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A CTO perspective: When your CEO wants to become a platform company
Venture Beat - 12 May 2018 23:33
GUEST: You can't go one day without reading that “xyz” is a new platform startup or that established market leader “abc” is now a platform company. It's the strategy du jour, lauded by executives, sales, and mark...
Healthtech sees its best fundraising quarter ever
Venture Beat - 12 May 2018 21:10
GUEST: In Q1 2018, global digital health and healthcare IT funding set a new all-time record for funding in a quarter, and the sector shows no signs of slowing down. This is an area my research firm, Mercom, actively tra...
iZettle: From Swedish Fintech Success To Europe's Biggest Fintech IPO
Forbes - 12 May 2018 20:32
Swedish fintech iZettle announced last week that they intend on selling shares and launching an IPO in order to raise SKr2bn by listing on Nasdaq Stockholm. With plans to increase revenue by 40 per cent a year, iZettle a...
How Chicago's startup exits stack up against 4 other major cities
Venture Beat - 12 May 2018 19:25
GUEST: While 2017 was a strong year for Midwestern startup exits in general, a deeper analysis demonstrates that Chicago in particular is among the nation's leading cities for top exits and IPOs over the past five years....
Bankruptcy Trustee's Compromise With Offshore Trust Fails To Win Court Approval In Olson
Forbes - 12 May 2018 19:09
A U.S. District Court has overruled a Bankruptcy Court's approval of a compromise whereby the Bankruptcy Trustee would get 80% of $4.3 million repatriated from a Cook Islands trust with a domestic trust for the debtor's ...
Raising Boys In The #MeToo Era? Here's What Michelle Kennedy Of Peanut Suggests
Forbes - 12 May 2018 18:49
While little girls are empowered to shatter glass ceilings rather than fit into glass slippers, how can moms raise their boys to be strong, brave, kind, and future role models? Michelle Kennedy, founder of the app Peanut...
Go Borderless This Summer With A Currency Debit Card
Forbes - 12 May 2018 18:28
European fintech unicorn TransferWise will be launching their borderless debit card in Canada, allowing users to hold multiple currencies on one card. TransferWise's borderless debit card has been popular in the UK, allo...
With record number of job openings, hiring and retention strategies need a reboot
Venture Beat - 12 May 2018 18:10
GUEST: The labor market is hot. Really hot. LeBron James hot. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its "Employment Situation" report last week, and it shows the number of job openings recently hit an all-time high of ...
ISTE 2018: Explore Learning's Reflex Puts Fun Back Into Math Facts
Nibletz - 12 May 2018 17:10
Reflex, By Explore Learning, Is The Best Math Fact System Available and It’s Fun Explore Learning is known for their Gizmos, a collection of hundreds of activities that teachers can quickly implement in the classroom t...
PlayStation dominates April TV ad spend, and FoxNext joins the top 5 for first time
Venture Beat - 12 May 2018 15:00
GUEST: Sony extends its grip on the TV ad market for the seventh month, and a new name appears in the top 5 spenders. GamesBeat has partnered with iSpot.tv, the real-time TV ad measurement company with attention and conv...
5 Secrets To Refinance Your Student Loans
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Forbes - 12 May 2018 14:30Oculus: 'We don't want exclusivity' for VR games
Venture Beat - 12 May 2018 12:34
At last month's Reboot Develop conference in Croatia, Oculus encouraged VR developers in attendance to release their content on every platform, and not as exclusives to one headset. Matt Conte, the dead of development en...
How Red Bull Made a $10.3 Million Profit From F1 But Still Finished In The Red
Forbes - 12 May 2018 11:43
The latest financial statements for Red Bull's flagship Formula One team show that it made a $10.3 million net profit in 2016 which was the highest recorded by any outfit in the series. So why did its parent end up in th...
GamesBeat Decides 81: E3 in May
Venture Beat - 12 May 2018 08:01
Thanks to Walmart Canada and publishers wanting to avoid getting buried, the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show has already begun for the GamesBeat Decides podcast. The event may not open until June 12, but that do...
NASA wants to fly a helicopter on Mars
Venture Beat - 12 May 2018 05:38
(Reuters) — NASA said on Friday it will send a small helicopter to Mars as part of the U.S. space agency's 2020 mission to place a next-generation rover on the Martian surface, marking the first time such an aircraft w...
20 Messages Of Self-Care For Working Moms On Mother's Day
Forbes - 12 May 2018 04:41
Because mamas deserve to reclaim a little "me" time year-round.
Two Things That Could Stop Modi In The Next Elections
Forbes - 12 May 2018 01:47
Indian women and farmers could put Modi out of office.
Conjure Strike is a VR take on League of Legends with 2-player teams
Venture Beat - 12 May 2018 01:05
Virtual reality arena shooter Conjure Strike is all about zapping your enemies and conquering their bases. It’s the first game from The Strike Team, which grew out of Oculus‘s three-month incubation program Launch Pa...
Gardenuity: Starting Up A New Concept In Growing Plants
Forbes - 12 May 2018 00:47
Founded by two women over 50, lifestyle tech firm Gardenuity plays matchmaker and concierge for aspiring gardeners, analyzing zip codes and local weather to connect people to plants, and offering support to its customers...
AI Weekly: 5 takeaways from Microsoft Build and Google I/O
Venture Beat - 12 May 2018 00:34
The AI Weekly usually dives deep into a single subject, but with Microsoft and Google hosting their annual developer conferences, this is no ordinary week. Each conference — here's everything from Microsoft's Build and...