Courage Even though it is most often advised to restrain yourself from risky moves and only play safe, sometimes this is simply not an option. When you decide to start a company, it is time to make bold decisions. This requires a highly developed sense of intuition and a great amount of courage. More often than not, your entire livelihood will be on the line which can make this decision even riskier....
Now, with public interest gaining momentum, smart home technology is poised to go far beyond smart sensors and individual gadgets. The future of the connected home is quickly becoming all about seamless integration, convenience, sustainability, and automation that can interact with personal health and living preferences to improve our lives. Support and Security From Alexa to Siri, the world is fairly familiar with the power of artificial assistants. The next step for these helpful personalities is artificial intelligence (AI)....
Adestra, an email marketing company, utilizes software to maximize client marketing ROI. It’s already competing with heavy hitters in the industry such as Adobe and Oracle. Marketing tech is becoming increasingly important to businesses and startups because it helps establish longevity, relevance, and consumer appeal to brands. Even the ones that are just starting out can benefit from utilizing marketing strategies that can best help build their brand. Marketing tech, although it’s a relatively new field, is still going to impact advertising in a major way....
According to a recent study from ZingBox, over 70 percent of healthcare IT network providers believe that the traditional security solutions used to secure laptops and servers are sufficient to secure IoT connected medical devices. And while you might shrug this off as only affecting a small number of healthcare facilities, 90 percent of healthcare IT networks have IoT devices connected to them Cybersecurity is a major problem for everyone, not just the healthcare industry....
The good news is, there are many things IT teams can do today to make their jobs more efficient tomorrow. For employers, the best way to have a top-notch IT team is to think like an IT worker. This means understanding the skills they need to have, from maintaining data storage, security and integrity, to database design and management. Aside from specific tasks IT workers need to know how to complete, they must be abstract thinkers who are able to solve algorithmic problems with ease and confidence....
This annual ranking has been compiled by Corporate Knights Capital since 2005 and judges corporations on 12 metrics: Energy productivity: How much revenue they make per unit of energy Carbon productivity: How much revenue they make compared to greenhouse gas emissionsWater productivity: How much revenue they make compared to water use Waste productivity: How much revenue they make compared to waste generatedInnovation capacity: Percentage of revenue invested in R&DTax paid as a percentage of EBITDA Ratio of CEO pay to average worker pay Pension fund status: A measure of whether corporate plans are underfundedSafety performance: Number of fatalities and related incidents Employee turnover Leadership diversity: Gender diversity of the board of directors and senior managementClean capitalism pay link: Whether and how executive compensation is tied to sustainability performance...
Facebook, for example, decided in 2008 that its mission was to “help you connect and share with the people in your life.” The vision was grand and amorphous, with no clear indication of how or why Facebook would carry out its mission. However, in recent years, there have been precious few startups with such grand ambitions from an early stage. Of course, neither this original mission statement, nor its current one, actually reflect how Facebook profits as a business — it primarily sells adverts to users....
Across-the-Board Appeal The idea that the sharing economy is only for young people is a myth. For sure, it was pioneered by millennials but today everyone is using its services – including the older and more affluent. An excellent example of this is home swapping. Startups like CasaVersa offer people the chance to exchange their homes, making vacations not just more affordable but more authentic. It’s not just 20-somethings who are swapping their homes in a quest to see more of the world, anyone who’s sufficiently trusting and open-minded can partake....
With this in mind, we can’t stress enough how important it is to launch email marketing campaigns that are optimized for mobile devices. Just think about it: how well are your emails being read on mobile devices? If your answer revolves around “not much,” “somewhat,”, “could be better” or “I do not know”, then take a look at these five small “secrets”, that will absolutely boost the optimization of your email marketing strategy for the mobile era....
While new companies have been created, Kauffman Foundation CEO Tom McDonnell doesn’t believe they have necessarily benefitted the economy the way new businesses should. The Foundation’s annual State of Entrepreneurship report, which was published Wednesday, introduced three practices that could maximize the economic benefits generated by new business formation. 1. Immigration Reform: Research shows a strong propensity of immigrants to start new companies that are both high-tech and high-growth. However, legal barriers prevent many of these potential job creators from moving here....
