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Twitter to end free access to its API in Elon Musk’s latest monetization push
Twitter will discontinue offering free access to the Twitter API starting February 9 and will launch a paid version.
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Elon Musk completes Twitter takeover and fires top executives
The world's richest man now owns one of its most influential social media platforms.
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Learning from my failures: Lessons from a 2-time founder
Delay fundraising until you have a strong initial offering that has shown some level of success in creating happy customers with profitable marketing.
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How to start a business: Do these 5 things first | Mashable
Starting a business can be daunting, but taking these five steps are a good place to start.
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Fender reportedly lays off hundreds of California employees
Fender has reportedly made over 300 employees at its California operation redundant, with the layoffs including everyone from production line workers to senior management positions.
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4 Answers to Questions Every VC Investor Will Ask in Your Pitch
Pitching your business idea to venture capitalists can be very intimidating. Here are four questions they will ask in your pitch and how you can answer them.
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The truth about AI and ROI: Can artificial intelligence really deliver? | VentureBeat
Can investments in AI deliver true ROI that directly impacts the company’s bottom line?
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Twitter says it will 'enforce' Elon Musk's $44 billion acquisition deal | Mashable
Twitter said it will "enforce" Elon Musk's $44 billion takeover bid, after the Tesla CEO said it's "on hold" pending further information.
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3 Ways to Know If Your Growth Strategy Is Actually Helping You Grow
Growth should be a top priority in your business's first five to ten years. But it doesn't happen just by working hard.
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How to make a teaser trailer for your startup pitch | TechCrunch
A well-crafted teaser trailer is the perfect first step toward developing a positive relationship.
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22 Side Gigs That Can Make You Richer Than a Full-Time Job
If you need a side job to create extra income, read this list of viable side jobs to create your own schedule and breaking out of the 9-to-5 grind. According to Business Insider, real estate and tourism businesses often hire local writers to craft city a
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This Entrepreneur Devised Peculiar Business Decisions For Startups
Dr. John L. Evans is the founder of Evans&Evans and has been training and consulting business and political leaders for over 20 years
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How to Know If Your Minimum Viable Product Just Isn't Viable
Before you launch a test, make sure you have a chance at product-market fit.
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Top tech lawyers reveal the biggest legal mistakes that startup founders make — and how to avoid them
Startup problems can often be traced back to simple errors early on. Insider spoke to lawyers who shared their top tips for avoiding legal trouble.
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With more data available than ever, are companies making smarter decisions? | TechCrunch
Baseball is like a laboratory for advanced statistical analysis, and businesses could learn a lot from watching how the sport deals with expanding datasets.
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Is there any free government money to start or grow a business right now? Yes. Here's how to find it.
Yes, there actually is some of that “free money” you hear about, but second, that money usually really quite specialized and tough to get.
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Why Is It So Hard To Get A Ride Share? Because Many Drivers Are Hesitant To Get Back Behind The Wheel
Ride share app companies are struggling to find enough people to drive. Increased demand met with a low supply makes for long wait times and high prices.
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The untold story of Stripe, the secretive $20bn startup driving Apple, Amazon and Facebook
Patrick and John Collison have democratised online payments – and reshaped the digital economy in the process
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9 Things Every Founder Should Include in Their Pitch to Investors
If you're seeking an investor for your startup, make sure your pitch deck is focused, quantified, and centered around your unique "secret sauce."
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How to Attract Angel Investors in 2021 | Inc.
As an active angel investor, here's what I recommend you do to raise funds this year.
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11 Words and Phrases to Take Out of Your VC Pitch Deck
With only a short amount of time to impress investors, you better make it count by using the right words.
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These are the 3 things I look for in a pitch deck as an investor
VCs swim in a small pool and regularly swap tips and forward contacts; make a good impression and it could lead to a game-changing introduction.
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Apple versus Facebook on ad-tracking: Harvard sides with Apple
We've seen an increasingly heated Apple versus Facebook battle over the upcoming App Tracking Transparency feature, which will require app ...
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Why Your Business Plan's First Draft Is Terrible
Revisions are where the magic happens. Here's how.
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3 Ways to Make Money and Build Your Business Without Quitting Your Day Job
Starting a business requires capital and time. These strategies can help you use your limited time and resources to build your bread and start your business while hanging on to the security of your 9 to 5.
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3 reasons why almost every VC investor passed on Zoom
When Zoom was raising a Series A round back in 2012, dozens of institutional VC firms passed on it. What can entrepreneurs learn from these reasons?
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5 Mistakes New Entrepreneurs Make
Have you ever wondered why so many entrepreneurs fail?
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Eight Key Strategies To Get Investors Interested In Your Business
The more business results you have, the easier it is to be persuasive.
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This tech startup helps companies build custom software without any code
Unqork is a three-year-old software platform that's helping clients like Liberty Mutual, New York City and Goldman Sachs build custom software without writing a single line of code. Gary Hoberman, founder and CEO of Unqork, and Laela Sturdy, CapitalG gene
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US seed-stage investing flourished during pandemic | TechCrunch
If you didn’t think much about seed in 2020, you’re not alone. Late, huge rounds consumed most of the media’s oxygen, leaving smaller startups to compete for scraps of attention.
