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Elon Musk is now officially Twitter's new owner, ending months of costly litigation
Twitter sued Musk in early July after the billionaire said he was walking away from his agreement to purchase the company for $44 billion.
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5 Things You Should Never Say During a Venture Capital Pitch, According to 2 VCs
A pair of investors talk about their pitch pet peeves so other founders can avoid common fundraising mistakes.
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Where a wounded Twitter goes from here
For Musk, saving Twitter was all about saving democracy and the public square — until it wasn't.
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Twitter will take Elon Musk to court to force him to buy it for $44 billion
Elon Musk sent a letter to Twitter's board on Friday, saying he was "terminating" the agreement he signed to acquire the company just three months ago.
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Amazon stock plunges as company reports nearly $4 billion loss - CNN
Amazon reported a significant loss in the first three months of the year, sending the company's stock plunging.
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Elon Musk Probably Isn't Thinking About Twitter In the Way You Do
It was 1999 at Goldman Sachs, and a senior person in its private bank was asked what he was recommending his very rich clients buy. He replied that they should purchase AOL, and hold it for life. It&r
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Why Your Website Doesn't Work, and What to Do About It
The problem isn't tech; it's communication.
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Why Your Website Doesn't Work, and What to Do About It
The problem isn't tech; it's communication
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How to Pitch Your Ideas in 10 Minutes or Less
Use these three strategies to quickly grab your audience's attention.
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How to Grow Your Business By Finding New Customers
If you want to attract new customers, you can't just market to them. You need to start a conversation with them.
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These Are the Cities Techies Are Really Moving to, According to New LinkedIn Data
Techies (including Elon Musk) are all fleeing to Austin and Miami, right? The real story is more complicated.
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Tech: Why innovation isn’t happening over Zoom
Online collaboration tools are full of friction that inhibit the exchange of ideas; they don't facilitate collaboration and invention the way face-to-face contact does.
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Oracle says it will move HQ from Silicon Valley to Texas
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) — Tech giant Oracle Corp. said Friday it will move its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas, and let many employees choose their office locations and decide...
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Salesforce buys Slack in a $27.7B megadeal | TechCrunch
Salesforce, the CRM powerhouse that recently surpassed $20 billion in annual revenue, announced today it is wading deeper into enterprise social by acquiring Slack in a $27.7 billion megadeal. Rumors of a pending deal surfaced last week, causing Slack’s s
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9 Strategies For a Successful and Fulfilling Home Business | Inc.
Too many of you business owners think success only means being the next Amazon, or you stress yourself out trying to be everything to every customer.
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SBA Finally Clarifies PPP Loan Forgiveness Rules: Full Forgiveness For Self-Employed Borrowers
The unpublished version of the update ensures full forgiveness for self-employed, freelancers and independent contractors who took the maximum loan amount based on 2.5 times their 2019 monthly income.
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Six Ways To Make The Most Of Your LinkedIn Content Marketing
The content you choose to focus on, whether that be in terms of creating it yourself, posting it, liking it or commenting on it, is the springboard off of which others will engage with you.
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3 Flexible Work Schedules Your Employees May Love
When nothing is 'normal' about your business right now, operating as usual won't always work. Here are three revised schedules you can try.
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How to Choose Between Incubators and Accelerators
The line between the two is blurry--pick the right one for your business.
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Pandemic forces fundraising founders to accept ‘discounts across the board’ | TechCrunch
Startup founders who are fundraising in this climate should expect venture investors to take a huge chunk out of their valuation expectations. “What we’re seeing across the board is discounts,” says Mike Janke, co-founder of early-stage cybersecurity inve
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What’s a chief technology officer worth to a startup raising money?
In his weekly advice column, Maynard Webb tries to suss out what a startup founder is really looking for: Tech support, or a soul mate?
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What You Must Know Before Applying for a PPP Loan With Multiple Lenders
If two lenders submit a Paycheck Protection Loan application to the government on your behalf, it may trigger a fraud alert.
