Google Glass Could Be The Next Big Innovation In The Doctor's Exam Room
Doctors and nurses scribbling notes by hand or manually entering patient information into a computer may soon be a thing of the past.Nashville-based startup Octovis, Inc. is working with doctors to...
View ArticleYahoo Buys Israeli Video-Streaming Startup RayV
Yahoo announced Friday it has bought an Israel-based startup specializing in streaming high-quality video to computers and mobile devices.Yahoo did not disclose financial terms of the deal to acquire...
View ArticleThese Are The Hottest New Startups To Watch This Year
A lot of hot new startups have already launched this year. Business Insider has identified some of the most promising startups that got started in 2014, that have potential to make a dent.Some of these...
View ArticleHow To Engineer Your Own Luck
Luck is a critical component of startup success, but it's misunderstood. While the unlucky blame fate, the lucky act as if their success happened by accident.It turns out that some of the luckiest and...
View Article6 Traits Of Indispensable Employees
Here's the Danny Meyer school of thought on how to make a traditional service business into an enlightened, customer-centric hospitality mecca: Put your employees first and shareholders last to create...
View ArticleBackupify CEO Tells Recent Grads To Stop Complaining About Work-Life Balance
Each year, as spring turns to summer, and thousands of Boston-area college graduates flood the streets wearing caps, gowns and huge smiles, I reflect upon my own 22-year-old self and wonder what I...
View ArticleThe Founder Of FedEx Saved The Company From Bankruptcy With His Blackjack...
FedEx, the world's first overnight delivery company, delivers more than 1.2 billion packages every year in over 220 countries. Yet, in its early days, founder Frederick Smith was so desperate, he had...
View ArticleThere's A New Weapon In The Battle Against Robo-Advisors
Real, human investment advisers have been quietly suffering in recent years as younger investors have flocked to web-based, automated investment advisers like Betterment and Wealthfront.A new startup...
View Article5 Warning Signs A Startup Company Is A Terrible Investment
A company that’s not growing is dying. This is an unpleasant reality that comes with the capitalist system, and it’s especially harsh for smaller or newer companies. Between concerns over debt,...
View ArticleThese Are The Avoidable Mistakes Startup Founders Make Again And Again
Editor's note: This post originally appeared on Quora, as an answer to the question, "What are avoidable mistakes that first-time entrepreneurs make repeatedly?"1. Stop drinking your own Kool-Aid.If...
View ArticleReal Estate Tech Startups Have Raised More Than $700 Million Since 2012
Commercial real estate technology startups aren’t just shaking up how the industry works – they’re also raking in plenty of cash from investors. And New York-based firms are starting to receive more of...
View ArticleHow This 23-Year-Old Sold His Startup For Millions Before Graduating From...
From the moment Dan Shipper stepped foot on the University of Pennsylvania's campus, he knew he wanted to learn how to build a real software business with paying customers and steady revenue. He passed...
View ArticleSomeone Keeps Breaking Into San Francisco Startups
Someone might be burglarizing San Francisco startups, San Francisco Chronicle reports.Two downtown San Francisco companies have reported several break-ins as recently as last week, and security footage...
View ArticleThere's Literally A Clothing Line At Banana Republic Called 'The Startup Guy'
Do you want a look that says “work hard, play hard, disrupt hard”? Well, then, the Gap’s Banana Republic has all the business casual you can handle, lovingly called “The Startup Guy.”The fashionable...
View ArticleWhy This New York Tech Startup Makes Everyone's Salary Transparent
One of the unspoken traditions of corporate life is keeping salaries secret. If, for example, an employee somehow discovers that a coworker with the same job is paid $20,000 more, a fiasco may...
View ArticleHow To Start A New Business In 10 Days
The decisions you make in a split second can be just as valuable as the ones you spend days, weeks or months mulling over. If you've decided that you want to start your own company, seize the day and...
View ArticleSquare's Cash Advance Program Is Funding 10,000 Merchants
Payments startup Square has been piloting a new program called Capital, which fronts small businesses a sum of money and lets them pay it back once they start making money.Square spokesperson Faryl Ury...
View ArticleTech Startups Like Taskrabbit, Uber, And Zaarly May Be The Future Of Work —...
Like many of the other tech companies – Lyft, Zaarly, Fiverr– that have gotten bucketloads of venture capital to match underemployed people with no-commitment gigs, TaskRabbit taps into an existing...
View ArticleHow One Man Earns Up To $1,000 A Week By Standing In Line
Good news: You may never have to wait in line for Shake Shake, Cronuts, or iPhones, ever again.Robert Samuel, New York-based founder of Same Ole Line Dudes (SOLD Inc.), will wait for you.Samuel is a...
View ArticleThese Six Companies That Started In Garages Are Now Worth More Than $25 Billion
All of these renowned companies have proven that success truly depends on determination, faith, and hard work. No matter where you start your business or how much money you originally put into it,...
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