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Starting a Small Business? Welcome to Financial Management 101.
As a new business owner, you have a lot of hats to wear, including that of Chief Financial Officer.
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How Brands Can Develop a Winning Social Media Marketing Strategy in 2021
2021 will be for agile brands that can pick up the pieces of 2020 and adapt their strategies.
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How to Effectively Manage A Business Call and What to Avoid
Avoid these things to make sure your business call achieves its goals.
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What Angel Investors Want To Know Before Investing In Your Startup
An angel investor can be a great source of capital for an early-stage company. Here’s what they will be looking at before they agree to fund your startup.
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How to Create Multiple Revenue Streams in a Tech Startup
Multiple revenue streams coming from a single website or a group of websites is ideal for maximizing profits in the online business.
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Why some VCs prefer to work with first-time founders – TechCrunch
Repeat founders who have a proven track record, good references, and in the best cases, an exit to point to will have an easy time making inroads with venture capitalists. Earlier this week, for example, the former founders of Udemy and altMBA raised more
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How startups can shake up their first idea and still crush the market – TechCrunch
When Quibi announced it was shutting its doors recently after raising $1.75 billion, it begged an obvious question: If the original idea didn’t work, why not adjust its model or do something completely different while it still had capital? It wouldn
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The SEC Just Made Crowdfunding Way More Interesting for Small Startups
Thanks to an update in the rules by the SEC, small companies can raise up to $5 million in the same way hardware startups can raise millions on Kickstarter, but instead of delivering a product, these Regulation Crowdfunding companies deliver profits or eq
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These 3 factors are holding back podcast monetization – TechCrunch
If we want podcasting to continue to scale beyond its current and projected advertising revenue heights, we need to resolve some fundamental challenges.
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Building Your Own AngelList: 4 Expert Tips on How to Network to Find Investors for Your New Business
Investors aren't in short supply, but the investment opportunity that fits you is harder to come by. Make sure you're in the right spaces and talking to the right people.
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How One Startup Went From Almost Shutting Down to Raising More Than $1 Million
RAMP DEFI CEO Lawrence Lim reveals how his company kept themselves afloat.
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The Three Words that Matter Most When Raising Capital for Your Startup
When starting the process of raising funds for your startup, make sure to start on the right foot.
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How to Move Your Business Online in the Time of Coronavirus | Inc.
As stores become ever harder to visit in person, here are some tools to bring your business into the age of E-Commerce
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Uber Eats can keep delivering even if ride-sharing shut down, for now
Uber Eats and other services like Lyft e-scooter rentals would not be affected by a shut-down of ride-hailing services in California over driver status.
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Uber may shut down in California if forced to classify drivers as employees, CEO says
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the company may need to shut down in California if it loses its appeal against a judge’s ruling to classify drivers as employees. Uber and Lyft are both scrambling after the judge approved a preliminary injunction.
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What is Tim Cook's net worth? See how the Apple CEO spends his fortune - Business Insider
Despite his newly attained billionaire status, native Alabaman and Apple CEO Tim Cook doesn't live very lavishly.
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How to pick the right Series A investors – TechCrunch
Early-stage startup founders who are embarking on a Series A fundraising round should consider this: their relationship with the members of their board might last longer than the average American marriage. In other words, who invests in a startup matters
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Judge says Uber, Lyft preliminary injunction ruling to come in ‘a matter of days’ | TechCrunch
California Superior Court Judge Ethan P. Schulman heard arguments from Uber and Lyft, as well as lawyers representing the people of California regarding the request for a preliminary injunction that seeks to force Uber and Lyft to immediately reclassify t
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Intel grew revenues 20% to $19.7 billion in Q2 2020, but key manufacturing upgrade delayed | VentureBeat
Intel reported that revenues grew 20% to $19.7 billion in the second quarter as the pandemic spurred people to buy PCs to work from home.
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We asked over 150 VCs if they are doing remote deals. Here’s what they said. | VentureBeat
40% of firms confirmed they have already done a fully remote deal as a result of restrictions put in place due to COVID-19.
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Airbnb finally settles lawsuit against NYC and hands over host data
The battle that's raged for nearly two years comes to a close.
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Forget the Moat and Make Your Startup a Tropical Island
Building a business should be like creating a destination, not erecting a fortress.
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As An Investor, Here Is My Best Advice For Startup CEOs
What is your advice for startup CEOs?Answer by Yung Wu, CEO of MaRS Discovery District
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Meet The Harvard Grads Whose Startup Just Raised $30 Million To Help Employers Verify Sensitive Data
Truework announced it had completed a $30 million Series B funding round, led by Activant Capital, with participation from returning investors Sequoia Capital and Khosla Ventures. Individual investors include Forbes 30 Under 30 honorees William Hockey of
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This Startup's Pivot Aims to Help Other Struggling Businesses Amid the Pandemic | Inc.
