Angel Investor Jason McCabe Calacanis Explains Why Large Angel Funds Exist
These Questions originally appeared on Quora - the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights.Answers by Jason McCabe Calacanis, Angel investor...
View ArticleHow I Built A Side Business While Studying Dentistry (And Scoring GPA 3.92)
Studying, working and having no time to enjoy your life... Maintaining a high GPA nowadays is painful. Building a business to support yourself, and your family is even harder. You've got competitors...
View ArticleThis Visionary May Completely Disrupt The Tech Industry As We Know It
When Thorkil Sonne and his wife learned that their son had autism, they worried that he would face an uncertain future, where he would be constantly misunderstood and never be able to lead a normal...
View ArticleHow to Get Your Team's Creative Juices Flowing
We dream big, set goals, and then work, work, work to achieve them. But we soon learn a simple truth: we can't do it all by ourselves. We need help and accepting help often requires a dose of...
View ArticleThe 5 Best Content Marketing Tools You Aren't Using
Admit it: you're pretty sick of hearing why content marketing is a must-do strategy. I am too. Too many so-called "marketing strategists" tout content marketing's benefits without actually explaining...
View Article5 Tips to Help You Make the Most of Your New Venture
In San Diego, CA a local business owner is using technology to help build up a new project, that is already reaping rewards. Billy Canu, an Entrepreneur and Investor, launched Plumber Tom a month ago,...
View Article5 Things Strong Communicators DON'T Do or Say
Strong communication is not about the bluster, but the luster. As a leader, your everyday conversations should shine. Strong communicators don't ...Pretend Their Power Belongs to Someone Else. You...
View ArticleWhy Entrepreneurship Is Like Raising a Child
This article originally appeared on Forbes.com I recently became a parent for the second time. And I've now started several companies -- one that failed, one that did all right, and one that is...
View Article[Y] FACTOR, a Continued Questioning of What Young People Can Do
Young successful start-uppers together with experts on innovation coming from local and regional authorities came together at the 3rd edition of [Y] FACTOR. The conference, hosted and organized by the...
View ArticleJohnson & Johnson Proposes a "Fat Tax" On Businesses
If today were April 1st, you'd think what you are about to read was completely made up. Unfortunately quite the opposite is true. At last week's Davos conference, Johnson & Johnson (J&J)...
View ArticleThe Fourth Industrial Revolution Meets the Sleep Revolution
ROME -- Last week more than 2,500 global leaders from more than 100 countries came together in Davos for the annual World Economic Forum. The dominant topic of discussion this year -- both inside the...
View ArticleTechnology: Promoting Purpose + Profit in New and Existing Solutions
Albert Einstein maintained that "the significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." We live in a world where we can now track where and...
View ArticleThe Other Entrepreneurs: The No-Nonsense Barbers of the Netherlands
Schorem is an old-school, men-only barbershop in Rotterdam, specializing in traditional haircuts and hot towel razor shaves. Most of its staff members are tattooed, and each has his own slick...
View ArticleThe For Profit Healthcare System
My son had a rough go of it the first year of his life. He had multiple ear infections, to the point we had tubes put in to help drain all the puss continually building up. Insurance didn't cover much,...
View ArticleYou Should Ask Your Coworker How Much They Make. Right Now
Something we can do right now to combat pay inequality in the workplace is talk with our co-workers about our salaries. While Congress works to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act to address the multiple...
View ArticleStudy: Companies With Strong Female Leadership Perform Better. Now What?
Do women in business impact the bottom line? Yes. A 31-page research report, published in November 2015, indicates that yes, indeed, more women leaders equal more profit. More than 4,000 public...
View ArticleWill the LGBT Community Be Able to Retire?
Mario Fernandes: FlickrIs there a Pending LGBT Retirement Crisis? While the LGBT community is benefiting from increasing financial prosperity and legal recognition, many economic challenges hit us...
View ArticleThinking About Selling Your Company? Here Are 5 Things You Need and 1 Thing...
"I'm thinking about selling my company - I need a valuation." That's how many conversations begin. I had one again recently. It was in a conference room with the president of a privately-held company....
View Article10 Strategies for Growing a Small Service-Based Business
Real business success is measured by more than profit. It depends on building long-term relationships with customers by earning their trust and loyalty. In my experience, this is best accomplished with...
View ArticleWhat's Behind China's Bumpy 'New Normal'
SHANGHAI -- China's shift from export-driven growth to a model based on domestic services and household consumption has been much bumpier than some anticipated, with stock market gyrations and...
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