Failure Is A Feature: How Google Stays Sharp Gobbling Up Startups
I stepped out of my car in the parking lot of Google’s Mountain View headquarters and, not having a clue which way to go, started following the man ambling down the sidewalk wearing a very odd...
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What It Feels Like When Your Former Employer Tries To Kill Your Startup
As expected, Salesforce.com yesterday announced a couple of soon-to-come new products, including a cloud password management service that takes aim at startup Okta. It's called Salesforce Identity and...
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INSTANT MBA: Don't Focus Everything On Aggression And Competition
Today's advice comes from our interview with John Harthorne, Founder and CEO of MassChallenge: "You create something that doesn’t exist now that is valuable to society and in return, they pay you or...
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23-Year-Old Turns Down Big Money From Mark Cuban
When Derek Pacque was a student at Indiana University, he'd often go to the bars. As the weather turned colder there was always a decision that weighed heavily on his mind: Should he wear a coat out...
View ArticleThere's A Crucial Difference Between Ideas and Opportunities
Ideas are a dime a dozen. Opportunities are much more important. An opportunity is an idea that’s passed the test of planning. It has potential. You can implement it. An opportunity has some of the...
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Quora, The Startup That Threatens Journalists The Most
Growing up, I was that little annoying kid who asked my parents too many questions. I was an experimental learner who was curious about everything; it must have driven them crazy. After years of my...
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Startup Coach Shares The Biggest Mistake Founders Make When Scaling Up
In an overcrowded market, startups need to stand out more than ever before. A bright idea will no longer carry a company; it's all about execution. To learn how to scale up — and what mistakes to...
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LinkedIn Has Left A Gaping Hole That Startups Are Scrambling To Fill
Yes, LinkedIn is a massive company. But it's most useful for professionals who use traditional resumes and want office jobs. It recently launched a feature that lets its users upload a few samples of...
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Two Of LA's Buzziest Startups, BeachMint and ShoeDazzle, Were In Talks To Merge
BeachMint and ShoeDazzle are both flashy fashion startups in Los Angeles that have raised gobs of outside capital -- $73.5 million and $60 million respectively. Recently, both have experienced...
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Sean Parker: 'Now Is The Most Toxic Time Ever In Silicon Valley'
After a splashy, star-studded launch in June backed by $33 million in VC funding, Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning's startup Airtime hasn't gone anywhere. A few months in, it only has about 10,000...
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The Toughest Lesson An Employee Can Learn
Sometimes people don't give themselves enough credit. But if you work in a demanding job, it's easy to give yourself too much credit. It's easy to think, "This company wouldn't run without me." But...
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4 Ways That Social Fashion Startups Are Changing The Retail Industry
In October 1995, the phrase “fashionista” burst onto the national scene in an Associated Press article calling fashionistas “the fashion mafia”—people who fly to New York each year for Fashion Week....
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How A Flower Startup Is Turning A 25-Year-Old Into A Revenue-Generating Machine
Zach Brown had never been to Chicago. The first time he stepped foot in the windy city was when his employer, a 70-person flower delivery startup in New York, sent him to launch its third branch...
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Why Jeremy Hitchcock Waited 11 Years To Raise $38 Million
Dyn is an old-fashioned American tech startup success story. After 11 years of growing a business he started in college by—wait for it!—making money from customers, CEO Jeremy Hitchcock raised $38...
View ArticleThe 2012 Digital 100: Companies In A-Z
1. 10gen 2. 360Buy 3. AddThis 4. Airbnb 5. Alibaba 6. AppNexus 7. Apptio 8. Aricent Group 9. Automattic 10. Bloomberg 11. Box.net 12. Break Media 13. CafeMom 14. Conduit 15. Coupang 16. Coupons.com...
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THE DIGITAL 100: The World's Most Valuable Private Tech Companies
Welcome to the DIGITAL 100: The World's Most Valuable Private Tech Companies! In the past two months, we have evaluated hundreds of private tech companies and ranked the top 100 by value. Our rankings...
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INSTANT MBA: Without Great Customer Service, It Doesn't Matter How Good Your...
Today’s advice comes from Dave Hare, VP of Global Service at Ooyala, an online video technology provider, via his interview with Business Insider: “I think one of the mistakes a lot of the young...
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What It's Like When A Startup Is Launching A Major New Product
Most consumers never know how much work goes into big product releases at tech companies. Even an app that looks slightly altered to the average user can take hours of grueling work for development...
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America Is Not The Entrepreneurial Capital Of The World
America's entrepreneurial streak as one of the things that, theoretically, is supposed to make us exceptional as a country. At least it is if you listen to most politicians. But how do we actually...
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What Are The Odds Of Your Startup Succeeding? [INFOGRAPHIC]
With all the successful entrepreneurs making headlines these days, it may appear that anyone can launch a company — which is true. But before you quit your job to launch the next Facebook, it's...
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