The pandemic wiped out most of the SnapBar's photo booth business. In response, the founders immediately launched a gift box service that also helps other local companies.
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How a Pizza Shop Owner Turned DoorDash's Own Fee Structure Against It
While delivery apps continue to screw over small businesses, one pizza shop has managed to strike back.
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3 Ways to Maximize Your Team's Productivity | Inc.
Three key areas that can help you and your teams be more productive during, and after quarantine.
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Why now may be the perfect time to start your business, according to the bestselling author of The Lean Startup
The best time to be an entrepreneur is "when everyone is running for the exits," according to The Lean Startup's bestselling author, Eric Ries.
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Amazon reportedly accessed third-party seller data to develop private-label products
Amazon employees have accessed sales data from independent sellers to help the company develop competing private-label versions of popular products sold by those sellers, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. That practice would go against t
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COVID-19 And Startups: The Ugly, Bad And Good—And How To Help
Startups around the world are feeling the COVID-19 pain, although there are some hopeful signs. And there are actions government might take to help.
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How Many Slides is A Pitch Deck?
How many slides should be in your pitch deck? Knowing how many slides are best is a typical question the entrepreneur asks. Here's the answer.
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This venture firm is offering fast funding in a time of uncertainty | TechCrunch
The early-stage venture firm NFX is launching a seed-funding initiative today that invites founders to apply for seed funding of $1 million to $2 million in exchange for 15% of their company. Why is this interesting? It’s not because of the size stake tha
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Eventbrite lays off half its workforce as coronavirus crushes events business
CEO Julia Hartz delivered the news in a companywide video call Wednesday morning.
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GrubHub/Seamless’s pandemic initiatives are predatory and exploitative, and it’s time to stop using them | TechCrunch
Times are exceptionally hard, especially for local restaurants, which were always in a precarious business even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. But when times are hard, people pull together, right? Or at least they don’t take advantage of the suffering
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2 Things to Do Before Quitting Your Job and Starting a Company
Increase your chances of success by following these two rules.
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How To Make Your Early-Stage Startup Valuable To Acquirers
Most startups end up getting acquired. Entrepreneurs that build a successful startup deserve the option to sell their venture and get compensated for standing out when the majority failed. Here’s how to make your early-stage startup valuable to acquirer
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How a Web Design Company Crowdfunded Millions and Completely Disappeared
The Grid suddenly locked customers out of their websites and went silent for a year. Now, the CEO says he was naive. "I can imagine there's a few people who are pissed off."
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You need a minimum viable company, not a minimum viable product | TechCrunch
Before attempting to scale your minimum viable product, focus on cultivating your minimum viable company.
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Essential advice for securing your small startup | TechCrunch
Jeff Bezos’ phone was hacked. And if the richest person in the world is vulnerable, chances are good that your startup could get hacked, too. The good news is that, as a tiny company, you’re not a big target. But as soon as you hire your first employee, i
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7 Strange Startup Ideas That Succeeded in a Big Way (One Raised $35M on Kickstarter)
Strange startup ideas can sometimes be the most successful of all. If you need inspiration
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Decide which type of investor to target for raising capital | TechCrunch
Venture capital is just one of many options to finance your business, typically the most expensive. The broader question is: what type of capital should you raise, and from whom?
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How I built a multimillion-dollar business with no full-time employees
Luisa Zhou is an entrepreneur who runs a six-figure business — without any full-time staff. She has four strategies for running a business solo.
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Four Ways To Cut Tech Startup Costs
The more you can stretch your money as a startup, the more chance you have at creating a successful company.
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Why San Francisco is still the gold mine for tech startups – TechCrunch
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where each week we discuss other people’s copious dollars and lacking sense. This week was special! Kate and Alex at Disrupt where they recorded live in front of an audien
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5 Ways to Ensure Your Startup Makes Something People Actually Want (and Will Pay For)
Many entrepreneurs fail simply because they didn't properly vet their idea. Here's how to make sure that won't happen to your startup.
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Basic Structure Of A Business Plan For Beginners
Even experienced entrepreneurs were novel entrepreneurs, somewhen. If you are already convinced to try it out, but you are lost on the first steps and fears of a beginner, this is the basic structure for your business plan you can start with when you even
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Grubhub is using fake websites to drive up commission fees from real businesses - The Verge
Grubhub has been buying up to 23,000 domains that resemble those of businesses they work with in an alleged effort to charge higher commission fees.
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Grubhub is using fake websites to drive up commission fees from real businesses - The Verge
Grubhub has been buying up to 23,000 domains that resemble those of businesses they work with in an alleged effort to charge higher commission fees.
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What Should Every Startup Know About Funding?
What should every startup know about the world of fundraising? This question was originally answered on Quora by Justin Kan.
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Jeff Bezos personally dumps a truckload of dirt on FedEx’s future | TechCrunch
Amazon wants to be plenty of things, the most predictable of which is its ambition to control America’s shipping backbone. The company’s efforts to bring users whatever they desire in 24 hours requires movement by land, air and sea. Today, the company
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What to Look For When Choosing Your Investor, a Decision That Will Affect Your Chances of Success | Inc.