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Why You (and Your Employees) Need to Refocus Your Vision Statement
Defining your 'why' is what separates your business from the masses, the mission you live beyond the drive for profit. It also inspires loyal employees, and gives them a chance to invest in something greater than themselves.
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How to Increase Web Traffic – 9 Essential SEO Tips
We've reached out to marketers, content creators, and SEO experts to ask them about the best ways to increase web traffic on your site.
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How To Prepare Your Early-Stage Company For A Capital Raise
Your company is your baby, but its birth is just the beginning. Growing a company takes years, and having the right partners is crucial.
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Think Like A Lean Startup, Even If You’re Not A Startup
Before you write another line of code, understand what customers are telling you.
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IPOs are the beginning, not the end – TechCrunch
Earlier this month at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco, we sat down with Box’s Aaron Levie and PagerDuty’s Jennifer Tejada to discuss their respective companies’ paths to an IPO, the general IPO landscape and the pros and cons of going p
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How To Avoid A Common Confusion That Sinks Leaders And Stifles Startups
Do you know the differences between projects and processes? More importantly, do you know how to lead the kinds of very different people who are attracted to each?
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The Agonizing Truth About Startup Funding Entrepreneurs Need to Face
Entrepreneurs need to stop depending on money to start a business. All it takes is action.
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How early-stage startups can use data effectively | TechCrunch
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Tech Insider | The Series A pitch decks that helped growing startups raise tens of millions — Quartz
Startups raising money in the Series A stage are usually just a few years old. But the size of Series A funding rounds has mushroomed in recent years and can now sometimes top $50 million. One thin...
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These are the Best Website Builders for Small Businesses | Digital Trends
Businesses of all kinds need an online presence these days. And small businesses are no exception. Check out our comprehensive list of the best website builders for small businesses, from Wix to Webs to Squarespace and others. You're sure to find one that
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How startups can make influencer marketing work on a budget | TechCrunch
Influencer Marketing has ballooned into a $25 billion industry, yet many marketing managers are left confused by this, because for them, it’s really not delivering the results to justify the hype...
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Pizza Hut is bringing back its classic red roof logo
It's 1967 all over again for the pizza chain.
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Why Startups Fail
CB Insights found that 70% of upstart tech companies fail. Why do start-ups fail? Nine of the top 20 reasons for start-up failures – and five out of the top 10 – were related to customers – not meeting customers’ needs, not listening to them, or even ig
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Why Uber Lacks A Sustainable Competitive Advantage
Sustainable competitive advantage means gaining the lion's share of an industry's profits. But ride sharing is a money-losing business and Uber's fancy-sounding Liquidity Network Effect is easy to copy. Skip its IPO.
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Apple had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week — here's what happened
Apple canceled AirPower, said goodbye to its lead designer for iOS chips, and more.
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7 Ways to Dramatically Grow Your Email Marketing List
Eighty-six percent of people say they want to receive emails from brands that they love (at least once per month). Here's how to get those engaged fans--and future customers--on your list.
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5 Simple Ways to Identify Business Ideas That Could (Really) Change the World
Want to come up with a world-changing business idea? First step, think locally. What exactly does your community need?
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T-Mobile roasts AT&T for updating phones with a fake 5G logo
With a dumb — but entirely apt — metaphor.
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5 Ways to Launch a Startup Without Building it From Scratch
Entering a startup laterally is synergetic – you can begin contributing to a startup that’s already off the ground and the startup will benefit from your skills and will grow better and faster.
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You're A Tech Entrepreneur: Do You Work With An Incubator Or An Accelerator?
For tech startups, where you're funding comes from depends on what stage of growth you are in.
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3 Marketing Mistakes That Kill Tech Startups
You'll never reach unicorn status if you make one of these mistakes.
