As a psychologist, I have always found the concept of speed dating fascinating. In fact, some years ago, I decided to try it myself.
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My first entrepreneurial venture was Your Career Is An Extreme Sport, a career-advice book I wrote in 2007. In addition to reporting and writing the book, I was pretty much solely responsible for promotion, marketing and sales. (The publisher handled distribution.) I did just about everything wrong that time around.
Read More »How Apple’s Lion Mauls Competitors And Feasts On Their Ideas For iOS [Video]
Today, Steve Jobs unveiled tons of new features-- Twitter integration, iOS 5, iCloud --but what many Apple fanboys are talking about instead are the number of apps that Apple appears to be co-opting.
Read More »IBM Offers Cash-Strapped Mayors A Smarter City-In-A-Box
A plug-and-play system for cities that want the benefits of real-time data crunching, without the big bills required to become a true city of the future.
Read More »Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: HopStop
How this door-to-door directions, mapping, and route-planning service uses customer feedback to drive innovation and success. As we process applications for the 2011 Inc.
Read More »No Fake: Krossover Brings Data Analysis To High School, College Sports
Vasu Kulkarni is using his computer engineering and entrepreneurship degrees to elevate the playing experience for high-school basketball teams. | Photograph by David Yellen Startup Krossover is bringing number-crunching technology to high-school athletics. DATA ANALYTICS has recently become a red-hot trend in professional sports
Read More »Apps That Make Your iPad Work Like a Laptop
You’ve taken the plunge and invested in an iPad. Like millions of others, you love it. It's light and keeps a remarkable 10-hour charge
Read More »5 Tips for Hiring a Translator
Finding a professional translator who is truly skilled can be a daunting task. Here are five great tips to help you find a qualified linguist for the job
Read More »5 Ways "X-Men First Class" Is Like A Startup Business
How do you reboot the concept of a reboot? With a director who values originality, leadership, a strong team, and the power of rabid fans to say whatever the hell they want (as long as they're saying something). Sound like any successful entrepreneurs you know
Read More »Groupon Is The Next Google (Unless It’s The Next Webvan)
There was a lot of snickering Thursday after Groupon announced an IPO valuing it at $30 billion. But the company might actually be worth a lot more than people think. It didn’t take long after Groupon filed for an IPO Thursday that valued the company at $20 billion for the snark to start flying around the web.
Read More »Don’t Talk About Fish, Talk About Saving Pristine Oceanfront Property
How to get people to care about ocean conservation: a realtor's perspective. You have to talk to people where they live. So, if people aren't concerned enough about the slow destruction of our oceans and seashores, stop talking about fish and let them know that their beloved ocean view isn't going to be around much longer
Read More »What Apple Will Show Us On Monday: Code, Clouds, And Steve Jobs
Apple's World Wide Developer's Conference kicks off on Monday, with Steve Jobs giving the keynote address.
Read More »Do You Need Recurring Revenue?
John Warrillow, author of Built to Sell, answers questions from readers about building a sellable business.
Read More »Summer Hours: HR Policy Highlight
Summer hours can be a perk with more bang for your buck than more traditional employee benefits.
Read More »Grown-ups Use Twitter! Apple May Soon, Too
Pew's latest survey shows Twitter is growing up, getting used more, and appealing to more older users. It's also a mobile affair for everyone half the time. With rumors Apple's about to integrate it, this could all become more significant
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