Meet The Superstar Engineer At Sean Parker's New Gig, Airtime
Airtime, a video chat service that's like Chatroulette for Facebook, finally went live today after years of development. It's led by Napster co-founders Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning. Parker was also...
View ArticleAirtime May Have Sean Parker, But Here Are 7 Ways To Grab Attention For YOUR...
Napster co-founders Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning launched their new social video chatting platform, Airtime, this week, with celebrities and plenty of media coverage. Reviews are mixed about whether...
View ArticleMalcolm Gladwell On Why History Will Remember Bill Gates And Forget Steve Jobs
Author Malcolm Gladwell recently spoke at the Toronto Public Library's Appel Salon, and he had some interesting insights about entrepreneurs in our culture. "We venerate entrepreneurs in our culture,"...
View ArticleHere Are 7 Lessons From Richard Branson's Launch Into Space That Will Help...
With the anticipated first flight of Virgin Galactic ahead, entrepreneur Richard Branson has inaugurated a new market for space tourism, one that has already attracted 500 customers who have made...
View Article11 Ways To Quit Your Job And Be More Successful
The only way to secure your financial future is to work for yourself. At least that's what Scott Gerber, author of Never Get A Real Job. thinks. "Now, more than ever, you need to be entrepreneurial to...
View ArticleYou Can't Properly Lead Others Unless You Fail In Front Of Them
If no one follows you, you aren’t leading. You’re just blazing a trail. And that’s ok as long as you don’t expect others to help you make it to the finish line. Which begs a deeper question: How do...
View ArticleHow To Fix The Gender Gap In Technology
The United States has produced viable female presidential candidates, women athletes who command millions of dollars in endorsements, and the first female Nobel economist. Yet there is still no female...
View ArticleWhy It Sucks Being An In-House Chef At A Tech Startup
It sucks to be a chef for a startup, according to one chef, Jonas Luster, writing on Quora. Here's why: It is shit. Let me say this again: shit.I have never had such a job but I am friends with people...
View ArticleDAVID BROOKS: We Don't Have A Leadership Problem, We Have A 'Followership'...
Americans are strong advocates of individuality and equality, and that might be a huge contributor to current societal issues we're facing. In his latest column at the NYT, David Brooks says that our...
View ArticlePeter Thiel Is Paying These 20 Entrepreneurs Who Can't Even Drink Yet...
Every now and then, you'll find a brilliant entrepreneur under the age of 20 that has, say, already created nuclear fusion. Billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel has found that person, and 19...
View Article6 Skills Every Startup Team Needs
So many tech startups begin the same way: One founder, one dream and a plan to make it happen. Most businesses stay that way - there are many more solo entrepreneurs than business owners with...
View ArticleSECRETLY CANADIAN: These Tech Honchos Are From Our Neighbor To The North
While the majority of the biggest names in tech are from the United States, there are a select few who are from our neighbors to the north, Canada. Since you probably don't know who they are, we've...
View ArticleINSTANT MBA: You Need To Sell Out Without Selling Out
Today's advice comes from skateboarder Tony Hawk in his interview with Entrepreneur.com: "People don't call you a sellout until your stuff finally sells." When Hawk, a professional skateboarder,...
View Article9 Impressive College Students Every Tech Company Should Try To Poach
They're automating dorm rooms and becoming the world's youngest VCs. Meet 9 college students that tech companies should -- or are already trying to --- poach before graduation.Alice Lee spent four...
View ArticleSan Francisco Vs. Silicon Valley: Where Should You Build Your Business?
When Mark Zuckerberg left Harvard in the summer of 2004, he didn’t move his fledgling company to the mountains, or the Gulf of Mexico, or San Francisco, he moved to Silicon Valley. Well, Palo Alto to...
View ArticleHow Chobani Became A $750 Million Business In Only Five Years
The Chobani brand is widely credited with starting the Greek yogurt craze in the U.S. Consumers have gone nuts for it since the product hit shelves in 2007, and Chobani has grown into a massive force....
View ArticleINSTANT MBA: Look To Your Past To Figure Out What Works For You In The Future
Today’s advice comes from Alex Yoder, CEO of Webtrends, via Fast Company: “At Webtrends we undertook a bold new vision that would tie directly to the core tenets of what empowered us from the past. It...
View ArticleHow Chipotle Changed Fast Food Forever (CMG)
It is safe to say that Chipotle founder Steve Ells has rewritten the rules of fast food. It turns out that you really can serve sustainably sourced ingredients en masse. Since 2006, Chipotle's...
View ArticleThis Email With Mark Zuckerberg Started A Top Facebook Designer's Six-Year...
Jared Morgenstern is one of Facebook's top product designers, working on the e-commerce team after previously building the friend finder. Before Facebook, he was running a startup that was bought up...
View ArticleEntrepreneur Shares 3 Things You Need To Do Before Fundraising
The sneakerhead streetwear startup Soletron is currently in its seed round and co-founder A.J. Steigman says they're not "twiddling their thumbs waiting on investors." We caught up with the former...
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