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YouTube adds new monetization options for creators
YouTube announced today it would be adding new options for creators to make money from their content. Most of the options are reminiscent of what other platforms have tried, but they could still alleviate a problem YouTubers have been facing for over a ye
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Twitter to raise $1 billion in debt as stock price surge signals investor confidence
While Facebook is embroiled in controversy after controversy and Snap faces questions about its traction and viability, long-maligned Twitter is suddenly feeling the warm fuzzies from investors. Th…
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7 tactics you can implement right now to grow your startup
As a first-time founder or entrepreneur, knowing where to start when it comes to scaling your business can be extremely overwhelming. With an overabundance of resources telling you the right way to grow your startup, focusing on the wrong thing before hav
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Top performing startup founders are older than you thought — Quartz
The stereotypical startup founder is a 20- or 30-something man, probably white, probably wealthy. He wears a fleece vest, rides electric scooters, and drinks Blue Bottle coffee. You could be forgiven for mixing him up with a college frat guy. So we've
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Uber Has Acquired Jump And Officially Joined The Dockless Bike Wars
"We’re excited to begin our next chapter and to play a significant part in the transition of Uber to a multi-modal platform," Jump CEO Ryan Rzepecki said.
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The Best Companies to Work For Are Beating the Market | Fortune
New research on Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For ranking shows that it might actually be the nice guys who finish first.
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Why Snap's Evan Spiegel Got Paid $638 Million–And Deserved It | Fortune
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel was paid $638 million in 2017, mostly for helping take the company public.
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Outdoorsy, the ‘Airbnb of RVs,’ rolls up $25 million in fresh funding
According to serial entrepreneur Jeff Cavins, more than 35 million people each year look to rent an RV -- 38 percent of them so-called millennials. Yet they..
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What Entrepreneurs Need to Know About the Changes to Pass-Through Taxes
The 20 percent deduction may be a game-changer, but you have to know what it means for your business.
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Every grocery delivery service's fears have just been realized
One of the biggest stories to emerge from the technology industry last year was Amazon’s shift into the brick-and-mortar realm with its $13.7 billion acquisition of organic supermarket chain Whole Foods. In the months following the deal’s closure, Am
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HBO's 'Silicon Valley' Got Startup Success All Wrong. Here's Why
Pied Piper needs to focus more on their team structure in season 5.
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Intel Stock Price Jumps 9% as Meltdown Security Worries Fade | Fortune
Intel's stock price rose 8% to the highest level since 2000, as fears faded that the Spectre and Meltdown security issues would hurt sales.
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How to Win Founders and Influence Everybody
For two and a half decades Margit Wennmachers has quietly shaped the public image of the world's hottest startups. Now she must reckon with the new era of big tech.
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Spotify Hit With $1.6 Billion Lawsuit From Publisher Representing Tom Petty, Neil Young, Others – Variety
Spotify has been hit with a $1.6 billion lawsuit from Wixen Music Publishing, which handles titles by Tom Petty, Neil Young and others.
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The Future Of Retail In The Age Of Amazon
As Jeff Bezos’s juggernaut continues to grow, forward-thinking competitors are finding creative ways to succeed—and be what Amazon can never be.
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Roomi raises $11 million to find you a roommate | TechCrunch
Looking for a roommate on Craigslist can be cumbersome. And it can be difficult to determine what the person will be like in real life. A startup called..
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42 Percent of Startups Fail After They Get Funding For This One Reason. Here's How to Avoid It.
Good news: you can avoid it. Bad news: it's not exactly easy.
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If You're Not Converting Visitors to Customers, Blame These Common Landing Page Copywriting Mistakes.
The time and effort you spend on site design and marketing is mostly wasted if you don't get your landing page right.
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Disney wants to make a huge shift in its business model — but it’s not ready to do it yet - Recode
Streaming movies to consumers is one thing. Streaming sports is something else. Bob Iger will wait on that one.
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How Two Brothers Turned Seven Lines of Code Into a $9.2 Billion Startup - Bloomberg
Now, Stripe’s Patrick and John Collison are teaming with Amazon to grab even more control over the global flow of commerce.
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Tackling Age Discrimination in Silicon Valley | WIRED
Companies can thrive without shunning employees of a certain age. Karen Wickre offers tech firms some advice for tackling age discrimination.