When raising capital, don't fall into the trap of taking the first money thrown at you because you will pay the price later on.
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5 Leading Entrepreneurs Share Their Best Advice for Bootstrapping a Business
Work with those you trust, pick the right business, and roll up your sleeves, say Kara Goldin, Tai Lopez, and others.
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21 Ways To Earn $100 Every Day Online
Here are 21 ways you can start earning $100 a day taking advantage of online business.
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MoviePass Denies Report Claiming It Lost Millions of Users
MoviePass’s never-ending death spiral gained a burst of momentum Thursday with the release of a new Business Insider report, which claims the service now only counts 225,000 subscribers. However, a spokeswoman for MoviePass is disputing the report.
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This millennial's company makes millions buying from Walmart and reselling on Amazon
How a 30-year-old was able to flip products from Walmart's clearance aisles on Amazon to the tune of $6 million a year.
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These are the 10 coolest Kickstarter campaigns of 2018
Kickstarter is always a mixed bag. On the one hand, there are some of the most innovative products on Earth, all in one place. But on the other, we’ve got gadgets for taking better dog selfies, Nike-like trainers for horses, and this odd brush that make
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The next big restaurant chain may not own any kitchens
If investors at some of the biggest technology companies are right, the next big restaurant chain could have no kitchens of its own. These venture capitalists think the same forces that have transformed transportation, media, retail and logistics will als
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How I spend my time as a startup founder - Balance Ventures
If left unchecked, the time of a startup founder can be easily spent taking unproductive meetings and putting out spot fires. After a few months of drowning in a sea of emails, calls, texts and meetings however, I sought advice from friends, mentors and t
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This is how much VCs are paid
Venture capital is known for being an opaque industry, so it's no surprise most of us have no idea what the average VC earns in a year.
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Netflix shares tank after big miss on subscriber growth
Netflix Inc's subscriber growth fell short of Wall Street expectations on Monday, sending shares of the normally high-flying stock down 14 percent on fears that the company's rapid expansion is slowing.
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Apple’s App Store revenue nearly double that of Google Play in first half of 2018
Apple’s App Store continues to outpace Google Play on revenue. In the first half of the year, the App Store generated nearly double the revenue of Google Play on half the downloads, according to a new report from Sensor Tower out today. In terms of
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Could a Scooter Start-up Really Be Worth $1 Billion? | Vanity Fair
Bird, the brainchild of a former Uber and Lyft executive, is seeking funding at a 10-figure valuation. But could the scooter company really be worth $1 billion? It depends who you ask.
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This Is How Accelerators and Incubators Build Consumer Businesses
Founders of consumer startups today often have less experience than founders past. That creates a need for business incubators and accelerators to add value. Here's how they work.
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Amazon halts Seattle expansion over city tax proposal
Even as Amazon continues to grow at a staggering rate, it is pumping the brakes on its long-planned hometown expansion. The retail giant threw down the gauntlet this week when it announced that it would stop construction on a new building because of a pro
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Meet the 29-Year-Old CEO Who Turned His Hobby Into a $1.5 Billion Business That's Backed by Jay-Z | Money
The $1.5 billion company is backed by Jay-Z and the Saudi Royal family.
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SpaceX's valuation approaches $25 billion, growing Elon Musk's fortune to $21.3 billion | VentureBeat
SpaceX could soon be one of the most valuable VC-based companies in the U.S., thanks to a new round of funding that would also give the net worth of founder Elon Musk a nice bump.
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How to Start a Business: a Step-by-Step Guide to Growing Your Big Idea Into a Successful Company
Everything you need to know about starting a business.
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The Top 19 Free SEO Tools [Infographic]
After years of search engine optimization (SEO) experience while utilizing countless SEO tools (free and paid), we have identified the top 19 free SEO tools of 2017. Our recommended tools are disting…
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Want a Look at Netflix’s Future? Follow the Anime | WIRED
Netflix just picked up a dozen new anime shows, a move that showed off its blueprint for big-time growth.
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5 VCs Share The Worst Ways Founders Botch Their Pitches
From offensive lingo to off-base metrics, investors have heard it all.
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Snapchat's letting you snag Spectacles on Amazon now
Snap Inc. is now selling Spectacles on Amazon.
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So Long, Hamburger Helper: America’s Venerable Food Brands Are Struggling - WSJ
The packaged-food industry is being hammered on both ends of the consumer spectrum, losing out to fresher items with fewer processed ingredients as well as inexpensive store labels. As brands such as Hamburger Helper and Chef Boyardee suffer, companies ar
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1 Sign to Immediately Know Someone Has the Gift of Leadership | Inc.com
This is what will promote a work culture void of backstabbing, gossip, and throwing people under the bus
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Uber Board Unanimously Approves All Holder Report Recommendations; Details Secret Until Tuesday
The Holder Report is expected to recommend sweeping changes to Uber's notoriously aggressive and misogynistic corporate culture, but its precise prescriptions remain secret
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SoCal Startups Speak Up About the Challenges They're Facing in 2017
Silicon Valley Bank today released its 2017 Southern California Startup Outlook report, their second annual SoCal startups report. Here's what they found.
