“Organized crime is exactly that – organized,” said Marc Goodman at this week’s O’Reilly Strata conference, “especially in the field of cyber crime.”
Goodman knows a thing or two about crime. He started off as an LAPD streetcop before starting …
Zynga keeps spreading its bets around. It announced today that it is launching its Hanging With Friends game to Android mobile devices. The title is the fifth that the social game maker has launched on Android in recent months.
The …
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Google offered some insights yesterday into its innovative, data-driven HR process. “All people decisions at Google are based on data and analytics,” said Kathryn Dekas, a manager in Google’s “people analytics” team, speaking at O’ Reilly Strata. Those decisions cover …
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Over the last few years, we’ve witnessed the worst U.S. economy since the Great Depression. While we are in a recovery period, this recovery does not appear to be off to a strong start. And yet start-ups are still being …
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(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany. This story originally appeared on his blog.)
Foreign visitors to Silicon Valley continually mention how willing we are to help, network and connect …
The pivot — it’s quickly become one of the most hated, worn-out words in the entrepreneur’s vocabulary.
Business model flopped? Pivot! Can’t get users? Pivot! Lukewarm reaction from press and investors? Rebrand and pivot!
Fab.com CEO Jason Goldberg pivoted in …
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(Editor’s note: Scott Edward Walker is the founder and CEO of Walker Corporate Law Group, PLLC, a law firm specializing in the representation of entrepreneurs. He submitted this column to VentureBeat.)
For the past few months, I’ve been exploring some …
A decade ago, I remember reading a cryptic email from my colleagues in New York about “the attack.” I turned on CNN and saw a gaping hole in one of the World Trade Center towers.
I asked my wife to …
Here’s the latest from VentureBeat’s Entrepreneur Corner.
Why governments don’t get startups – Government entrepreneurship policies might sound like a good idea, but serial entrepreneur Steve Blank notes they’re generally doomed to failure, since (with one exception) governments fail to …
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(Editor’s note: Riley Gibson is co-founder and CEO of Napkin Labs. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.)
Some of the worst product flops in history started as big ideas.
Crystal Pepsi was billed as the here and now of colas, …
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(Editor’s note: Andrew Filev is founder and CEO of Wrike. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.)
It’s hardly uncommon to collaborate with colleagues scattered across the globe these days. And it’s likely to become even more a part of doing …
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(Editor’s note: Rob Marano is president and CEO of InDorse Technologies. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.)
With the rising tide of WikiLeaks-style attacks and increasingly sophisticated hackers, it’s more important than ever to be especially diligent in protecting your …
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(Editor’s note: John Amato is CEO of Marketsharing. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.)
In the highly competitive world of attracting and retaining the best and brightest employees, it’s understood that salaries, health care and vacation time top many perk …
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(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany. This story originally appeared on his blog.)
Not understanding and agreeing what “Entrepreneur” and “Startup” mean can sink an entire country’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.…
Here’s the latest from VentureBeat’s Entrepreneur Corner.
Should you use an investor’s lawyer? – It’s not uncommon in Silicon Valley for investors to suggest their clients to simply use their attorney – and it’s not illegal, either. However, attorney Scott …
Futurist Ray Kurzweil believes that health and medicine are going to benefit in the next two decades from what he calls the law of accelerating returns. That idea comes from Kurzweil’s 2005 book “The Singularity is Near,” and it reflects …
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(Editor’s note: Razor Suleman is CEO of I Love Rewards. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.)
Despite the dire numbers in the national unemployment rate, the tech job market has not only recovered – it’s booming. Employers now find themselves …
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(Editor’s note: Rebecca M. McNeill and Mayssam H. Ali, Ph.D are attorneys at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP. They submitted this story to VentureBeat.)
All things end – some happily, some less so. That’s especially true in the …
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Vinod Khosla‘s advice for entrepreneurs is to ignore the experts and invent the future you want. That’s what he told the graduating class of Singularity University last week in a closing speech.
He said entrepreneurs will catch a lot of …
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(Editor’s note: Greg Collier is the founder and CEO of Geebo.com. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.)
It’s no secret: Times are tough and there’s economic uncertainty on the horizon. And when that happens, everyone – from consumers to businesses …