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WebMD confirms it will be acquired by KKR's Internet Brands for $2.8 billion | VentureBeat | Business | by Chris O'Brien
WebMD Health Corp. confirmed today that KKR’s Internet Brands has offered to pay $2.8 billion to acquire the health services company.
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Uber is overhauling its driver support systems in a bid to decrease turnover - Recode
Drivers can expect quicker fare fixes and protection from bad ratings for things that are out of their control.
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How SoundCloud's broken business model drove artists away - The Verge
‘25 million plays, and zero dollars’
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Boost Your Rankings With the Ultimate Local SEO Cheat Sheet (Infographic)
Local SEO isn't a game of chance. It's a step-by-step, predictable process that anyone can master -- including you.
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At Cannes, advertisers are still hunting for an alternative to Google and Facebook - Recode
Plus new attendees, two ways to look at live video and a Snapchat-branded Ferris wheel.
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This Startup Wants to Take the Hassle out of Canceling Compromised Credit Cards | Mental Floss
Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.
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Sprint offers a free year of unlimited data. What's the catch? - CNET
No, it's not a joke, but it is a limited promotion. Here's how you can get access to the deal.
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What's Wrong with Apple's New Headquarters | WIRED
The architecture and design of the years-in-the-making Apple Park are brilliant. How it fits into the world around it? Not so much.
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Ballmer explains why he invested in Twitter | TechCrunch
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage at Code Conference on Tuesday and talked about why he took a large position in Twitter. “There’s a real..
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How to Set Up 'Google My Business' for Your Small Business
One of the most important aspects of a small business is getting found by new customers.
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9 Podcasts to Make You a Better Marketer in 2017
Marketing's moving at such a rapid pace these days, but these podcasts will keep you ahead of the curve.
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9 Podcasts to Make You a Better Marketer in 2017
Marketing's moving at such a rapid pace these days, but these podcasts will keep you ahead of the curve.
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Top 9 E-Commerce Software for Your Small Business
Starting an ecommerce business is tough if you're not using the right software. Check out the following e-commerce software for your small business.
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Report: GM looked into buying Lyft, was denied - Business Insider
Lyft passed on the acquisition and decided to raise another round of funding instead.
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Is Apple Stronger Than Ever? Playing The Long Game Inside Tim Cook's Apple
iPhone sales have slumped, stock is down, and pundits insist Apple is a tech laggard. But the company may be stronger than ever.
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Nintendo can't count on Pokémon Go to pull itself out of the red | GamesBeat | Games | by Dean Takahashi
Nintendo reported net losses for the quarter that ended June 30, and it forecasted no change in its previous revenue projections, a clear sign as any that Pokémon Go isn’t a savior for its bottom line.
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Not Good at Sales? Here Are 5 Easy Ways to Get More More Clients.
Don't worry: You're not going to end up being like Leonardo DiCaprio's character in 'Wolf of Wall Street.'
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Apple fires back at Spotify over app update dispute
In a letter Apple accuses the music streaming platform of asking for special treatment while blasting it for "rumors and half-truths."
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Uber Is Starting to Monitor Drivers For Bad Behavior
But Lyft doesn't think the technology is ready.
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One Unspoken Reason Behind the Microsoft-LinkedIn Deal - The New York Times
LinkedIn’s struggling stock price, and its reliance on stock-based compensation may be a factor in its sale to Microsoft.
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Apple Proposed Buying Time Warner and May Consider Netflix, FT Reports - Fortune
An Apple executive proposed buying Time Warner at a meeting last year but the idea didn't get far. Apple still may consider buying Netflix.
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This guy saw his Microsoft coworkers struggle to manage their money, and it gave him the idea for a $150 million app
FutureAdvisor cofounder Jon Xu got the idea after building an "awesomely complicated spreadsheet" for his Microsoft colleagues to track finances.
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The 3 Best Ways to Grow Your Business Overnight | Inc.com
Startup success boils down to these 3 factors.
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Silicon Valley startups are terrified by a new idea: profits
Silicon Valley is abuzz about a post by venture investor Bill Gurley that spells out how the tech bubble is bursting and says startups need to earn profits.
