Some of the most popular videos are how-to videos, and if you have a skill you want to demonstrate, you can make some decent money doing it. Now all you have to do is find the best video services to help you sell the most videos and make the most money. Here are the top three picks: 1. Uscreen This is a video-on-demand platform that lets you sell videos to customers....
Release that energy by tapping the touchscreen of your smartphone and challenge your friends in any of these five game apps recommended by yours truly: Tower Blockade If you like new challenges, Tower Blockade could be for you. It is a strategy game for quick-minded players in which defend your base from invasion by building a blockade of towers. It may sound like an easy task, but believe me, it isn’t....
The report by EY looks at the global venture capital investment landscape between the years 2006 and 2014. It looks at everything from the number of rounds of funding made in several industries, amount invested, average amount of funding size per round at various startup stages, and the metropolitan areas around the world where these VC fundings took place. By looking all that data, EY determined the countries where most venture capital investments took place....
Hot Eco Startups This Connecticut-based lawncare startup was founded in 2007. It’s selling point is environmentally friendly lawn care services. This includes the use of solar and battery powered lawn mowers. The company has been steadily growing over the past nine years as it promotes sustainable, organic lawn care, along with promoting the practice of growing food in place of large patches of grass. While this is and will likely remain a relatively small business, the concept behind it is exciting....
Multi-Channel Networks It’s no surprise that some businesses are interested in YouTube. A few of them are so interested that they create Multi-Channel Networks (MCNs) – affiliated third party service providers, connected and providing services to multiple YouTube channels. While these MCNs are not supported by YouTube or Google, some of them actually hold YouTube certifications, meaning they can be checked on YouTube’s Creator Services Directory. Being affiliated with one can bring several advantages to creators, as Autumn Asphodel explains in further detail:...
What Is A Mobile Application? A mobile application or mobile app is a software application. Basically, it is a computer generated program designed and developed to run on iPhone, Smartphones, tablets and many other mobile devices. Without doubt, the world has accepted the fact that apps are the way to get the most of the smartphones. So, it will be riveting to trace the history markups for the mobile apps development....
While everyone is wearing sunglasses, hats, and wearing their best poker face – everyone else is trying to read the situation and take into account all of the action on the previous hands to help them make a decision which is an important aspect of live poker. You need to remember what the guy sitting next to you did over the past 10 hands to help you make a decision on this close call, and if you didn’t remember what happened you’re out of potentially critical information....
When I relocated to San Francisco, we happened to rent our Paris apartment to an American family and I remember perfectly what their little girl told me when I asked about her experience after a year in a French school. She felt it was not so great because it was always about what was wrong, never about what was right. Similarly, it seems that whenever we have to address the French or Parisian tech startup scene, everyone thinks they’re being asked to criticize the system and highlight what doesn’t work....
The ban, which came into affect after a long running feud between the US and Huawei, concerning security issues, has led to some US companies finding creative ways of sidestepping the US governments orders. Here’s how it’s happening and what it means. What’s Happening? The industry-leading tech companies still dealing with Huawei, including Intel and Micron, have reportedly figured out how to dodge the ban, and that’s by”avoiding labeling goods as American-made,” the New York Times reports....
NYC-based startup Twitgram is making Twitter a much more functional tool. Twitgram lets you not only send files, but you can send and share messages over Twitter privately, create chat rooms to privately tweet with a group, and organize your tweets. I have told a couple of people about this startup lately, and they are really intrigued. So am I. I think this is another startup to not only watch, but with major staying power and huge potential....
As the first COVID-19 deaths were reported, there was a 99% increase in consumer interest in VPNsThere was a 74% increase in VPN interest on 13th August, the day President Trump first said he might ban TikTok When the postponement of the Olympics was announced, there was a 78% increase in consumer VPN interest Say what you will about 2020, but it wasn’t short of global news. Events of the past year have had an upending impact on so many elements of daily life, but this has extended to our online privacy, too....
Hiring and Outside Web Development Firm The advantages of hiring an outside web developer are pretty obvious. First off, building the website for your business can be a time-consuming task. Having an outside team handle this will free you up to tackle the other important things your company needs to devote time and energy to in order to survive. But before you go out and hire an incredible web design team, take the time to decide what’s the most important priority for your company’s limited budget....
Perhaps more obviously, Nike is using a more straightforward strategy to encourage their fans to move from physical stores to online shops. In one of the most visible business trends, Nike started prioritizing its web shop years ago and is still focused on strengthening their online sales channels. Jason Gube, founder of Six Revisions notes in a report by Crucial: “To illustrate how Nike is prioritizing their website, in some Nike retail stores, they actually have computer stations logged into Nike....
This guide is going to show you the key characteristics your startup needs to get the success it deserves. Grim Determination If your business strategy is to find some rich venture capitalist to fund your wacky ideas, forget about it. You need to have the determination and the grit to build up your company from the bottom. Look at the following statistics to discover the reality of things. 90 percent of all startups still bootstrap their way to the top....
The Job Description I reached out to Sumit Nijhawan, CEO & President of the data solutions company Infogix, for a little more background on the CDO’s duties after receiving the company’s sheet of 2018 data trends, which highlighted the CDO’s rise. Here’s what he had to say in an email statement. So what’s powering the rise of the Chief Data Officer? The growing important of the information assets that they manage....
This leads some business professionals to go into areas they do not fully understand, like learning how to leverage IT platforms to better manage business processes. When tackling this problem, Business Process Management (BPM) should be used: a management discipline and a set of technologies that provides support to the process management. The term BPM encompasses how business processes are studied, identified, changed, and monitored, in order to ensure they run smoothly and can be improved over time....
And if we look at the area historically, Boston was the original home of the Venture Capitalist – yes, before the valley existed the way it does today. So it’s no surprise Boston has a lot of venture capitalist firms and accelerators, including TechStars Boston and the impressive MassChallenge program. It also houses a number of co-working spaces like the Cambridge Innovation Center and its Cambridge Coworking Center, The Venture Cafe and Dogpatch Labs, making it a true playground for early stage companies....
Of course you’ve heard of it. Because it’s been around for 27 years and continually getting bigger. Because it’s home to world class parties, music, talks, and personalities. Because if you’re a tech startup, it’s where you go to breakout. To follow in the footsteps of Twitter, Foursquare, and Uber. And when making a SXSW splash is the goal, no platform provides as much water as Tech Cocktail’s Startup Celebration at SXSWi 2014 sponsored by ....
In addition to the unique perks, millennials in particular are flocking to these burgeoning companies for a wide variety of reasons. Whether it’s because of trust, politics, or social impact, there is no telling what this shift could mean for the future of business. Transparency The new generation of workers demands transparency in the workplace. While this is difficult to find in a large company, it’s just the “nature of the beast” when it comes to startups....
Remote workers face multiple challenges on a regular basis, which include but are not limited to isolation, constant interruptions, unannounced guest, technical glitches and time zone differences. It’s obvious that all these issues leave them frustrated and underperforming. However, a few studies contradict this common belief. One of the most remarkable studies done to measure telecommuters’ performance was conducted by Stanford University. Led by Professor Nicholas Bloom, a team of scholars performed a Work From Home (WFH) experiment in 2012-2013 at CTrip, a NASDAQ-listed Chinese travel agency....
