Archives for January 2019

Kleiner Perkins officially reboots with a $600 million early-stage fund The venture firm Kleiner Perkins has enjoyed many iterations over its 47-year-old history. Today, in some ways, it kicks off its newest. According to a new SEC filing, the firm has just closed its eighteenth early-stage fund with $600 million in capital commitments. It’s the […]

6 Ways to Grow Your Public Speaking Business Internationally renowned keynote speaker Adam Smiley Poswolsky shares his advice on growing a public speaking profile. January 31, 2019 2 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. As a keynote speaker, I spend a great deal of time talking with people about what it […]

Apple has banned Google from running internal iOS apps after certificate misuse Apple has blocked Google from distributing its internal-only iOS apps on its corporate network after a TechCrunch investigation found the search giant abusing the certificates. “We’re working with Apple to fix a temporary disruption to some of our corporate iOS apps, which we […]

63 Businesses to Start for Under $10,000 Business Ideas Need a new business idea? Here are over 60 you can run with now. Image credit: Entrepreneur January 31, 2019 69 min read You know you want to start something for yourself. You just need to funnel your ambition and time into an idea that'll earn […]

Net neutrality battle gets a new day in court tomorrow More than a year after net neutrality was essentially abolished by a divided Federal Communications Commission, a major legal challenge supported by dozens of companies and advocates has its day in court tomorrow. Mozilla v. FCC argues that the agency’s decision was not just dead […]

Cloud movie locker UltraViolet is finally closing UltraViolet, an older “cloud movie locker” service, is shutting down. The service, which allowed consumers to unlock a digital copy of their DVDs and Blu-Rays, was something of a transitional step between the age of physical media and today’s streaming video landscape. Over time, it’s become less necessary […]

My Investor Backed Out at the Last Minute. Here's How My Company Recovered. Here’s what to do when your main source of funding is suddenly out of the picture. January 31, 2019 2 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In this episode of Resillience with Jason Saltzman, the Entrepreneur Network partner talks […]

Facebook users who quit the social network for a month feel happier New research out of Stanford and New York University took a look at what happens when people step back from Facebook for a month. Through Facebook, the research team recruited 2,488 people who averaged an hour of Facebook use each day. After assessing […]

Is It Possible to Repay Your Sleep Debt? Why Being Well Rested Matters You may think that not getting enough sleep will just make you incredibly tired and a little irritable, but it goes beyond that. It can lead to health problems such as heart disease, weight gain, diabetes, and memory loss. Most adults have […]

Step targets teens and parents with a no-fees mobile bank account and Visa card A new mobile banking startup called Step wants to help bring teenagers and other young adults into the cashless era. Today, cash is used less often, as more consumers shop online and send money to one another through payment apps like […]

7 Businesses You Can Start With Almost No Cash Have a craft creation to sell? Good at home repair? Resale transactions? Voila! You can become an entrepreneur-on-the-cheap. January 31, 2019 6 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. If you’re like millions of Americans, you dream of starting your own business. But […]

Leaked TikTok ad deck suggests it has 17M+ MAUs in Europe An advertising pitch deck used by fast-growing short form video sharing app TikTok has leaked, providing a snapshot of usage in its biggest markets in Europe. The pitch deck was obtained by Digiday which says it was sent to a large (unnamed) European ad agency. Metrics and […]

Foxconn is killing a second $9B factory Foxconn is even more aggressively cutting back its growth ambitions around the world than we previously thought. In addition to the news yesterday that Foxconn intends to scale back its plans for a $10 billion factory in Wisconsin, leaving that state in something of a lurch, we have […]

Michael Phelps and Other Leaders Share Their Own Mental Health 'Red Flags' — and Strategies for Moving Forward (Video) For fitness entrepreneur Emily Skye, stress can manifest physically in the form of headaches and trouble breathing. She uses exercise to recover. January 31, 2019 2 min read In the third episode of Entrepreneur's video series on […]

TCV closes $3B fund aimed at consumer internet, IT infrastructure and services On the back of a strong showing for portfolio company Spotify going public last year and several biggies like Airbnb also slated to list very soon, VC firm TCV has announced its latest fund, the $3 billion TCV X, which has now closed […]

Poor smartphones sales drag LG to first quarterly loss in 2 years We’ve written extensively about LG’s struggling mobile business, which has suffered at the hands of aggressive Chinese Android makers, and now that unit has dragged its parent company into posting its first quarterly loss for two years. The Korean electronics giant is generally […]

Are you selling to a professional or an amateur? A professional is going to buy from someone like you. They’re going to have a process to review the process, a method, an experienced approach to obtaining what they need. A professional isn’t going to think she can do it herself and isn’t going to make it […]

Sencrop is a data platform to help farmers manage their lands Meet Sencrop a French startup that wants to empower farmers using sensors, a data platform and a service marketplace. The company recently raised a $10 million funding round. The Series A round was led by Bpifrance with NCI Waterstart, Nord Capital and The Yield […]

Uber driven out of Barcelona again Uber is suspending its professional taxi service in Barcelona from tomorrow almost a year after it re-entered the Catalan capital. The move follows the regional government agreeing new regulations for the vehicle for hire (VTC) sector aimed at making sure they do not compete directly with taxis. “The new […]