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For many big nontech companies, the best way to innovate quickly is to fund startups that pioneer their future business.
Read More »5 Tech Rules Entrepreneurs Should Live By
How you use technology not only reflects on you personally, but also on your company and its reputation. We now have the possibility to be connected continually: text messages, emails, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn… all of which can be accessed from our smartphones, our iPads, our computers.
Read More »5 Tech Rules Entrepreneurs Should Live By
How you use technology not only reflects on you personally, but also on your company and its reputation. We now have the possibility to be connected continually: text messages, emails, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn… all of which can be accessed from our smartphones, our iPads, our computers
Read More »Be Like Mark: 8 Ways To Emulate Facebook’s Zuckerberg, The Unlikely Leader
Whether you love him , hate him , or are just a little jealous of his newly minted multi-billionaire status, you have to admit that Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook , has made some visionary leadership moves. In less than 10 years, Zuckerberg’s taken an idea for an online social network from his Harvard dorm room and delivered it into the homes, offices, pockets, and purses (via mobile phones) of 845 million users around the world
Read More »Be Like Mark: 8 Ways To Emulate Facebook’s Zuckerberg, The Unlikely Leader
Whether you love him , hate him , or are just a little jealous of his newly minted multi-billionaire status, you have to admit that Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook , has made some visionary leadership moves. In less than 10 years, Zuckerberg’s taken an idea for an online social network from his Harvard dorm room and delivered it into the homes, offices, pockets, and purses (via mobile phones) of 845 million users around the world. Last year, more than half of Facebook’s users logged in every single day, spending a whopping 4 hours and 35 minutes posting, reading updates, and “liking” more than 2 billion posts a day
Read More »How to Accomplish the Impossible
Genius sometimes just means not realizing that something is impossible. A college student arrived a few minutes late for his final exam in mathematics. The room was quiet, with everyone working hard, and the profes
Read More »Votizen Brings The Empowerment Of The Internet To Elections
Before political campaigns were all over blogs, Meetup.com, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook, there was USA.gov, cofounded by David Binetti in 2000. The site, which was the platform for the first ever webcast from the Oval Office, is now the U.S
Read More »Votizen Brings The Empowerment Of The Internet To Elections
Before political campaigns were all over blogs, Meetup.com, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook, there was USA.gov, cofounded by David Binetti in 2000. The site, which was the platform for the first ever webcast from the Oval Office, is now the U.S. Government's official portal
Read More »Building an iPad Rival: Crazy or Brilliant?
Most would say you'd have to be crazy. But this Chinese gadgetmaker proves being crazy can make you $100 million a year
Read More »6 Start-ups Betting on the Super Bowl
Is $3.5 million for 30 seconds of fame worth it? These businesses are putting it all on the line during Super Bowl XLVI. Some make you laugh , others (attempt to) make you cry.
Read More »The Secret to Attaining Work-Life Balance
As our business grew, I started neglecting my family and friends--and no advice seemed to help bring balance.
Read More »The Secret to Attaining Work-Life Balance
As our business grew, I started neglecting my family and friends--and no advice seemed to help bring balance. That is, until I read this passage. Is attaining balance really possible in an entrepreneurial environment?
Read More »Get Faster & More Flexible: 5 Tips
Sometimes, "perfect" can be a problem. Here's how to make your company more nimble. We have a common saying in my company: You can either be slow and perfect or fast and good
Read More »Get Faster & More Flexible: 5 Tips
Sometimes, "perfect" can be a problem. Here's how to make your company more nimble. We have a common saying in my company: You can either be slow and perfect or fast and good
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