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Developers and gaming companies see the social-networking giant's new app-discovery platform as a boon for business. In a move that is sure to make many app developers happy, Facebook this week launched its App Center, which aims to help users find apps to use on Facebook.com, iOS, Android, and the Web. The new platform let users can browse apps by category and find out which apps their friends are using
Read More »To Thine Own Brand Be True
In order for people to buy into your brand, you have to know who you are. You must convey to them that you truly understand the problem you are trying to solve and that you care about their experience. But, unfortunately, startups don’t always think about this from a consumer perspective.
Read More »‘Gray divorce’: Why are more seniors separating?
Psychotherapist Dr. Robi Ludwig writes about the phenomenon of older couples divorcing
Read More »Make A Web Troll Cry: Watch This Video
This musical ode to those nasty web commenters known as trolls is a bit, well, trollish and NSFW in itself.
Read More »Leadership Lessons From the World’s Top Cop
Collaboration--or lack of it--can determine whether an enterprise survives or fails, William Bratton told an audience at the Inc.
Read More »5 Ways to Win With Creativity
Stuck in a rut? Josh Linkner shared a few ways entrepreneurs can boost their teams' creativity, and use big ideas to beat out big competition. "Stop competing on price and start competing on imagination," Josh Linkner told attendees at the Inc
Read More »8 Big Opportunities to Tap in Water
It's a low-cost commodity, but make no mistake--there's money to be made in water. Water entrepreneurs are problem solvers who look at global issues like water scarcity and failing infrastructure and see opportunity.
Read More »Why Entrepreneurs Will Never Bet the Favorite
A look at the intersection of calculated risk, the minds of entrepreneurs, and why the best business owners make long shot bets. I'll Have Another had a chance to become the 12th horse in history to become a Triple Crown winner, a feat that has not been accomplished since 1978.
Read More »4 Reasons to Love the Facebook IPO
Contrary to popular opinion, the IPO was good for the company and investors.
Read More »Cracking The Venture Capital Glass Ceiling
The founders of True & Co. put lacy thongs in the swag bags at a mostly male tech conference; their eyebrow-raising approach to launching caught the eye of a few women investors
Read More »Keep Your Passwords Safe: 5 Rules
The lesson from LinkedIn's data breach? Most online passwords are easy nuts to crack.
Read More »This Week In Bots: When Dying Alone, A Robot’s Cold Comfort Can Be Oddly Comforting
Bot Vid: Jogging With A Drone Joggobot has been in development for a while, but is all
Read More »Stop Killing Your Credibility: 3 Tips
Are you aware of the little ways you damage your reputation and your business? Here's how to maintain your self-respect and that of others. I'm sure you have either heard or said at one time or another the phrase, "Do as I say, not as I do." The phrase is so overused, in fact, that people generally consider it to be clich
Read More »Medical Innovation Needs Silicon Valley Speed, Stat
I’ve been directing or advising innovation and commercialization efforts in Silicon Valley for most of my career. While the popular stories we tell about innovation usually focus on eureka moments and brilliant individuals, anyone involved in successful innovation knows that getting a new product to market is often more about convincing smart people to back your idea, corralling lots of different agendas, aligning incentives, and navigating bureaucracies.
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