at the nerve. Now the company is targeting athletes with 'unfinished business' to become new customers.
A Different Type Of NetJets, PlaneSense Sells Fractional Ownership With A Twist
Forbes - 14 Apr 2018 21:32
After two decades as a turboprop operator, the PC-24 is harkening a new jet era for PlaneSense, but its core strategy of focus on the customer isn't changing.
Q1 2018 ends: 3 crypto trends likely to continue
Venture Beat - 14 Apr 2018 21:10
GUEST: The start of 2018 hasn’t been the most exciting time for crypto space. The overall market value has dropped from above $800 billion to somewhere around $300 billion at the moment. A lot of crypto newcomers who s...
16 Key Issues In Negotiating An Employment Severance Package
Forbes - 14 Apr 2018 18:53
In an uncertain economy, you may at some point face having your employment terminated. Learn how to negotiate a reasonable severance package, especially if you have an existing employment agreement.
5 ways Congress could regulate Facebook
Venture Beat - 14 Apr 2018 18:12
Over the course of two days and 10 hours of testimony, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was grilled by members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives this week. While questions about the Cambridge Analytica scandal ...
Chris Hecker's SpyParty gets started after 8 years in development
Venture Beat - 14 Apr 2018 17:02
Most games don’t take eight years to make. But Chris Hecker’s SpyParty is unique. With the tiniest of teams, Hecker designed and made his dream game about subtle human behavior, where a sniper tries to identify a spy...
How This Math Teacher Turned Her Life Around Through Entrepreneurship
Forbes - 14 Apr 2018 16:27
This educator turned entrepreneur took her skills from the classroom and built a million dollar business. If you are a teacher, you have critical skills that can transfer into the business world. Learn how you can leap i...
Holograms were the fantasy; VR and AR are the reality
Venture Beat - 14 Apr 2018 15:00
Like flying cars and robot assistants, holograms have spent almost my entire life being “only a few years away” from ubiquity. The hologram rush began when National Geographic featured 3D skulls, eagles, and globes o...
This Founder Lived With A Secret Bipolar Diagnosis For Years. Today His Company Tackles The Stigma
Forbes - 14 Apr 2018 14:09
In this series, I interview founders who've experienced mental health challenges. Formerly one of the first 40 employees at AirBnb, Daniel Pourasghar merged mental health and technology as the co-founder of Campfire - a ...
VR social network VTime raises $7.6 million round, preps for AR version
Venture Beat - 14 Apr 2018 12:34
VTime, one of the first ever VR social networks, appears to still be going strong; the team behind the app just raised $7.6 million in a Series A round of funding. The investment was led by Deepbridge Capital and also in...
Going Vegan? Eating Sustainable Beef Can Be Good For The Environment
Forbes - 14 Apr 2018 12:00
Eating beef is not necessarily bad for the environment. Switching to regenerative agriculture will help farmers and ranchers tackle the environmental impacts of beef production. Learn how an innovative Californian social...
A Bullish Sign Returns For Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, EOS, And Other Cryptocurrencies
Forbes - 14 Apr 2018 02:46
Major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple and EOS have been on fire lately
Make a good game -- worry about transmedia later
Venture Beat - 14 Apr 2018 02:30
Jon Goldman has some advice for indie developers who are trying to manufacture transmedia IP from the get-go: Don’t. Transmedia is the intersection of different mediums, like launching a game alongside a comic book or ...
AI Weekly: Facebook fiasco proves we need a better approach to personal data
Venture Beat - 14 Apr 2018 02:02
Recent revelations about Cambridge Analytica’s use of Facebook data have a lot of people rightfully concerned about how their personal information is collected and used online. But while Facebook is trying to position ...
Boehner And Trump And Cannabis, Oh My! Big Changes Coming To Legal Marijuana
Forbes - 14 Apr 2018 00:21
New developments in cannabis cheer industry entrepreneurs
VentureBeat is looking for a transformative tech reporter
Venture Beat - 14 Apr 2018 00:17
VentureBeat has a job opening for an experienced reporter with experience covering tech news via a wide variety of story types, including breaking news, analysis, and features. We’re looking for a person in the Bay Are...
Sea of Thieves charts 5 updates with new mechanics in 2018
Venture Beat - 14 Apr 2018 00:06
Sea of Thieves is a game about horizons. The driving force in the open-world online piracy adventure is the question of what is waiting for you and crewmates just over the edge of the world. The problem is that after a f...