TikTok rival Likee reaches 150M monthly users worldwide As TikTok’s fate remains in flux, its smaller rival Likee has been making waves around the world, garnering 150 million monthly active users as of this June. That’s according to the earnings report of Chinese internet company Joyy, the owner of Likee. For comparison, TikTok recorded about […]
Boost Your Next PR Campaign With the Help of Digital Marketing
Boost Your Next PR Campaign With the Help of Digital Marketing By Holly Rollins It’s a no-brainer that professionals in America spend an incredible amount of time online, an average of 22.5 hours per week, according to the USC Annenberg School Center for the Digital Future. The majority of our consumer base is online. The […]
Pros and Cons to Forming an LLC in Nevada
Pros and Cons to Forming an LLC in Nevada By Jennifer Paley A limited liability company (LLC) is a type of business entity that combines the limited liability attributes of a corporation with the tax benefits of a partnership. Every state has its own distinct set of laws respecting LLCs. There are several advantages to […]
Bracing for election day, Facebook rolls out voting resources to U.S. users
Bracing for election day, Facebook rolls out voting resources to U.S. users Eager to avoid a repeat of its disastrous role as a super-spreader of misinformation during the 2016 election cycle, Facebook is getting its ducks in a row. Following an announcement earlier this summer, the company is now launching a voting information hub that […]
Life After Coronavirus: Why We Should Never Go Back to Business as Usual
Life After Coronavirus: Why We Should Never Go Back to Business as Usual You keep hearing people talk, during these strange COVID-19 times, about the “new normal” or wanting to get back to “business as usual.” I get that we crave any semblance of normalcy and that many of us long to return to the […]
Moka, the HR tool for Arm and Shopee in China, closes $43M Series B
Moka, the HR tool for Arm and Shopee in China, closes $43M Series B Investors are betting on the automation of human resources management in China. We reported last year that Moka, one of the key players in the space, secured roughly $27 million for its Series B led by Hillhouse Capital. This week, the […]
Sia — The Alchemy of Blockbuster Songs, Billions of Views, and the Face You’ve Never Seen (#452)
Sia — The Alchemy of Blockbuster Songs, Billions of Views, and the Face You’ve Never Seen (#452) Illustration via 99designs “I don’t think that I’m necessarily like a super-talented songwriter. I think I’m just really productive. One out of 10 songs is a hit. So where a lot of people will spend three weeks on […]
Stream, whose APIs help product teams build chat and activity feeds fast, just raised a $15 million Series A round
Stream, whose APIs help product teams build chat and activity feeds fast, just raised a $15 million Series A round Earlier this year, the founders of Stream, a five-year-old, 60-person startup with offices in Boulder and Amsterdam, weren’t feeling so great about their prospects. As COVID-19 began its spread in the U.S., some smaller customers […]
How to Product Launch Like a Boss
How to Product Launch Like a Boss Have you ever wondered how you could pull off a remarkable production introduction? Usually, the Remarkable People podcast features interviews with remarkable people, such as Jane Goodall, Steve Wozniak, Arianna Huffington, Margaret Atwood, Martha Stewart, Sir Ken Robinson, Chef Roy Yamaguchi, Kristi Yamaguchi, Stephen Wolfram, Gary Vaynerchuk, or […]
Tune in tomorrow and watch five startups compete at Pitchers & Pitches
Tune in tomorrow and watch five startups compete at Pitchers & Pitches Ever hear the expression, “every master was once a disaster?” Now apply that to developing a well-crafted pitch. It takes practice and honest feedback to make a masterful pitch, and that’s exactly what you’ll get when you participate in our next Pitchers & […]
The Instagram Influencer in High Demand: How She Got There
The Instagram Influencer in High Demand: How She Got There Meeta Vengapally is a top Instagram influencer as well as founder and CEO of Garnysh, a Silicon Valley-based fitness and technology company that uses real-time tracking and analytics to support fitness and nutrition goals. Known for her glamorous photos and flashy product endorsements, Meeta’s Instagram […]
How China’s ACRCloud detects copyrighted music in short videos
How China’s ACRCloud detects copyrighted music in short videos Music is front and center in the rise of TikTok and other short-video apps. It’s not just the video platforms that are harvesting the fruit of their surging popularity. Music rights holders are also prepared to extract money from the millions of songs found in snappy […]
Minted.com CEO Mariam Naficy shares ‘the biggest surprise about entrepreneurship’
Minted.com CEO Mariam Naficy shares ‘the biggest surprise about entrepreneurship’ At TechCrunch Early Stage, Minted CEO and serial founder Mariam Naficy got into the weeds with us on some of the topics founders don’t often discuss. What’s the difference between expectations and reality when it comes to entrepreneurialism? How do you split responsibilities between co-founders? […]
ByteDance in talks with India’s Reliance for investment in TikTok
ByteDance in talks with India’s Reliance for investment in TikTok Chinese giant ByteDance is engaging with India’s Reliance Industries Limited, the parent firm of telecom giant Jio Platforms, for investment in TikTok’s India operations in a move to potentially save the short form video app’s fate in its biggest market by users, two people familiar […]
Digitizing Burning Man
Digitizing Burning Man For decades, Burning Man has represented an escape from the current reality. An event for free-er spirits to rethink new age ideals inside a stateless entity where art, music and partying reign supreme on the desert plains. Over the years, the Bay Area-founded event has dealt with an internal clash as the […]
5 Types of Content You Should Create to Grow a High-End Coaching Business
5 Types of Content You Should Create to Grow a High-End Coaching Business August 12, 2020 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Whether you just started your coaching business or have been running one for years, your business has two goals: revenue and impact. Building a successful coaching business requires […]
The Secret to Sustainable Growth Is Identifying Trends Ahead of Time
The Secret to Sustainable Growth Is Identifying Trends Ahead of Time August 12, 2020 6 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Entrepreneurs have to walk a tightrope. Every day, we focus on keeping customers happy and making sure our businesses are running smoothly. (I share daily tips in my newsletter on […]
The Counterintuitive Way Social Media Can Reduce Stress
The Counterintuitive Way Social Media Can Reduce Stress August 12, 2020 6 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. It’s no secret that staying off of social media can be good for you — personally, professionally and even physically. We need some time away from our devices to succeed in both our personal […]
Lyft shares get small bump after reporting 61% Q2 revenue decline
Lyft shares get small bump after reporting 61% Q2 revenue decline Today after the bell, Lyft reported its second-quarter financial performance. The American ride-hailing company’s results helped illustrate just how much the economy has changed in the wake of COVID-19 and its resulting disruptions to life, travel and work. Uber’s own results, which were shared […]
10 Ways to Stop Being Pessimistic
10 Ways to Stop Being Pessimistic Remember being carefree and optimistic during your childhood? Now, you are older and wiser and maybe even cynical. As we get older, life gets tough because we get more responsibilities or life throws experiences at us that shape us into pessimists. Don’t worry, even if you are at the […]