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9 Vital Customer Analytics Every Manager Should Know - Forbes
To succeed and grow, a business needs to be able to acquire, retain, satisfy and engage their customers effectively. Customer analytics are vital for assessing how well your business does this. Let’s look at some of the key customer analytics in use tod
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An entrepreneur who inked a $725,000 deal on 'Shark Tank' shares 4 steps she took to prepare - Business Insider
Kim Kaupe and her co-founder nabbed a deal with the Sharks. Here’s how she prepared for the live taping.
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Old Navy is making 2 huge mistakes that are killing business
A recent Wedbush Securities report highlights where the retailer is going wrong.
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Netflix: The Force Awakens | TechCrunch
I’ve argued in the past that Netflix will have the last laugh -- that its success with content production will soon rival and surpass traditional TV..
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Bill Gates remembered everyone's license plate at Microsoft so he could check when they came and went
In an interview for BBC Radio 4's "Desert Island Disco," Bill Gates revealed information about his time at Microsoft when he founded the company in 1975.
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Alphabet Passes Apple to Become the World's Most Valuable Company | WIRED
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is now the most valuable company in the world.
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The Mistake That's Killing So Many Silicon Valley Startups
Why trying to scale your business before you're ready is actually the worst thing you can do
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Don't Fall for These 6 Deadly Myths of Startups
Some entrepreneurs forget that they need an innovative business model along with an innovative solution to have a successful startup.
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How to Elevate Your Customer Experience for the New Year | Inc.com
Investing in your customers is one of the best business decisions you can make.
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11 Free Blogging Tools to Help You Identify and Understand Your Audience
Blogging – do you love it or do you love it? For those converted to the church of blogging, you can’t deny the results it can generate for your business, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A blog pos…
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The $21.8-Billion Reason Ultra-Personal Online Ads Are Coming
Globally, $21.8 billion worth of ads wont make it to eyeballs this year because of ad blocking. A possible savior: hypertargeted ads.
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LinkedIn pays big after class action lawsuit over user emails
The company known for using reminder emails to get you to use its professional networking service will now have to pay a hefty sum for taking the tactic a bit too far.
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Why Blogging Matters for Small Business
April Fools, Facebook Style Image by william couch I logged into Facebook today (April 1) and I found something strange in my News Feed (see note). At first, I was weirded out, until I realized it …
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The writing is on the wall for the ad-supported Web: It's the end of the line | VentureBeat | Media | by Dylan Tweney
With the release of iOS 9 this week, the discussion over ad blocking has reached a peak.
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5 Breaks Every Single Entrepreneur Needs to Take!
When you own your own business, work never ends. There are always more calls to make, more emails to answer and more items in your in-box to sort through. Your to-do list never stops growing.
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10 Ways to Simplify Your Freelance Life
Want a simplified freelance life, with projects or assignments you love to do, but not so much that you are overloaded?
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4 Simple Reasons Your Blog Still Isn't Getting Traffic
Without a sturdy understanding of the blog basics, a business's content marketing may get derailed.
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Bike sales are going crazy, and these startups are cashing in - Business Insider
These fast-growing e-commerce companies are gaining traction with bike lovers.
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Best Buy to begin selling Apple Watch in stores and online on August 7 | 9to5Mac
Best Buy announced today in a press release that it will become the first national retailer, aside from Apple, to sell Apple Watch in stores. The company says that the device will hit more than 100...
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5 Ways to Modernize Your B2B Branding and Marketing Online
Oftentimes, B2B organizations get the stigma of being out-of-date and slow to respond to what’s popular in technology and today’s market. If your organization is suffering from a case of the “olds” and you want to take your branding and marketing
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There's a new VC firm that only wants to fund billion-dollar 'unicorn' startups
Unicorn Capital Partners is a Chinese venture capital firm that's dedicated to finding and funding
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F-U-N-D-E-D: Startups for seniors raise cash to give grandpa options - CNET
The famously youth-focused tech industry has written big checks recently to companies built around the problems of aging.
