Startup News
How To Win Corporate Customers When You're A Startup
Forbes - 14 Jul 2019 15:05
As the founder of a new startup the prospect of getting your brand in front of a potential corporate customer can be daunting, but landing with a deal can reap huge dividends for your business.
Four Traps That Prevent Marketers From Generating Accurate Insight
Forbes - 14 Jul 2019 14:18
Brand economist Edgar Baum suggests there are a number of areas that prevent marketers from generating accurate insight. Most ironically, one of them is a higher expectation of precision metrics for marketing than other ...
Massive Startup Growth In The 2020s Will Be In Middle America -- Not Silicon Valley
Forbes - 14 Jul 2019 14:00
Steve Case and a team of investors launched a venture firm called Revolution to invest in disruptive, innovative companies that are not based in California, New York or Massachusetts. The company has a seed fund called "...
Etsy Is Pushing Its Merchants To Adopt Free Shipping...And Other Small Business Tech News This Week
Forbes - 14 Jul 2019 13:00
Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them?
How Jazzercise Has Dominated The Fitness Industry for 50 Years
Forbes - 14 Jul 2019 23:50
50 years ago, dancer Judi Missett founded Jazzercise to promote fitness for women. Today, the business has expanded into a $2 billion franchise with dance as well as cardio and kickboxing classes, with Missett still in c...
The Neuroscience of Motivation: Why We Do What We Do [Infographics]
Forbes - 14 Jul 2019 23:33
If only you knew how to make your employees care as much as you do. If only you knew how to motivate them. Then, they'd be more productive, more enthusiastic. Here's the simple and direct great leaders motivate a team me...
Social VR platform Bigscreen TV adds 50 free live channels
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2019 23:22
Bigscreen is first and foremost a destination where users can share their desktop screens with friends. Bigscreen TV takes the service in a new place.
Handle With Care: Apologies Can Save Customer Relationships - Or Backfire
Forbes - 14 Jul 2019 21:11
Apologies, while potentially effective, are not a cure-all and not all the same. In fact, a poorly delivered apology can be worse than none at all, a study involving Uber riders found. One key finding: money talks. An ap...
IBM Research explains how quantum computing works and why it matters
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2019 19:25
Jeffrey Welser, vice president and lab director at IBM Research at Almaden, breaks down quantum computing in terms anyone can understand.
How to start marketing your hypergrowth startup
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2019 17:45
For startups on tight budgets, when is the right time to make the first marketing hire? The answer is simple: As soon as possible.
H. Ross Perot: His Lessons For Entrepreneurs
Forbes - 14 Jul 2019 16:53
Here's a look at the first tech billionaire.
Thomas Keller: From Dishwasher To World-Renowned Chef
Forbes - 14 Jul 2019 13:00
Thomas Keller shared six lessons he learned when he first went to work at a restaurant - as a dishwasher. Yes, he started at the bottom and worked his way up. It was part of his training.
How To Balance Your Personal And Professional Lives
Forbes - 14 Jul 2019 13:00
You're never going to get your best work done if you're not satisfied with all aspects of your life. Devoting too many hours to your job can actually reduce the quality of your work.