Take a look at these startups revolutionizing education technology: Admittedly Admittedly is an online college advisory platform with free tools for high school students, parents, and guidance counselors. It offers college prep curriculum to help students improve their chances, and manage their applications. Counselors can access free tools to monitor students’ progress and send reminders. Education Elements Education Elements helps innovative school districts nurture every student’s potential by working with districts to create personalized learning environments....
According to The Economist, the top ten largest corporations in the world (based on market capitalization, the total market value of a company’s outstanding shares) have done some serious shuffling in the last ten years. In 2006, Exxon Mobil enjoyed the top spot, with General Electric and Gazprom nipping at their heels. Energy and financial institutions dominated the list. In fact, ten years ago, the only tech company that broke the top ten was Microsoft....
Fortunately, the startup community is on the job. With all the power of entrepreneurship at their backs, companies around the country are doing their part in building up homeless people in a way that will set them up for success in the future. These are not charitable organizations; these are companies that are supporting the skill sets of the homeless to give them a fresh startup in society. Take a look at a few companies below that are doing their part to make life a little better for homeless people in this country....
After making several strategic changes and tweaking their business model, things started to turn around. The team grew from four to 22 employees in just nine months, working alongside more than 200 startups in the past two years. Better yet, the Hares didn’t have to move their family into a camper. After their entrepreneurial rollercoaster ride, Jake and Belinda knew they wanted to do something to help early-stage entrepreneurs avoid those same pitfalls....
Via Tweet and Facebook post, Sir James Dyson announced to his employees “that we’ve begun work on a battery electric vehicle, due to launch in 2020.” In an interview with The Street in 2016, Dyson CEO Max Conze indicated that they were continuing to work on developing stronger batteries, “Some of the technologies we are working on, such as solid state [batteries], are a leap from today, and like all transformational technology it’s all very challenging work — if it were easy, somebody would have done it already....
Tea, on the other hand, is right up my alley – I love everything about it. In fact, since Starbucks bought out Teavana in 2012 for $620 million, tea drinking has been on the rise in America: Forbes reported that younger Americans are ditching coffee for tea because of the purported health benefits. You can imagine my delight when I first heard about Rosali Tea, a monthly subscription box that employs a taste preference algorithm....
While no one wants to lose their phone, these apps can help you find them fast without cost. Prey The best part of this app is that it is cross-platform. That means you can track your lost Mac on an Android phone, and that’s pretty cool. If your Mac, iPad, or iPhone goes missing, you can track the location and even make snapshots of the thief via both the front and back cameras....
Tunedly is an online recording studio that brings musicians together that actually know what they’re doing. By providing a digital marketplace for musicians, in addition to the high quality recording and production values, musicians are able to focus on what really matters: making beautiful music that people actually want to hear. This kind of innovation is crucial to the music industry. While the marketing side of things has been in constant flux for years, the production process has been a stagnant hellscape of wasted time and squandered opportunity....
Here’s what Reuters had to report on the news: The move makes sense: If flying cars are going to be the future of transport, we’ll need a self-driving system. After all, four-way stops create enough accidents when we can only drive forwards and backwards. Imagine a flying bus shifting down a lane from directly above you. “Chief Product Officer Jeff Holden also said Uber would begin testing proposed four-passenger, 200-miles-per-hour (322-km-per-hour) flying taxi services across Los Angeles in 2020, its second planned test market after Dallas/Fort Worth....
Here’s TestM CEO, Eden Cohen, with a few of the best tips concerning the dos and don’ts of selling your smartphone on the secondary market. The Big Three All those different locations for reselling iPhones can be overwhelming. Is there a best overall option? And if you go for Craigslist, there’s a couple ways to ensure you sell as quickly as possible. First, make sure you get a lot of data in your listing....