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How a tweet turned Uber's Ryan Graves into a billionaire - Business Insider
Ryan Graves landed a job at Uber through a tweet. Now the early Uber employee is worth more than a billion dollars.
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WeWork raising a new round of funding at a $10 billion valuation - Business Insider
WeWork is raising a new round of funding that could value the company at $10 billion.
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Seven Skills You Need to Land a High-Paying Digital Marketing Job
Career Management - Looking for a lucrative digital job? Here's a look at the top-rated skills you'll need, according to our recent study at Digital Professional Institute.
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This Pizza Hut box turns into a movie projector | The Verge
Pizza Hut thinks it can do more than just bring food to your front door. It wants to deliver your entertainment for the evening, too. At least, that's the case in Hong Kong, where the pizza chain...
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The reason Disney CEO Bob Iger loves working with startups
Disney is always looking for the next big thing. That's why the company is gearing up for the second annual Disney Accelerator program, a startup farm to connect founders with Disney money, Disney intellectual property, and perhaps best of all, access to Disney's team as executive as mentors, up to and including Disney CEO Bob Iger.
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Comcast, investor in Vox Media and Recode, could end up buying them both
Comcast has been engaged in halting negotiations to acquire Vox Media, according to several people close to the talks.
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Your Massive Guide to Small Business Marketing on a Budget
In this guide, we walk you through the key components to small business marketing on a budget, and the tips here won’t cost you an arm and a leg.
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How Successful People Work Less and Get More Done | Inc.com
A new study found that productivity per hour declines sharply when the workweek exceeds 50 hours, and productivity drops off so much after 55 hours that there's no point in working any more. That's right, people who work as much as 70 hours (or more) per week actually get the same amount done as people who work 55 hours.
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The attitude adjustment that leads to entrepreneurial success
A Quora user explains the one mindset that sets apart successful entrepreneurs.
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13 Podcasts for Growing Your Business | Inc.com
As podcasts rise in popularity, it's hard to know which ones to spend your precious time with. There are literally hundreds of thousands of business podcasts you can access from your phone at any given moment.
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14 Marketing Skills to Add to Your Resume in 2015
Digital marketing moves very quickly, and as a modern marketer, you’re probably gaining new skills by the handful. But what marketing skills capture an employer’s eyes in 2015? What sets their he…
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Ways Content Marketing is Going to Change in 2015
When you look at internet marketing, there is perhaps no single area that evolves faster or changes more frequently than content. From what you write and where you publish to how you disseminate that content and engage with readers, the ideology behind wh
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5 Marketing Mistakes I Made as a New Entrepreneur | Bplans
After years of working for micromanaging bosses, working ten-hour days, and feeling completely drained at the end of a workweek, my husband and I decided to call it quits. We left our jobs in the media world and started our own business, McEwen’s Media.
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The Right Way to Think About Content Marketing - Millennial CEO
The dream of hordes of customers flocking to business blogs in search of educational content to supplement their buying decisions fuels the content economy. Powered by storytelling, eye-catching visual elements, and favorable statistics, content marketing
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RadioShack Bankruptcy Auction May Include Customer Data - Fortune
More than 13 million e-mail addresses and 65 million customers' names and addresses are included in the RadioShack bankruptcy auctions.
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Entrepreneurs Can Pay It Forward Through Angel Investing
Small businesses play a vital role in fueling the economy, making critical contributions that help to keep our country alive. They’re crucial for job creation, responsible for two out of every three net new jobs in the country and pay for more than 44 percent of the U.S. private payroll.
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Getting People to Believe in Something They Can’t Yet Imagine - HBR
What would you do if you had a working prototype of a revolutionary tablet computer that was receiving rave reviews well before Apple came out with its iPad? Cancel further funding for the project in favor of developing an updated version of an existing company product? In hindsight that seems crazy, but it’s exactly what Microsoft did with its prototype “Courier” tablet.
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6 Simple Steps to Improve User Experience | Convince and Convert: Social Media Strategy and Content Marketing Strategy
These tips for optimizing user experience will help you avoid common mistakes and provide an engaging experience for visitors to your site.
