Startup Business

Uber's IPO Has No Clothes

There's no way I can cover all of Uber's misdeeds in this column -- but I'll try to provide some highlights.

CFOs betting big on AI, machine learning, robotics process automation as business goes digital | ZDNet

A Grant Thornton survey of CFOs found finance leaders will invest in emerging technologies with real returns on investment.

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What VC funds wish your startup knew about their selection process

Venture Capital is a competitive game, so understanding the VC process is integral to your success. There’s no doubt that some qualities are non-negotiable for VC funds. VCs want to see a large and growing market, a highly capable team, a deep understanding of the strategy around the startup’s product or solution, and a high …

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Blockchain: Back To The Drawing Board?

Over recent years, blockchain has been hyped as one of the most important developments for carrying out failsafe transactions of just about any kind, the future of all transactional systems. Can we question blockchain without fear of looking ignorant or a technophobe?

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Starting a Small Business? This $20 Class Will Teach You How to Help It Thrive.

Barry Moltz shows students how to establish profitable, sustainable ventures across 15 hours of content.

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Why are Machine Learning Projects so Hard to Manage?

I’ve watched lots of companies attempt to deploy machine learning — some succeed wildly and some fail spectacularly. One constant is that…

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The 25 most attractive start-ups to work for, according to LinkedIn

These young companies are luring in some of today's best talent.

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44 enterprise startups to bet your career on in 2019

From cloud computing to devops, these are the startups that are poised to make waves in 2019.

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50 Small Business Ideas for Beginners - Small Business Trends

Launching your first business can be a daunting undertaking. Lower the pressure by considering these 50 small business ideas for beginners.

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11 Fears Every Entrepreneur Must Overcome

It wouldn't be an adventure if it wasn't scary.

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Building a great startup requires more than genius and a great invention

Many entrepreneurs assume that an invention carries intrinsic value, but that assumption is a fallacy.

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Blockchain could change retail, and you won’t even notice

The technology behind bitcoin is coming for retail, making for fewer counterfeits and faster product recalls.

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Billion Dollars Or Bust: A Scorecard Of Whether 75 Promising Startups Became Unicorns

Since 2015, our Next Billion-Dollar Startups list has highlighted 25 companies near unicorn status. How have those businesses fared? Many succeeded. Some skidded out. A few blew up.

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The Next Billion-Dollar Startups 2018

Forbes, in partnership with TrueBridge Capital Partners, has searched the country for 25 startups that have a strong shot at reaching a valuation of $1 billion or more.

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Not Technology But A Business Model Makes A Startup Dominate A New Industry

Every new industry such as Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, AI or Blockchain, brings revolutionary technologies to the world, but often startups in the first wave fail to commercialize. The reason for this is a missing business model in a space where customer needs are initially uncertain.

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