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Now We Know Why Microsoft Bought LinkedIn
Six months after Microsoft announced plans to pay more than $26 billion for LinkedIn, we now know even more about why the career-focused social networking site was so valuable. Today, Microsoft…
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7 Things You Must Do Before Quitting Your Job or You're Screwed
Leaving your job to become your own boss without going broke requires setting the groundwork just right. Few people do.
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Apple shares just closed at their highest price ever
The most valuable company in the world broke its own share price record.
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5 Steps to Rock Any Networking Event
A great face-to-face connection can help you jump start the career you've always wanted.
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Payments startup Stripe says it’s still too hard to sell stuff online - Recode
Co-founder John Collison says the company will take payments from anyone, anywhere, so what’s the problem?
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Google acquires FameBit to help YouTubers cozy up to brands
Google announced today that it has acquired FameBit, an "influencer marketing platform for branded content." That is a lot of buzzwords packed together, so lets break it down. For a while YouTube...
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WhatsApp straight up copies Snapchat's drawings and stickers
The latest WhatsApp Android beta is adding a number of new features that should make sharing images with your friends a bit more fun – and a lot more like Snapchat. Android Police noted that the latest Android beta of the app introduces the ability to d
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How to make sense of human resources technology | VentureBeat | Business | by Michael Shearer, SelectHub
The world of human resource management is under siege. Human resources technology has been changing the way HR personnel manage all that they do for years. And there is no sign of slowing. Recruiting, scheduling, employee training and the many other HR fu
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How Apple—and the Rest of Silicon Valley—Avoids the Tax Man | WIRED
Apple is not the only high-tech US firm taking advantage of tax loopholes in places like Ireland and the Cayman Islands.
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Amazon is testing out a 30-hour workweek
The world's second-largest retailer is experimenting with severe cutbacks in work hours for roughly a dozen employees. Research suggests it's a great idea.
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What it's really like to work at Google, the best company to work for in the US
Google is ranked as not only the best tech company, but the best company to work for overall in the US. Here's what employees say about being a Googler.
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With Yahoo Bid, Verizon Gobbles Up the Past To Avoid an Obsolete Future | WIRED
A $4.8 billion Yahoo purchase turns Verizon into a future-focused media powerhouse.
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How departments that aren’t marketing can use social media
Not in marketing? No problem. Social media belongs to everyone: From CEOs to employees. Here are eight departments and how they run social media accounts.
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7 Ways An Angel Can Tell If An Entrepreneur Will Be Truly Effective - Forbes
Almost every startup will need investment money at some stage, and more often than not, will have to ask for it. Angels can be a boon to your company, but what traits are they looking for in an entrepreneur that will give them confidence to invest generou
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The Real Reason It’s So Hard for Startups to Find Investors
Don't wait until you need money.
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Bee Partners closes $30 million fund to seed very early-stage startups | TechCrunch
Bee Partners in San Francisco has raised a $30 million fund, its second, to lead investments in very early stage startups based in the U.S. Founded in 2009,..
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Apple's services segment may be worth more than $200 billion - Business Insider
This opens up a broader discussion about the tech giant's valuation.
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An angel investor who's helped start over 100 companies reveals the No. 1 thing he looks for in entrepreneurs
If you watch "Shark Tank," you know there are plenty of traits and behaviors that can turn off potential investors.
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Netflix's huge global push needs a local touch | VentureBeat | Media | by Reuters
Netflix is thinking global but needs to act more local to realize its full potential, analysts said after the company’s subscriber forecasts came up short of expectations.
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Forget the Hyperloop: This Startup Is Disrupting Long-Distance Transportation Right Now | Inc.com
A Stanford dropout and serial entrepreneur set out to build a city of remote workers making their living in virtual reality. His far-fetched idea led him to one that's shockingly mundane: A bus between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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10 Shockingly Simple Habits of Successful Entrepreneurs
Ever wondered why some people seem to have it all - success, happiness, money, love - and other people seem to lean into the struggle every single day? It’s not just luck. They have habits that are different from everyone else, and they put those habits into regular practice.
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'It was my mistake to sell': Dropcam founder regrets $555M sale to Nest
Dropcam founder Greg Duffy sold his startup for $555 million in 2014. Now, he's says that sale was a mistake.
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3 important things a PR pro learned while working with startups
My PR firm is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. As I’m in the central hub of the tech industry, I’ve been fortunate to work with many early-stage, fast-
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How to Write Email Subject Lines Like a Pro
When your email subscribers open their inbox, it's like they enter a candy store. Dozens, even hundreds of treats are staring at them from the shelves. Your subject line is the candy wrap for your bon-bon; you've got to make sure it stands out, because the competition in this inbox candy store is fierce. How can you make sure your subscribers open your emails?
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Startup marketing for everyone | Highbrow
by Jonah Bliss Starting a business? Whether online or off, any new business needs to be marketed to succeed. In this course, you’ll learn the fundamentals of
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Make More Money Blogging With These 6 Tips
Turn from amateur to pro blogger with consistency, audience awareness, transparency and more.
