Florida startup boldly sets sights on moon

In part due to its compact size, MX1-E can be launched by the new Electron rocket manufactured for $5 million by American startup Rocket Lab. It launches from facilities in New Zealand. There are still three test flights before the launch of MX1-E, of ...and more »

Silicon Valley entrepreneur moves to Ghana and raises $4.8m

Since repatriating to Ghana, Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur, Paul Owusu partnered with tech entrepreneur Kojo Sarpong to form LOGIQUE, tech accelerator and parent company to tech products Stack, SmartLobby and Coast. The products provide a wide ...and more »

Court says politicians can't block people on social media

A federal court in Virginia just handed down a verdict that could affect a lawsuit against the president for blocking users on Twitter. US District Judge James Cacheris has ruled that Phyllis Randall, chairwoman of the Loudoun County Board of ...

Carwow, a UK startup that helps you buy a new car, raises $39M Series C

Carwow, a platform that helps you buy a new car, has closed $39 million in Series C funding. The round was led by new investor Vitruvian Partners, with existing investors Accel Partners and Balderton Capital also participating. At today's exchange rate ...and more »

Social media increases popularity of South Dakota sites

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - Technology and social media have turned little-known natural spots in South Dakota into not-so-secret tourist destinations, to the dismay of some locals. The Rapid City Journal reports that one such spot includes a natural ...and more »
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/30/social-media-increases-popularity-of-south-dakota-/

Entrepreneur buys Schuil Coffee Co

in Grand Rapids
The company will begin its next chapter under Volkema, a West Michigan native and entrepreneur, who recently returned to West Michigan with his wife and three school-age children. "I've always been a passionate coffee drinker myself," Volkema said.

I'm going to do exactly what this travel startup tells me to do

I'm gearing up for another trip, but instead of taking a sleep pod bus, I'm flying (like a normal person) to Berlin. I'm going with my mom, who has never been out of the country, so I want to make sure it's a good trip. That's where Journy, founded by ...and more »

PR: Social Media Is Buzzing About This Summer's Hottest ICO – Karbon

This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material. Bitcoin.com does not endorse nor support this product/service. Bitcoin.com is not responsible for or liable for any ...and more »

High schoolers pitch the products of tomorrow at entrepreneur camp

The three girls were part of the Junior Tiger Cage Entrepreneurship Camp held this week at Auburn University. The camp, hosted by the Raymond J. Harbert College of Business, was a weeklong experience for ninth and tenth graders who learned about ...

This Startup Investor Just Offered Brilliant Advice for Wannabe Entrepreneurs

Here It Is in 1 Sentence
Here It Is in 1 Sentence. It all comes down to this: Whose permission do you think you need before you'll allow yourself to be successful and follow your dreams? By Bill ...

10 Tips for Creating an Online Marketing Strategy to Consistently Bring in Customers

Creating an online marketing strategy to get more customers can be a great step for your business. But creating an online marketing strategy that will help you consistently bring in and keep customers can help you keep your business going for the long run.

Down to Business: Consulting firm uses training to guide companies to goals

What does this business do? "(We help) people achieve professional excellence through training, coaching and consulting services in the areas of leadership, professional appeal, communication and sales effectiveness," group partner Kaleen Barbera said.

These are the 5 largest advertising agencies in Greater Baltimore

With 116 full-time local staff, Jellyfish Online Marketing bumped up to the No.1 spot on this year's List of largest advertising agencies in Greater Baltimore. The agency's clients include CarFax, Total Wine & More, Walden University and Samsung Display.

Another Example of Bad Sales Training

Key in the words “sales training” into Google, and you will get ~31.1 million results. Let's just face the facts, with 31.1 million results, you are going to get a lot of bad information. It is a lot like fake news. A perfect example is the meme shown ...

5 Ways Powerlifting Trained Me to Be a Better Entrepreneur

Aside from my job as an entrepreneur and CTO, I'm an avid powerlifter who helped pioneer the sport in Israel. To get started, I approached strangers at athletics competitions all over the country and tried to sell them on the idea of a sport they had ...