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5 Ways To Keep Customers Engaged Before They Slip Away
Generating buzz around your product or service is great, but how do you keep hold of your customers? Shannon Byrne gives her top five tips.
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Apple's deal for HBO Now reminds us why cord cutting remains a misguided fantasy | VentureBeat | Media | by Chris O'Brie
Over a VERY long time, the cable bundle model will get disrupted. But over the next decade, even as streaming options continue to explode, these services will only nibble away at the edges.
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Conferences That Will Keep You Ahead Of Marketing Trends This Year - Forbes
Here are 15 conferences that allow entrepreneurs, marketers, and business owners at every level to learn from the best.
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3 Things Entrepreneurs Must Learn About Digital Marketing and PR
Running a lean startup doesn't mean ignoring the essentials of promotion in the online age.
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Samsung ordered to pay $16 million to a guy who admits he didn't invent Bluetooth
It's a mixed-up crazy world when it comes to US patent law.
The most recent case is a $15.7 million verdict against Samsung over Bluetooth — even though the winner admitted in court that he had nothing to do with the invention of Bluetooth.
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Adopt or Fail, 3 Essential Marketing Benchmarks - The Social Media Monthly
The following article has been made possible by a sponsorship from Marketo. Download the special ebook “Social Media for Lead Generation” here.
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How to transform your resume and cover letter for the better
A personality-pumped resume and cover letter can catapult someone's career.
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RadioShack Cuts The Cord After 94 Years, Files For Bankruptcy
RadioShack, after years of puzzling bottom-seeking stock investors on how it managed to stay in business, filed for bankruptcy on Thursday evening.
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How to rebrand without sinking the ship
Does your company need a fresh look and name? Check out these helpful tips to rebrand your company with ease.
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Mistakes To Avoid In Your Video Marketing | Social Media Today
One of the best ways to capture interest is video. Look around at all the people watching something on their phones! Who knew that one day we could do that? But those videos that folks are watching usually are ones that avoid these mistakes.
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10 Digital Marketing Templates for Lightning-Fast Execution | Liz O'Neill Dennison
Creating a steady stream of content that speaks to buyers and propels them toward purchase isn't always easy. Even if you have processes in place for understanding the content topics that resonate with your audience, it can be hard to craft them in a...
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SkyMall, known for kitschy in-flight catalogs, files for bankruptcy protection - LA Times
SkyMall , the company behind the ubiquitous in-flight catalogs known for kitschy items , filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday following struggles to reach passengers who are now immersed in their smartphones and tablets.
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Google to become wireless provider with Sprint and T-Mobile – reports | Technology | The Guardian
It’s still unclear when service will launch but offering discounted data plans would bring more customers online and pose a threat to major carriers
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How to Craft an Agile Marketing Campaign - HBR
Meticulously designed marketing campaigns are a relic. As research on disruption and market transitions suggests, you’re better off these days if you can quickly identify and adapt to changes in your environment. Sure, you can anticipate multiple outcomes...
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3 simple tips for winning the hearts of an online community
A passionate community is a powerful audience and ally for any brand.
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3 Ways Brands Are Marketing Nostalgia in the Age of Throwback Thursday
You know you're a '90s kid if companies are trying to win you over through memories of your childhood.
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The San Francisco Startup That Wouldn't Bite on $30M 'Shark Tank' Tease - ABC News
The three sisters who rejected the biggest "offer" ever on Shark Tank say they don't regret their decision to sell their dating app.
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What Your Business Should Learn from Shark Tank | Inc.com
Pitching your ideas to investors isn't the only thing you can learn from the hit show. Here are other best practices you can make your own.
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Top Brand Marketers Share What They're Gearing Up for in 2015
Marketing Strategy - Need some marketing inspiration for the new year? Check out what these top brands are focusing on in 2015.
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5 Questions to Help You Build a Strong Personal Brand | Inc.com
There's no separating you from your business, and you have to brand yourself accordingly.
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The most hated and loved tech companies of 2014, according to science | VentureBeat | OffBeat | by Gregory Ferenstein
Amazon rocks, according to science. Time Warner Cable — not so much.
