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Feed SubscriptionLessons Learned as FamiliesGo! Launches
What happens when parent-travel website FamiliesGo! goes live. I have officially launched FamiliesGo! We decided we would open the site to the public on a Friday, so we’d have the weekend to let Google AdSense, the advertising placement service we’re using, come online and “acclimate” its ads to our content before publicizing on Monday
Read More »Red Hot Redbox Seeing 40 Rentals Per Second: Infographic
Only days after reporting $363.9 million in quarterly revenue and $79 million in operating income, up 34% and 99% year-over-year, respectively, DVD kiosk company Redbox has released some more impressive figures. With more than 27,000 kiosks spread across the country, the Coinstar-owned service is now seeing an average of 55 million monthly rentals and up to 40 rentals per second. That's a lot of movies circulating for a service that requires a trip to the local grocery store.
Read More »More Female Angels Equals Bigger Investments
When an angel investor group has more than 10 percent women, the number or size of investments increases, says new research.
Read More »Pay Yourself and Prosper
Too many entrepreneurs neglect to make themselves a priority in their own business.
Read More »With Americans Coming Around To Soccer, Is U.S. Domination Around The Corner?
In the latest installment of the Butterfly Effect, we look at what might happen if interest in soccer continues to grow: TV deals, a World Cup victory, and the American Dirk Nowitzki. 1. The Rise Of The Other Football U.S.
Read More »Netflix Hits 25 Million Subscribers, $789 Million Revenue, Responds To Price Backlash
The numbers for Netflix's second quarter are in, and despite recent criticism, the company's not too far from hitting its mark. Subscriptions are up by 1.8 million, to more than 25 million global subscribers, an increase of 70% year-over-year, while global revenue hit $789 million, a 52% uptick from the same quarter last year--though slightly less than the $791 million analysts had expected
Read More »Apple’s Next Big Conquest: Business
Apple appears to be gearing up for a fresh assault on a market it's never done hugely well in: Enterprise.
Read More »A Better Way of Conducting Layoffs
No company owner ever wants to conduct a layoff.
Read More »Bank Of America Releases First Corporate Social Responsibility Report
The company touts its environmental investing and shrinking carbon footprint and--oh yeah--how it's working to fix the housing crisis it helped start.
Read More »Mapping The Clean-Tech Economy
What's up with all those green-collar jobs we keep being promised? A new report shows they aren't necessarily where you would think they'd be.
Read More »Is the Oil and Gas Industry Getting a Bad Rap?
I’ve been researching the oil and gas industry lately. This industry has a negative stigma attached to it as being very environmentally insensitive. Granted, oil spills and gas leaks aren’t helping the industry’s image.
Read More »Apple Just Sold Its 15 Billionth App
And it has made close to $6 billion in revenue from app sales.
Read More »SceneTap Lets You Check Out The Bar Scene Before You Even Haul Your Butt Off The Couch
The local bar scene has always been a mystery. Step into a pub on any given night and you might get a bro-filled fratfest dominated by Polo-clad Murray Hillers. Another evening could attract a smaller, older crowd, shouting out answers at trivia night.
Read More »Case Study: Firing the Best Friend
With business on the rocks, Susan Southerland was cutting back on everything. Could she really fire her best pal?
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