Facebook totally dominates the list of most popular social media apps

That Facebook rules over these specific types of apps is significant, because social media platforms are particularly powerful for advertisers that want to target people's interests as precisely as possible. Not surprisingly, putting ads in front of ...and more »

Mattress startup Purple merges with NY shell company in $1.1 ...

Purple, a Utah-based mattress startup announced today it will merge with Global Partner Acquisition Corp (GPAC) in a deal that would value the company at ...and more »

Entrepreneurs Shouldn't Be Too Entrepreneurial With Their Own Wealth Planning

The majority of an entrepreneur's wealth is typically in her shares or ownership interests in her business. Nearly every wealth management planning system fails to flag that when they provide a 360-degree of the entrepreneur's personal wealth. Without ...

Family's Terror Lawsuit Against Social Media Giants Goes Before Judge

The family of a young woman killed in a Paris terror attack two years ago is accusing social media of helping fuel such attacks in what could be a groundbreaking lawsuit. The controversial case involves the family of Long Beach college student Nohemi ...and more »

Andrew Paulson, Chess Impresario and Serial Entrepreneur, Dies at 58

Andrew Paulson, an expatriate American serial entrepreneur who became a media mogul in Moscow and envisioned transforming world chess into a sports extravaganza, died on July 18 in London. He was 58. The cause was complications of lung cancer, ...

Spider Silk Startup Spins Into Retail By Buying an Apparel Company

Now that the startup owns Best Made Company, Widmaier believes it can further improve its technology and create additional products beyond shirts or ties by acquiring a company that can sell its goods directly. It's also a branding opportunity for Bolt ...

To thwart the trolls, social-media sites should require users' real names

If you criticize a company on the Internet, do you have a right to keep your identity hidden? A California appeals court ruled the other day that businesses have to prove online comments are false and financially harmful before they can unmask ...

Survey results: Here's what 376 marketers say is working in online marketing

Last year, I attempted to answer these questions with an original survey I called “What Works in Online Marketing,” and I walked away with some interesting revelations about the state of the industry. Now that it's a year old, I figured it was time to ...

Meet the fake news of the online marketing world (that Google loves!): Review sites

... web development, site audits, App Store Optimization, inbound marketing, infographic design, medical SEO, multilingual SEO, online marketing, video marketing, voice search optimization, and web marketing? They also rank highly in Canada and the UK.

Don't Measure The Easy When It Comes To Internet Marketing

Anyone saying we can't directly measure this type of return from Internet marketing, is just saying it's too hard, we'll chase numbers instead. Lawyers developing business do not have a hard time knowing where their new business is coming from. Ask them.

On-demand delivery startup Jinn pulls out of all “other markets ...

Jinn, the U.K. same-hour 'shop on your behalf' delivery app, has pulled out of all markets outside London, TechCrunch has learned. According to sources, the ...

How social media and technology are changing the lives of the elderly

She didn't appreciate the powerful impact of social media until one day she was overcome with curiosity and typed her maiden name, “Morpurgo,” into her Facebook search bar. Not expecting to find anything, it surprised her when she discovered distant ...
http://www.wral.com/how-social-media-and-technology-are-changing-the-lives-of-the-elderly/16839848/

This Japanese Entrepreneur Is Building The Satellite Infrastructure Of The Future

This article is part of a profile series where I speak with space entrepreneurs and others connected to Asia to find out more about their businesses, and Asia's role in the space technology sector. To read more, click here. This profile features Yuya ...

Top judge: Social media is a threat to justice

Chief Justice Susan Denham said concerns over social media were “widespread and real” and that new laws were needed. Her comments follow concerns during the Jobstown trial over the use of social media by supporters of the seven defendants and the ...

