In literature, the unicorn is a mythical creature that’s rarely seen. In the business world, however, a unicorn was originally defined as a software company based in the United States and “valued at over $1 billion by public or private market investors.” The expression was coined by Cowboy Ventures founder Aileen Lee back in 2013. […]
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Venture capitalist Kyle Lui says that there are a lot of exciting innovations coming to the world of e-scooters. Lui says that there will be larger batteries that will be swappable and where there will be ride-sharing style incentives for people to charge and relocate the scooters. Companies like Lime and SPIN, which was recently
Personal transformation guru and popular author Deepak Chopra has partnered with LivePerson to provide insights on demand through Amazon Alexa. “I have this little microphone attached to this little phone and I just speak out to what I’m thinking and what my intention for the day is,” says Chopra, “It’s recorded here and it goes
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Legendary investor and political activist Tim Draper says that instead of getting on the case of Elon Musk, we should be thanking him and other transformational entrepreneurs such as Steve Jobs and Travis Kalanick. Draper also suggests that Elon Musk probably should have just taken Tesla private in order to avoid the myriad of rules
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Entrepreneur and marketing genius Gary Vaynerchuk (GaryVee) produced a short video on how positivity and truth and saying yes lead to success. “People don’t get it,” he said. “When you’re positive, when you’re happy, it’s not fluffy bullshit, it’s not like oh, you’re drinking the kool-aid. It’s being practical to understand that yes always beats
Should social media companies be held liable for creating products that make people hate each other? Harvard Law School Distinguished Fellow Vivek Wadhwa says yes they should. Wadhwa says that tech companies should be held liable for creating defective products and he specifically names WhatsApp and Facebook as defective. Harvard Law School Distinguished Fellow Vivek Wadhwa
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Uber is preparing to launch a new on-demand staffing business ahead of its first initial public offering. Called Uber Works, the new business could show prospective investors that the company can be a strong and lucrative platform for on-demand services. Uber is banking on the fact that their “on-demand” transportation model was a huge success.
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Marketing guru Chris Brogan offers some advice on how to make interesting videos for business owners that produce YouTube videos: The Medium Requires You to Amp it Up One detail that I see repeated over and over and over again in your YouTube videos is that you forget that this medium requires you to amp
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Even successful entrepreneurs can be scammed, just ask Shark Tank investor Robert Herjavec. In a recent Inc. video clip (below), Herjavec explains how the sales manager of his first startup scammed him out of business. Robert Herjavec of Shark Tank and founder of The Herjavec Group on how he was once scammed by an employee
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The best form of marketing by far is word-of-mouth marketing because it is not only free but inherently viral. Internet marketing pioneer Neil Patel dives into word-of-mouth marketing in his latest video and in a simple way explains how every entrepreneur can attain this holy grail of marketing by just providing a product or service
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