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These 14 private startups now have higher valuations than Twitter - Quartz
Twitter had a rough day. The social media company's share price hit a record low Monday (Feb. 8) ahead of its earnings release on Wednesday. Its valuation hit $9.45 billion—smaller than some notable private startups including Uber, Airbnb, Snapcha
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The Most Trusted Brands Among American Shoppers - Fortune
BrandSpark International conducted a survey to determine the most trusted brand name products among American shoppers.
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6 Social Media Platforms Your Business Should Be Using
There is currently a plethora of social media platforms currently out these, it’s mind-blowing! From networking, to hooking a spouse, writing blogs to comparing businesses, the list is exhausti…
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Startup founders that left Yahoo less than 3 years after getting acquired - Business Insider
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's spent billions on acquiring startups. But some of the founders of those startups didn't bother staying at Yahoo for over 3 years.
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10 Blogging Mistakes That Are Costing You Traffic
When you read about people getting millions of visits on their website and thousands of leads through their blogs it is only natural you will want to try it yourself. But after 5 or 6 months you realize that it is not working for you. Why? Where have you
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The 20 most valuable brands ever acquired
They span the tobacco, food processing, and healthcare, and automobile industries.
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Are You ‘Intelligent’ Enough to Be an Entrepreneur?
Are you “street smart” or “book smart?”
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Inside Chipotle’s Contamination Crisis
Smugness and happy talk about sustainability aren’t working any more.
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How New Nonprofits Are Thinking Like Startups To Tap Internet-Powered Giving
How millennial-led nonprofits have used social media, big and open data, collaborations, and crowdfunding to scale like high-growth startups
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Blogging Tricks: How to Draw More Traffic to Your Blog | Life Hacker India
Blogging is one of the easiest ways to express your opinions and reach out to a large audience in the virtual space. If you are already a blogger or decide
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Content Marketing Mistakes That Are Poisoning Your Progress
Learn 5 of the 13 Content Marketing Mistakes That Are Poisoning Your Progress in this post. Learn 8 more in CMI’s new e-book. – Content Marketing Institute
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Angry users say Microsoft was already putting caps on 'unlimited' storage
Microsoft had been quietly telling its customers for months that the unlimited storage for Office 365 didn't really exist.
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Twitter Unveils Tools for Tracking Brand Conversations | Adweek
Twitter has new analytics tools it says will provide marketers with additional insight into brand conversations, audiences and trends. The Twitter Brand Hub, unveiled today, is meant to give brands a "360-degree, real-time view" of their initiat
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BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti: Five Billion Views > 18 Billion Impressions | Re/code
BuzzFeed doesn’t care where you see its stuff — just that you see it.
And it says you see its stuff a lot — five billion times a month, according to a new memo from CEO Jonah Peretti, who says that viewing happens on BuzzFeed’s own properties, as well as on “over 30 other platforms including Facebook video, YouTube and Snapchat.”
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3 Questions About Marketing to Millennials You Should Be Asking But Aren’t
You can have the best content in the world that is targeted to millennials but it will only be effective if your content is published where your audience is and provides immediate value. When looking…
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12 Moving Facts About Walt Disney That Will Inspire You to Succeed | Inc.com
You don't know Disney, unless you know these facts about his entrepreneurial career.
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The Smartest Entrepreneurs Are Listening to These 10 Podcasts | Inc.com
Want to become a better entrepreneur? Start listening to one or all of these 10 podcasts.
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The Biggest Digital Marketing Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make - ReadWrite
Failure to understand customers or plan properly are just the beginning.
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The biggest stars on YouTube make huge incomes ... yet they can't keep the vast majority of it
Turns out you can be one of the most famous people on the web and still barely get by.
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Startups who are tackling the counterfeit drug problem - Business Insider
They help ensure that the pill you're taking will actually make you better.
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A once-hot startup that raised $4 million and rejected a $40 million Twitter acquisition just shut down
Frontback is shutting down August 15, after raising $4 million and stepping away from an acquisition offer from Twitter. The once-hot selfie app let users take a picture with the front camera and back camera. The app then merged both photos into a single image.
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The Startup That Designed Its Office to Confuse Workers | WIRED
The interior architecture demands a level of alertness rarely seen in your typical white-walled office.
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The real reason why Apple wanted to acquire Dropbox before it became a $10 billion startup
Dropbox CEO Drew Houston reveals that Steve Jobs and Apple were in love with Dropbox's green icon.
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3 essential roles in any business: Finders, minders, and grinders
Every successful business has these three ingredients.
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These 11 Startups Raised Over $1 Billion Combined Before Launching - Forbes
Want a clue that the current tech market is a bubble? Look at the funding rounds--and not just for the likes of Uber and Airbnb.
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Marketing Your Startup With a $0 Budget
Working on a startup of your own can attract a rush of emotions. While some days you work on a high, certain that you have the next big thing within the palm of your hand, some days you are left with a load of uncertainty and doubt. Whether your startup is a new mobile app, software or tangible product the journey is nothing short of exciting.