Five Lessons Homelessness Teaches You About Entrepreneurship

I've always had an entrepreneurial spirit, but life taught me to play it safe. While my early career in radio was far from unconventional, if we're going to be honest, something inside of me always knew that I didn't belong there. To be an entrepreneur ...

On-demand delivery startup Jinn pulls out of all “other markets outside London”

Jinn, the U.K. same-hour 'shop on your behalf' delivery app, has pulled out of all markets outside London, TechCrunch has learned. According to sources, the startup shut down operations in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds as of ...

Why This Entrepreneur Scaled Back His No

1 Product
I'm a local entrepreneur, you're a local entrepreneur -- can't you help me?” Calagione had heard this before. 60 Minute IPA was his most popular beer. It was the sort of hit craft brewers would kill for. And yet he tamped down on production. He turned ...

Startup hub builder Factory plans gargantuan new campus in Lisbon

This year Lisbon is roaring along with noted startups like Uniplaces, Aptoide, Farfetch, Seedrs and Unbabel putting the Portuguese capital on the map. Vast annual startup conference Web Summit arrived last year with 53,000 people, and entrepreneurs and ...and more »
https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/25/startup-hub-builder-factory-plans-gargantuan-new-campus-in-lisbon/?ncid=mobilenavtrend

Alt-Ac Conversations and Social Media as the New Smoking

"I have to wonder if someday there will come a time when social media will become the pariah of our social circles. That the dude off in the corner consuming his Instagram feed will be looked at the same as the guy standing at the street corner sucking ...
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/alt-ac-conversations-and-social-media-new-smoking

Small-business sales: Job-training firms worth more than medical

... Property Casualty Underwriters purchased Wyoming-based Polestar Performance Programs Inc. for an undisclosed sum, to provide sales training. The only Pennsylvania firm on the list, the biotech/pharma/medical-device training company Learnaboutgmp, ...

Meet the fake news of the online marketing world (that Google loves!): Review sites

... web development, site audits, App Store Optimization, inbound marketing, infographic design, medical SEO, multilingual SEO, online marketing, video marketing, voice search optimization, and web marketing? They also rank highly in Canada and the UK.
http://searchengineland.com/meet-fake-news-online-marketing-world-google-loves-review-sites-279589

Sailor Bingo join hands with Mediacle to boost their online marketing

London, July 2017: Sailor Bingo, one of the UK's most popular Bingo sites announced today its partnership with London based digital marketing agency, Mediacle to boost their online marketing activities. Sailor Bingo offers a copious amount of games to ...

Singapore Startup Takes Bitcoin Into Real World With Visa

Start your day with what's moving markets in Asia. Sign up here to receive our newsletter. A recurring challenge for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is how to make them work in the real world. A Singapore-based startup says the answer is its Visa card.

Disney's Split With Jake Paul Spotlights Challenge for Social-Media Sensations

Actor and vlogger Jake Paul had a good thing going: a burgeoning audience for his antics on social media and a group of die-hard fans who enjoyed his presence on the kooky Disney Channel program “Bizaardvark.” Playing to both crowds, however, may ...

The dream of Polish tech entrepreneurship is almost over ...

Poland has worked diligently over the past decade to become an entrepreneurial powerhouse. Once home to businesses focused primarily on app design and..and more »

Destination entrepreneur: Five women, five cities

Businesses are increasingly global but where you live can make a difference, particularly if you are a woman. According to research conducted by Dell and published last week at the Dell Women's Entrepreneur Network Summit, certain factors can have a ...and more »

While Fighting The Odds, Fiona The Hippo Became A Social Media Star

Fiona the hippo was catapulted into social media stardom from the day she arrived on the planet. The baby hippopotamus was born at the Cincinnati Zoo earlier this year. At the time, she was six weeks premature and weighed only 29 pounds. While that ...and more »

TechCrunch Startup Battlefield is coming to a new continent: Announcing Australia!

TechCrunch is headed to Australia to find the most disruptive early stage startups poised to compete on a global stage. How? We are bringing TechCrunch's Startup Battlefield to Australia this year in partnership with ELEVACAO. Many are familiar with ...

