Archives for May 2019

Slack narrows losses, displays healthy revenue growth Workplace messaging powerhouse Slack filed an amended S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday weeks ahead of a direct listing expected June 20. In the document, Slack included an updated look at its path to profitability, posting first-quarter revenues of $134.8 million on losses of […]

Got Dumped? Congrats, You’re Now Ready to Start a Business! Learning to deal with painful personal relationships prepares you for all the ups and downs of starting a business. May 31, 2019 4 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. “I’m not sure I can do this anymore.” “My heart hurts.” “He […]

Teams autonomously mapping the depths take home millions in Ocean Discovery Xprize There’s a whole lot of ocean on this planet, and we don’t have much of an idea what’s at the bottom of most of it. That could change with the craft and techniques created during the Ocean Discovery Xprize, which had teams competing […]

12 Yoga Exercises for Beginners to Try at Home You’ve heard of the many benefits of yoga but don’t know how to start? If you’re new to yoga, you might have this misconception in your head that yoga poses are hard to attain. You might also worry about coordinating the beautiful art of inhaling and […]

Listen: Biggie’s Son CJ Wallace Talks About His New Brand Think BIG He gets his love of weed from his big poppa — and his business savvy, too. May 31, 2019 1 min read Twenty-two years ago, the world got the tragic news that the Notorious B.I.G. was killed. On this week’s Green Entrepreneur Podcast, I […]

Not Sure How to Grow Your Team? Focus on These 3 Things. Rather than hoping for unicorn status, you need a plan that takes into account three key elements crucial to growing your team: culture, tech and training. May 31, 2019 6 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Maybe you’ve just […]

4 Podcasts That Will Help Boost Your Self-Confidence These inspiring confidence-building podcasts should be on every entrepreneur’s playlist. May 31, 2019 8 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Do you wake up every day with an incredible vision for your life, but feel like it is just out of reach? This […]

Facial recognition startup Kairos settles lawsuits with founder and former CEO Brian Brackeen Facial recognition startup Kairos, founded by Brian Brackeen, has settled its lawsuit with Brackeen following his ouster from the company late last year. In addition to forcing him out of the company he founded, Kairos sued Brackeen alleging the misappropriation of corporate […]

Only 72 hours left to save an extra €200 on Disrupt Berlin 2019 The shot clock on serious savings is running out. You have just 72 hours left to sign up for the mailing list to receive €200 off the super early-bird price on any pass to Disrupt Berlin 2019. The official registration opens in […]

Here’s How This Former UFC Champion Runs His Company Today Tito Ortiz became the ninth inductee into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2012, and now he runs a clothing line. May 31, 2019 2 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Tito Ortiz is an American mixed martial artist. In the […]

Daily Crunch: Leap Motion waves goodbye The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Once poised to kill the mouse and keyboard, Leap Motion plays its final hand Leap […]

How to Successfully Sell Your Product to Walmart Is your dream to sell your product to Walmart? Small business owners everywhere dream of getting their products on the shelves at Walmart—and thanks to Walmart’s commitment to American-made products, that dream can become a reality. Back in 2013, Walmart pledged that by 2023, it would purchase […]

Touring Factory Berlin, Europe’s ‘largest club for startups’ According to the startups at Factory Berlin, it’s not just another coworking space. After all, the company took its name from Andy Warhol’s famous factory in New York City, and it describes itself as “Europe’s largest club for startups.” Late last year, we toured Factory Berlin’s five-story, […]

Do This Before You Look for an Investor (60-Second Video) May 31, 2019 1 min read You’ve been bootstrapping, doing it all on your own…a little outside investment would be nice, but is it the right time? Here are three things to consider before looking for outside investors. Have you made the most of your resources? […]

Spotify is building shared queue Social Listening Want to rock out together even when you’re apart? Spotify has prototyped an unreleased feature called “Social Listening” that lets multiple people add songs to a queue they can all listen to. You just all scan one friend’s QR-style Spotify Social Listening code, and then anyone can add […]

Is the tech press too positive in its coverage of startups? Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. It’s our first week in the new TechCrunch podcast studio, or it was for Kate Clark and Chris Gates. Alex Wilhelm will be back around SF next […]

Starting Your Business: The Tools, Resources and Mindset You Need to Succeed Never underestimate how much money you need to start, how long it will before you turn a profit or how hard you will have to work. May 31, 2019 11 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Is one of […]

Cognitive load and the convenience problem Why do smart people trade away so much money and freedom for just a little convenience? We do it all the time. We take the easy path, the simple shortcut or the long-term bad deal simply because it feels easier. The reason? Thinking is not worth the hassle. Cognitive […]

Less than two weeks left: apply to Startup Battlefield at Disrupt SF 2019 Would you like $100,000 to fatten the bottom line of your early-stage startup? Could your company benefit from global media coverage and investor attention? Do you have what it takes to compete against the very best early-stage startup founders? Take your resounding […]

Huawei bars staff from having technical meetings with US contacts Reeling from the ongoing U.S.-China trade war, Chinese technology giant Huawei has found itself in yet another dilemma: How to pursue internal communications with its own U.S. employees? For now, the company has ordered its Chinese employees to bar technical meetings with their U.S. contacts […]