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Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak explains the biggest difference between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates
Inventor explains why Microsoft was more successful than Apple in the early years. While Hollywood has tried to get the story of the rivalry between Apple visionary Steve Jobs and Microsoft trailblazer Bill Gates right, Steve Wozniak had a front-row seat as it went down in real time.
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In a mobile-first world, 74% of consumers still buy products using a computer | VentureBeat | Marketing | by Stewart Rog
Exclusive Why are consumers moving to the computer when it comes time to purchase a product?
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Tinder sneaks ads for albums into your dating profiles
There comes a point in every zeitgeisty app's life when it wonders if it should stop eating nothing but Doritos and having those drunken one-night stands
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Coca-Cola Sees Massive Online Brand Lift Following 'Mad Men' Finale
VideoConsider it the ultimate in content marketing: Coca-Cola’s iconic 1971 TV ad, “Hilltop,” closed last night’s seven-year run of “Mad Men” on AMC. Digital consumption around the brand exploded by 991% (the equivalent
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3 Tips From the Founder Who Turned Down $2 Million on 'Shark Tank' | Inc.com
Walking away from a multimillion-dollar offer on ABC's Shark Tank is a bold move, but that's exactly what entrepreneur Patrick Ambron did during one of the show's most recent episodes.
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5 excellent PR client lessons from 'Mad Men' | PR Daily
Though the fictional account executives at Sterling Cooper focus on advertising campaigns, PR pros can glean knowledge from their successes and failures.
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Startups Anonymous: When building a startup, where do you start?
[This is a weekly series that brings you raw, first-hand experiences from founders and investors in the trenches. Their story submissions are anonymous, allowing them to share openly without fear o...
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9 Free and Must Have Business Productivity Tools For Every Startup Entrepreneurs
9 Free and Must Have Business Productivity Tools For Every Startup Entrepreneurs!
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Social Engagement Stories From SXSW | Oracle Marketing Cloud
ust one day at SXSW, the conference generated 94,552 mentions across the web. To say this is a popular conference is an understatement. People from all kinds of industries are here, from B2B marketing, to sports education, to non-profit and kick-starters, to film and music.
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How to Learn Social Media Marketing: 15 Blogs for Beginners
Are you blogging, Facebooking, tweeting, or pinning? If not, you’re missing out. The Internet has become the primary means for prospective buyers to evaluate products or services. Social media plat…
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Mark Zuckerberg reveals his one rule for hiring at Facebook
'It's a pretty good test and it has served me well,' Facebook founder tells audience at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
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Tinder Building First Ad Product | Re/code
Dating app Tinder is ready to make some money. Tinder has also approached a handful of potential ad partners, including Facebook and Twitter, which could help the company fill its ad space once a product has launched, according to these same sources. Twitter owns mobile ad network MoPub, and Facebook has multiple ad networks that Tinder could use.
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A Kickstarter-Like Program From Adobe Funds Employee Projects | Re/code
Under the program, known as Kickbox, workers have only to raise their hand and they are given customized red boxes, each of which includes a prepaid credit card and other tools designed to help turn an idea into a shippable product.
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Adobe is suing Forever 21 for pirating Photoshop
Forever 21 has been pirating Photoshop, according to a new lawsuit from Adobe, and it's facing serious fines as a result. The suit was filed yesterday in California District Court, alleging that...
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How ‘Star Wars’ Saved Marvel From Financial Ruin - NYTimes.com
The first “Star Wars” film in 1977 gave a much needed financial boost to Marvel Comics, which published a six-issue tie-in.
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The Steve Jobs guide to manipulating people & getting what you want | VentureBeat
Steve Jobs didn’t launch two of the most valuable companies in modern times by following the rules all the time.
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Slack is Valued at $1 billion - How messaging services are ruling offices - Esquire
The internal messaging service Slack is now valued at $1 billion. What does that mean for the future of office communication?
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Snapchat COO Emily White Wants To Make Ads Incredibly Obvious To Users
Snapchat isn't a fan of native advertising, according to the company's COO Emily White.
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What Your 'About Us' Page Is Missing
Just about every business website has an
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Microsoft makes more money from Samsung than from Skype, Windows Phone, and Xbox combined - Quartz
Android—the most widely-used mobile operating system in the world made by Google—actually owes a lot to patents owned by its erstwhile rival, Microsoft. There has been a lot of speculation about just how much Microsoft makes from royalty fees from A
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This Startup Makes It Totally Free To Get Anything You Want Delivered To Your Doorstep In San Francisco
WunWun, the app that lets users order anything from any store or restaurant in New York City or the Hamptons without a delivery charge, is launching in San Francisco.
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85 Percent of Music Sales in Japan are CDs
It’s a well known fact that CD sales have been going down, and fast, for some time now. Ever since people got the internet in their homes and learned what it could do, the downfall of the physical disc has been on it’s way, whether it be by piracy or
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Uber Now Recruiting 50,000 Drivers A Month - Business Insider
"Hundreds of thousands of partners" are connected to Uber's platform, and the company is now creating 50,000 jobs a month, Mashable reported.
