7 Reminders on Building Strong Family Relationships At the end of the year, when most of the world celebrates family holidays, you can’t help but revisit the status of your own family relationships. As marketers work hard to paint perfect relationships in every commercial that comes your way, you almost become convinced that the need […]
10 Best Healthy and Natural Weight Loss Supplements
10 Best Healthy and Natural Weight Loss Supplements So, you’ve hit the gym and tried out every diet there is under the sun… yet you can’t seem to lose any weight. Sound familiar? Yeah… weight loss can be extremely frustrating. But does that mean you should give up? Absolutely not. Sometimes, all you need is […]
When and how to build out your data science team
When and how to build out your data science team Ganes Kesari Contributor Ganes Kesari is a co-founder and head of analytics at Gramener. He helps transform organizations through advisory in building data science teams and adopting insights as data stories. Increasingly, startups across the spectrum are looking to artificial intelligence (AI) to help them […]
Equity Dive: Direct Listings
Equity Dive: Direct Listings Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. We have something special this week and it’s not just because Kate’s in Berlin for TechCrunch Disrupt Europe and Alex’s in the throes of a cross-country move! No, we’ve had this episode in the […]
Chicago’s Sprout Social prices IPO mid-range at $17 per share, raising $150M
Chicago’s Sprout Social prices IPO mid-range at $17 per share, raising $150M On the heels of Bill.com’s debut, Chicago-based social media software company Sprout Social priced its IPO last night at $17 per share, in the middle of its proposed $16 to $18 per-share range. Selling 8.8 million shares, Sprout raised just under $150 million […]
Bonobos founder Andy Dunn to leave Walmart in 2020
Bonobos founder Andy Dunn to leave Walmart in 2020 Andy Dunn, the founder of menswear site Bonobos which sold to Walmart in 2017 for $310 million, is now parting ways with the retail giant. The executive, who joined Walmart as SVP of digital consumer brands at the time of the acquisition, officially announced his departure […]
Bluespace.ai, a startup focused on AV technology for mass transit, gets $3.5 million in seed funding
Bluespace.ai, a startup focused on AV technology for mass transit, gets $3.5 million in seed funding Bluespace.ai, a new autonomous driving startup focused on mass transit, announced today that it has raised $3.5 million in seed funding led by Fusion Fund. Other investors include YouTube co-founder Steve Chen; UMC, the Taiwanese semiconductor foundry; Kakao Ventures; […]
Making fairness convenient
Making fairness convenient Modernity has caused us to care more about convenience than just about anything. We’ll trade privacy or agency or our ethical standards simply to save a few clicks. That’s a shame. It’s nothing to be proud of. But it’s true. And so, if we want things to be more fair, it helps […]
Porsche and Lucasfilm co-designed a new starfighter for the Star Wars universe
Porsche and Lucasfilm co-designed a new starfighter for the Star Wars universe Porsche typically concerns itself with terrestrial vehicle designs, but for a new project it worked with Lucasfilm designers in collaboration on a new starfighter for the Star Wars universe. The starfigher, called the Tri-Wing S-91x Pegasus, obviously doesn’t exist in full-scale flyable form, […]
Xbox Series X is Microsoft’s next-gen console, arriving late-2020
Xbox Series X is Microsoft’s next-gen console, arriving late-2020 If you didn’t watch last night’s Game Awards, you may of missed it. But Xbox Series X is the company’s next generation console, and will be arriving in late 2020. Thankfully, Microsoft has kindly catalogued all of the images, media and even a little information online. […]
Sleek raises $5M to help companies incorporate and operate in Singapore and Hong Kong
Sleek raises $5M to help companies incorporate and operate in Singapore and Hong Kong Sleek, a startup that is making it easier for other startups and companies to incorporate and operate in Singapore and Hong Kong, said today it has extended its seed financing round to raise $5 million. The extended seed round for the […]
Salesforce promotes Bret Taylor to president and COO
Salesforce promotes Bret Taylor to president and COO Salesforce announced today that it has named Bret Taylor as president and chief operating officer of the company. Prior to today’s promotion, Taylor held the position of president and chief product officer. In his new position, Taylor will be responsible for a number of activities, including leading […]
Reliance Industries acquires a majority stake in SaaS startup NowFloats for $20M
Reliance Industries acquires a majority stake in SaaS startup NowFloats for $20M Reliance Industries, one of India’s largest industrial houses, has acquired a majority stake in NowFloats, an Indian startup that helps businesses and individuals build online presence without any web developing skills. In a regulatory filing on Thursday, Reliance Strategic Business Ventures Limited said (PDF) […]
Carbon’s new CEO discusses local manufacturing, funding and a potential IPO
Carbon’s new CEO discusses local manufacturing, funding and a potential IPO Last month, Carbon announced its first new CEO in the company’s history. With $260 million worth of investments and a $2.5 billion, it’s a big job. But Carbon’s 500-person headcount is small potatoes compared to Ellen Kullman’s last gig. For six years, Kullman headed […]
Why Bill.com didn’t pursue a direct listing
Why Bill.com didn’t pursue a direct listing Bill.com went public today after pricing its shares higher than it initially expected. The B2B payments company sold nearly 10 million shares at $22 apiece, raising around $216 million in its IPO. Public investors felt that the company’s price was a deal, sending the value of its equity […]
Gary Keller — How to Focus on the One Important Thing (#401)
Gary Keller — How to Focus on the One Important Thing (#401) “Think big. Aim high.” – Gary Keller Gary Keller (@garykeller) is the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Keller Williams (KW), the world’s largest real estate franchise by agent count. In 2019, KW, which also ranks number one in units and sales volume in the US, […]
Pandora launches interactive voice ads
Pandora launches interactive voice ads Pandora has begun to test a new type of advertising format that allows listeners to respond to the ad by speaking aloud. In the new ads, listeners are prompted to say “yes” after the ad asks a question and a tone plays. The ads will then offer more information about […]
Meet Three Women Who Are Disrupting the Canna-business
Meet Three Women Who Are Disrupting the Canna-business They’ve transitioned from ambitious careers to claim their stake. December 12, 2019 8 min read This story appears in the December 2019 issue of Green Entrepreneur. Subscribe » For women bent on disrupting, it may be a perfect time in cannabis. What is estimated to be a […]
Is the Office Backchannel Destroying Your Business? Here’s What to Do.
Is the Office Backchannel Destroying Your Business? Here’s What to Do. Identifying toxic communication is easy, but ending it may take more work than you think. December 12, 2019 8 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. It’s a phenomenon that faces every business and has probably existed from the beginning of […]
3 Content Hacks Every E-Commerce Marketer Should Know
3 Content Hacks Every E-Commerce Marketer Should Know There’s more than enough material to sustain your campaign. You just have to know where to look. December 12, 2019 6 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When you’re building a fast-growing e-commerce brand, you can’t escape the importance of content. It shows […]