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11 tips that will land you a job at a small company
If you’re hoping for a job at a business like the one I cofounded — Of a Kind, where a team of four sells the pieces and tells the stories of emerging designers — then here’s something you should know: The hiring process is very different from that of a company with a massive human resources division. So how do you get yourself noticed and employed? Below are 11 things that will make you stand out.
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Oops, I'm an Entrepreneur! 12 Signs You May Be an Accidental Entrepreneur | Melissa Escaro
I didn't think I wanted to be an entrepreneur; that was for other people. But it turns out that a lot of the values that were important to me were a huge part of that entrepreneurial spirit that had always been inside of me, just waiting to burst out...
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Five Ways to Make Holiday Marketing a Year Round Activity
Here are five ways that you can focus on improving business during the holiday season, and tips on how to continue these activities even after every gift has been opened and the leftovers are gone....
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7 ways to instill work-life balance at your startup
Building a startup culture with good work-life balance. When I started AppLovin, creating a strong family culture that instilled a good work-life balance was a priority for me and my co-founders. I have three young daughters, so balance and family is of the utmost importance to me, and I want to ensure that my employees are able to create the same balance.
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Top 25 Business Podcasts for Entrepreneurs
Podcasts are as easy to use as old-school radio but as specialized as blogs. Listening to them is one of the few examples of effective multi-tasking.
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Cheapest place to buy an iPhone? It’s not where you’d expect - MarketWatch
The price of an Apple iPhone is lower in Japan than in the U.S.
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Using Google Analytics to Measure Word of Mouth - SEO'Brien
One of the most difficult channels to effectively measure is the word of mouth marketing that exists on behalf of your brand. Influenced by
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Tasks Startup CEOs Should Always Outsource
It’s “go, go, go” in startup land. And whether you’re just beginning to bootstrap or hustling to get funded, your time is your most valuable asset.
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Selling Your Business at Your Price
No matter what valuation method you choose, plan your exit strategy for your company far in advance.
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The Death of Retail--And Perhaps A Resurrection
This article is by Oscar Yuan, VP at Millward Brown Optimor. In the business world, we often speak of disruption. Traditional businesses being shaken to their cores by factors like technology, being forced to rethink their businesses, approaches, or produ
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Apple admits iPhone 5 manufacturing flaw, launches sleep button replacement program
iPhone 5 owners experiencing issues with their device's sleep button can now get a free replacement from Apple.
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What Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Apple employees have in common
Recently, Google has emphasized that when hiring, it's putting less weight on where a graduate went to school. But for those who want to end up in Silicon Valley, going to school in California might be a boost. Using LinkedIn data, we took a look at
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Exclusive: The Rags-To-Riches Tale Of How Jan Koum Built WhatsApp Into Facebook's New $19 Billion Baby
Jan Koum picked a meaningful spot to sign the $19 billion deal to sell his company WhatsApp to Facebook earlier today. Koum, cofounder Brian Acton and venture capitalist Jim Goetz of Sequoia drove a few blocks from WhatsApp’s discreet headquarters i
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Restaurant's healthcare surcharge draws strong responses
I had breakfast at Republique on La Brea Avenue on Tuesday, and here's how the tab broke down:
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How to Start a Business With Student Loans and Not Go Broke
Launching a business when you have thousands of dollars in debt is a tricky move. Here's what you should know before you take the leap.
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Your Startup: The First 100 Days
Entrepreneurs are bound to make a few mistakes in the beginning, and some of those business owners are willing to share the valuable lessons they've learned along the way.
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Small Firms Are Making Big Bucks In The Analog Economy
Imagine if Tim Cook fired up the production lines and started churning out the Apple II instead of the latest Macbook Pro. The world would think he had gone barking mad. After all, what company in its right mind would decide to start rebuilding technology
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10 Startup Founders Tell Us: The Best Advice I've Ever Received
We asked 10 founders to weigh in on the best advice they received as new entrepreneurs. Take note of these (sometimes surprising) lessons for your own venture.
