Here’s why the phenomenon will only grow in the future. The Latest Example: ThredUp’s New Stores ThredUp has been an e-commerce company since 2009, and it just added an offline store in San Marcos, Texas. Four more locations across the nation are planning to debut before the year is up. The clothing seller, which operates in second-hand goods, sees now as the time to dip into offline locations. Another Great Offline Branding Opportunity: Event Planning Online companies have far more data, and far more ways to target audiences with that data....

That campaign went so well – $48,000 pledged of a $19,000 goal – that she decided to make some changes and bring it back for this year as well. From the campaign: Currently live on Kickstarter with 13 days to go, the campaign has over 16,000 backers who have pledged over $450,000 of a $10,000 goal! Billed as the one place for all your thoughts, the 2015 Passion Planner is about half the size as last year’s offering, but still provides the overviews and check-ins that the original passion planner was created around....

Venturing into the world of biotech presents a world of opportunity for tech entrepreneurs both new and old. Why Biotech May Be Your Best Option Unless you’re a scientist in the field, chances are biotech isn’t your first thought when searching for your next business opportunity. But its academic sheen belies the many business possibilities of an industry that recorded a record $2.3 million in venture capital investments in the second quarter of 2015....

Change brings about winners and losers. Winning not only requires an understanding of the current landscape, but what it will look like in the weeks, months, and years to come. To help you win, I reached out to a group of entrepreneurs and thought leaders to share their best predictions for the tech and startup worlds in 2014. Their insights are below. 18 Tech and Startup Trends for 2014 (Tweet this article)...

Yes, you read that right, Ticketmaster has been fined just $10 million for using stolen passwords and URL guessing to access the confidential data of a rival. We don’t know exactly which rival it is (court documents kept it confidential) but what we do know is that competitor Songkick sued Ticketmaster in 2015 before going bankrupt. So how was Ticketmaster able and allowed to hack its rival? Why was nothing done at the time?...

As Hsieh has explained before, the Downtown Project grew out of a plan to move all Zappos’s employees under one roof. A space became available in downtown Vegas – the former city hall – and Zappos started asking employees what amenities they wanted in a campus. When they realized that one campus couldn’t fit doggy day care, a bar, a gym, and the dozens of other requests, they started looking outward to the surrounding community....

According to research done by Rotten WiFi, the United States of America is shockingly absent from the top 20 countries in public WiFi speed. Apparently having the most WiFi networks in the world (more than 50 million) has side effects when it comes to delivering speed to users of public internet. Europe is the most impressive in this category, taking a majority of the top spots. Lithuania – Average download speed 16....

As a part of his field work for the Kauffman Fellows Program (not to be confused with Kauffman Foundation), Aziz Gilani from DFJ Mercury, working in partnership with Tech Cocktail and the Kellogg School of Management, set out to determine the best startup accelerator programs in America and rank them. Assisting in the evaluation effort were Professor Yael Hochberg and MBA Candidate Kelly Quann from Northwestern University. Together there were numerous interviews with VC’s, Angels, and program graduates performed and then the data was aggregated....

Below are seven cost-effective and affordable analytics tools that can help you monitor, optimize, and grow your startup. ClearStory Data As the name implies, ClearStory Data will tell the story of your brand with the help of various data sources.It combines external data from your industry as well as internal data from your business to deliver specialized predictive analytics. It also provides collaborative “StoryBoards” – perfect for remote startups that communicate on the cloud....

Jeff Lawson, CEO of the cloud communications platform API Twilio, kicked off at the company’s annual SIGNAL Conference in San Francisco with a keynote address emphasizing how important software developers are to the core of the Twilio mission (to “fuel the future of communications”) and to improving the world overall. To continue to fuel the developer’s fire, the team at Twilio has been hard at work on launching a new end-to-end experience for prototyping, building, and debugging Twilio apps....

Both had previously been removed from Twitter for breaking the platform’s rules, and publishing offensive content. Now though, it seems all that is forgiven and forgotten. Twitter has been in turmoil since Musk’s $44 billion takeover – the return of these two controversial public figures is unlikely to help. Trump Back on Twitter Donald Trump constantly lived on the edge on Twitter, repeatedly making statements that appeared to be untrue and without citing sources....

Here’s the statement, presented jointly from both the Department Of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Election Security: The statement also mentioned the noted scanning and probing of “election-related systems,” but explained that they were “not now in a position to attribute this activity to the Russian Government.” Also of note from the joint statement: an explanation of why American citizens should not fear a hack impacting the actual ballot counts of the election itself....

More than 20 companies raised funding rounds worth at least $150 million in 2014. CB insights compiled the 20 largest tech financings that took place in 2014. Despite the many controversies in which it found itself in the past year, Uber has continued as a major player on the tech scene. So much so, in fact, that it takes up the first two spots in this year’s largest tech funding rounds; in June, the company raised $1....

There are many tools currently available to achieve a parental presence wherever you are – even if you’re just sitting in the next room. One tactic being frequently utilized is using FaceTime or Skype to monitor your kids. In fact, the FaceTime Babysitter is a term being thrown around quite a bit lately. However, with new technologies popping up all the time, it’s important to know the best use for these devices....

The Facebook protest is centered on Facebook’s lack of response to violent posts by President Trump, and its comes during ongoing nation-wide protests against systemic police brutality. While employees have voiced plenty of dissent internally, today’s walkout marks a new, and previously unheard of, step for the social media giant ⁠— or more specifically, for its own employees’ attempts to hold it accountable. What a Virtual Walkout Looks Like Thanks to Facebook’s pandemic response, the company’s protesters needed to get creative....

NEO3DO is a 3D tablet that converts 2D content into 3D, enabling users to see this 3D content without the use of stupid 3D glasses. Funded in part by an Indiegogo campaign earlier this year, the NEO3DO tablet aims to be an improvement over past 3D tablets, at a better value. While it functions much like other, regular tablets on the market, NEO3DO was intentioned to provide a more robust learning experience in the education market through the provision of this 3D experience....

Who should read this: Entrepreneurs thinking about raising angel funding, or in the process. Elevator pitch: This book gives you the perspective from the other side of the negotiating table: what angels look for in a startup, including the perfect elevator pitch, what you have to demonstrate about yourself and your idea, and how to prepare for due diligence. Authors: Brian Cohen is the chairman of New York Angels, the first investor in Pinterest, and the cofounder of Launch....

The scary thing is that this technology and growth has only scratched the surface. Believe it or not, but someone is accessing the Internet for the first time in their lives, every single second. It’s not just people accessing the Internet, it’s also every facet of the Internet as well – such as the amount of emails being sent out, videos being created and uploaded to YouTube, web sites created, and pretty much anything else you can think of....

— Jeff (@ThatDoorman) August 10, 2015 According to the blog post written by Page: The new company will encompass a collection of companies, including Google, but will also enable them to showcase things unrelated to the initial Google brand, including its various [Google] X lab initiatives such as its drone delivery project, Wing. Things like Google Capital and Google Ventures will now simply be renamed Capital and Ventures respectively and fall under Alphabet....

On the other hand, turning it into a viable and profitable business takes time and money. How much? That is the question of the day. On average, it can take around four years to turn a new venture into a real business. Yet, it can take up to 10 years to ensure it is as successful as you initially had in mind. When it comes to securing investments for your company, the time frame can vary based on your network, fund availability, and preferences....