6 Honest Truths About Failure That All Entrepreneur Should Embrace

One of the biggest factors holding back new and aspiring entrepreneurs is the fear of failure. The reality is that the vast majority of successful entrepreneurs have, at one point or another, failed at some kind of business challenge. Personally, I ...

Is Social Media a blessing in disguise?

I don't know about others but social media has on many occasions engaged me in useful debates, allowed me to catch up with friends, families, and their statuses, through photos, audios, videos, and vice versa. On the other hand, social media usage has ...

Hyderabad Has All The Ingredients To Become India's Next Startup Hub

Think startup in India and its Bangalore or Gurgaon that come to mind, but of late, the city of Hyderabad is making inroads as a major destination for entrepreneurs in India. Spearheading change. A report by NASSCOM titled Indian Startup Ecosystem ...

The questions almost no startup founders ask | TechCrunch

The following is a chapter from Ryan Holiday's new book, The Perennial Seller, a fascinating look at what it takes to help books, tech projects and art that..and more »

In a Startup and Cash-Out World, One Silicon Valley Restaurant Keeps It Homespun

Tim Diebert has been a regular at Hobee's Restaurant in Palo Alto for the past 30 years. “I believe in good food. They have great food here,” Diebert says. He's especially partial to the chorizo scramble with onions, garlic and runny scrambled eggs ...

The Trump administration delayed a rule meant to help people launch businesses in the US — here's what that means ...

On July 11, the Department of Homeland Security delayed the International Entrepreneur Rule, six days before it was set to go into effect, until March 14. The DHS had approved the Obama-era rule, intended to make it easier for foreign entrepreneurs to ...and more »

Social Media Is More About The Connections Than The Information And Likes

A week ago, I talked with a lawyer friend across the country whom I met and got to know through social media. We talked about his wife's serious illness. I felt good to be there for him. He told me it felt like talking to a brother. Lawyers are often ...

Survey results: Here's what 376 marketers say is working in online marketing

Last year, I attempted to answer these questions with an original survey I called “What Works in Online Marketing,” and I walked away with some interesting revelations about the state of the industry. Now that it's a year old, I figured it was time to ...
http://marketingland.com/survey-results-heres-376-marketers-say-working-online-marketing-220219

Fox Valley dog, stuffed hippo become social media stars

GREENVILLE - It started with a July 7 social media post. That was 3½ weeks after Hank, a 4½-year-old chocolate Labrador, and his inseparable fuzzy purple hippo arrived at Fox Valley Humane Association. The pair needed a new home, and the shelter was ...
http://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/local/2017/07/21/fox-valley-dog-stuffed-hippo-become-social-media-stars/500329001/

During a Time of Disruption, Entrepreneurs Should Seize Opportunities

Instead of stoking fear, this disruption could become a secret weapon for entrepreneurs willing to seize the opportunity. Case in point: Entrepreneurs in the fashion industry. Fashion is a multitrillion-dollar industry, with most U.S. design and ...

Understanding The DNA of an Entrepreneur

As entrepreneurs, we tend to do things differently. We don't like working for other people - the corporate world doesn't (or hasn't) worked for us. We get bored easily and our minds are always running. Some of us didn't do that well in school, but we ...

Social media prankster earning 7 figures made neighborhood a war ...

Jake Paul has 8.7 million followers on YouTube and 8.6 million followers on Instagram. To get those followers, the 20-year-old social media star does stunts with ...and more »

This startup is quite literally Airbnb for pets

In the digital world, there is one certainty: if there's a need, sooner or later (and probably sooner) there will be an app for it. Digital technology has revolutionized, streamlined and enhanced just about every area of our lives. And now it's time to ...

This social media platform is the worst for cyberbullying

While social media is a great way to socialize with friends and family, it can also be a magnet for hecklers. Unfortunately, Instagram has more cyberbullies than any other platform, according to new research.