Many young people have the dream of becoming a professional athlete, but not many will achieve their ambition. Read More
Edawn Coughman Explains the 5 Things You Need to Know About Becoming a Professional Athlete
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Paul Shapiro Explores the Science and Benefits of Clean Meat
Clean meat, or real meat grown from animal cells, is poised to make a significant impact on our Read More
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Four crucial criteria when starting a medical device company
Three years ago I set out on an adventure, traveling the world visiting hospitals and Outpatient Interventional Suites Read More
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Wrap-Up of the inaugural SplashX LA on January 19, 2017
Six months ago, SplashX debuted in Oakland. On January 19, 2017, the LA inauguration of SplashX was launched. Read More
Focus experts say that distractions are like traps, but that they can only be activated if you are Read More
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Josh Berman’s “Six Ways to Be” part deux
4) Be aware. As in– of macro trends, “Everyone talks about first mover advantage. I disagree. I like Read More
Vinod Khosla, Silicon Valley VC and entrepreneur luminary, once said “Vision is bumbling around.” And, I add, vision Read More
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How to Retain Top Talent When Competition is Fierce
In the high-tech world, it’s often hard to retain top talent. And that’s especially true when Google and Read More
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Jeremy Allaire’s keys to building great companies
Vator brought its popular Splash to Manhattan this week. Kicking off Vator Splash NY on Wedneday night was Brightcove CEO Jeremy Allaire, Read More
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Samir Arora’s top 10 secrets on how to build startups
It’s a cool, balmy day in San Francisco, and Vator Splash is well underway. (Open bar! Woot!) Samir Read More
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How Sports Infects Your Brain
How Sports Infect Your Brain by Nir Eyal in Users Note: I co-authored this post with Andrew Martin and David Ngo. It originally Read More
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Today’s Entrepreneur: Jas Banwait
Today’s entrepreneur is Jas Banwait, co-founder of TwoMangoes, a South Asian dating website which puts a new spin Read More
Few entrepreneurs realize they’re actually surfing a 90-foot wave. They’re facing a tremendous challenge. Everything has to go Read More
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A Mixed Bag of News for Small Business
Network Solutions and the Center for Excellence at the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business just recently Read More
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Are You Cut Out to Be a Franchisee?
For many Americans, owning a small business is a life-long dream. However, building a business from the ground Read More