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The Epic Failure of Automated Recruiting
We are one smart species. We can learn. We've learned a lot over our several hundred thousand years of existence, at least. We can learn from our successes and our failures. We won't learn a thing, though, unless we tell the truth when it matters and say
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Jessica Alba's Startup Raises $70 Million At A Nearly $1 Billion Valuation
The Honest Co. is getting ready to IPO.
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Finally, some good news for Pandora in the music licensing wars
It has been a challenging year for Pandora Media. After a stellar 2013 on the stock market, the popular internet radio service service's share price has been under pressure amid a looming onslaught of fresh competition from the biggest names i
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RivCo Supes Hope to Incentivize Businesses to Hire Veterans By Offering Competitve Edge
The Veteran Incentive Purchasing Program is intended to
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5 Surprising Hidden Catches of Using Business Credit Cards
People who use both business and personal credit cards should know that business credit cards behave in ways you may consider detrimental.
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Can't Stand Meetings? Try Taking Away The Chairs
Those who stood at meetings said they felt their colleagues were more open to their ideas, less territorial, and overall, did better collaborative work, researchers found.
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Unpatriotic U.S. Corporations Becoming Hot Political Issue That Unites Right And Left
The days when Big Business can have it both ways -- as an artificial, power-concentrating entity with special privileges and immunities, on the one hand, and all the constitutional human rights of real people on the other hand, are coming to an end....
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As Uber Steps Up Its Assault, Lyft And The Taxi Industry May Get Overrun
Uber has apparently decided what to do with its new $1.2 billion war chest. The taxi alternative service has slashed rates by 25% in at least 25 markets across the U.S. for what it calls a
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Walmart to cut iPhone 5C and 5S prices on Friday - CNET
The price of the iPhone 5C falls to $29 and the 5S to $99. Does this mean the iPhone 6 launch is nearing?
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The Bouqs unwraps a $6 million Series A for its high-growth, farm-direct flower etailer
Everyone likes receiving flowers. Buying and having them delivered, however, is rarely a pleasant experience. The industry hasn’t changed much in the last two decades since the arrival of 1-800-Flo...
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Why 90,000 People Applied for 1,000 Grueling Summer Bank Internships
Ah, summer intern season. The subways fill with lost young people, sweaty from their ill fitting suits and heavy backpacks. If you find yourself downtown, push them towards the nearest investment bank, they are lost and need help getting there.
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5 industries that millennials are destroying Jeff Reeves's Strength in Numbers
The younger generation doesn’t like cars, cable TV or soft drinks, writes Jeff Reeves.
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The 3 Cardinal Rules of Business I Didn’t Learn in College
One of the lessons this CEO has learned outside the classroom is number crunching is useful but communication skills really count.
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The 25 Best Companies for Compensation and Benefits
These are the Top 25 companies for compensation and benefits, according to Glassdoor.com
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5 Successful CEOs Share Their Best Advice For Small-Business Owners
Five of the highest-rated small-business CEOs share their best advice for other leaders.
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Kickstarter’s new “Launch Now” algorithm makes it look suspiciously like Indiegogo
Kickstarter has gone to the robots. After months of quietly testing out its new project vetting algorithms, the company is finally releasing its Launch Now function. The news, which was made offici...
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The New Rules of the Game for Growing Ad Revenue
Marketing Strategy - Not all effective revenue-building methods require a large investment. But they do require that you first recognize changes in the digital publishing game then run some new plays.
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While Apple is taken to task for e-book antitrust violations, Amazon wields true monopolistic power
Last summer, Judge Denise Cote found that Apple colluded with publishers to artificially raise the price of e-books across the board. As a result, Cote
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Driven: how Zipcar's founders built and lost a car-sharing empire
In the late ’90s, Antje Danielson’s son Max and Robin Chase’s daughter Linnea often played together on a tire swing in Cambridge, Massachusetts' Dana Park. The two women had met at their kids’...
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Lessons from Three Big Business Failures - Jeffbullas's Blog
Disregarding the digital age, companies that once dominated their markets are now defunct. Here are the lessons to be learnt from 3 big business failures
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Food Trucks 101: How to Start a Mobile Food Business
Want to take your recipes on the road? Here are the basics.
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Toyota's U.S. headquarters will move from California to Texas
Japan-based automaker consolidating sales, manufacturing and finance headquarters to Plano, Texas.
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Shoppers Scale Back when Amazon Collects Sales Tax
An academic study concluded that a national bill requiring sales tax collection by out-of-state online retailers would result in only a modest increase in local brick-and-mortar revenues.
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Debate | Is Spotify killing the music industry?
At over £103million, music streaming services such as Spotify accounted for 10 per cent of total music revenues last year, compared to 7 per cent the prev
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Stocks We Love - CNNMoney
CNNMoney readers like their tech stocks. Apple is by far the most looked up ticker on the site. Google, BlackBerry and Nokia also make the list. But so do Ford and GE. Here's a snapshot of the top 10.
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