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September 29, 2016
Four Hard-Won Lessons From My Early Years As An Entrepreneur
Use this serial entrepreneur's four biggest mistakes to help you up the learning curve as a first-time startup founder.
Use this serial entrepreneur's four biggest mistakes to help you up the learning curve as a first-time startup founder.
When I started out as an entrepreneur, I made plenty of decisions without knowing what the outcome might be. I still do. But back then, I didn't have the same level of experience to guide me. Looking back, these were four of the toughest but most critical lessons I learned during those first few years when the learning curve was the steepest.
The Apple Watch Is Getting More Useful By Making You Use It Less
For its new smartwatch series, the company has turned to smarter sensors that require less screen time.
For its new smartwatch series, the company has turned to smarter sensors that require less screen time.
Before Apple revealed its first wearable device, some observers wondered if it would even have a screen.
Five Signs It's Time To Ditch Your Client
Managing a hellacious client means foregoing more rewarding work for someone else.
Managing a hellacious client means foregoing more rewarding work for someone else.
Whether you're a business owner, self-employed, or just like to pick up some freelance work on the side, chances are you've worked with great clients and not-so-great clients. There's nothing like connecting with motivated, inspired clients who are committed to your working relationship.
September 28, 2016
WeWork Brings A New Business Model To Detroit
Its leases in that city include a profit-sharing component, making it easier for WeWork to react if real estate prices fall.
Its leases in that city include a profit-sharing component, making it easier for WeWork to react if real estate prices fall.
The two locations that WeWork plans to open in Detroit early next year will look similar to the almost 100 locations that it already operates. Like offices in New York or San Francisco, the Detroit spaces will have glass walls separating tiny offices that tenants can rent on a month-to-month basis, communal coffee, and WeWork's "Do What You Love" branding—but the business side will be structured differently.
Mark Zuckerberg Just Shared Rare Photos of Facebook's Data Center In The Arctic
The Facebook CEO's images offer a peek at the advanced technology it is using at its massive center in the forests of Northern Sweden.
The Facebook CEO's images offer a peek at the advanced technology it is using at its massive center in the forests of Northern Sweden.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg started sharing some rare photos of its data center in the forests of Northern Sweden, where Facebook is taking advantage of the low temperature and nearby rivers to increase efficiency and save power. The massive Luleå data center, which is the size of six football fields, uses enormous fans to "pull in the outside air to naturally cool the thousands of warm servers that line the center's broad hallways," writes Zuckerberg in a post on his Facebook page. He adds:
After A Rocky Romance, Can We Commit To Bots With Professional Benefits?
Last summer, eight startups went to camp to make bots more productive and rewarding for consumers and businesses.
Last summer, eight startups went to camp to make bots more productive and rewarding for consumers and businesses.
Declare your lifelong love for Poncho—a weather service personified by a tabby cat in a yellow raincoat that happens to be one of the most successful bots in Facebook Messenger—and it responds with an awww, shucks-like "Hiiiiii~." But unleash a stream of profanity, as some users do, and Poncho puts your relationship on hold.
These Are The Four Major Players Eying A Twitter Purchase
With a potential price tag of $30 billion, the companies kicking Twitter's tires need to reap big rewards.
With a potential price tag of $30 billion, the companies kicking Twitter's tires need to reap big rewards.
Rumors are flying that a Twitter sale may be imminent and could fetch big bucks—as much $30 billion, according to Recode.
Google Translate Just Got 60% Better By Working On Whole Sentences
Google speeds up a difficult machine translation technology, allowing it to tackle even the notoriously hard Chinese-to-English task.
Google speeds up a difficult machine translation technology, allowing it to tackle even the notoriously hard Chinese-to-English task.
If you are translating text or speech, it seems obvious that you should read a whole sentence before figuring out what it means. But this hasn't been so easy for computers—in part because the work sucks up so many resources. So Google Translate has had to get by with looking at pieces of sentences, words, and phrases, and translating them individually. On Tuesday, Google announced a new system called Google Neural Machine Translation (GNMT) that works on whole sentences and improves accuracy about 60% on average over the old phrase-based machine translation (PBMT), including on notoriously difficult Chinese-to-English translations. This is the first translation to roll out to the Google Translate mobile and web apps, available now.
Job Growth In Swing States Isn't As Bad As Presidential Candidates Say
Key battleground states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida are experiencing steady job growth, in spite of what Donald Trump tells you.
Key battleground states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida are experiencing steady job growth, in spite of what Donald Trump tells you.
If you've been listening to the candidates speak about jobs during the run up to the 2016 presidential election, you might be convinced that the sky is falling.
These Work-Life Balance Strategies Help Even In The Most Demanding Jobs
Even in industries known for insane hours, you can have a personal life if you're smart about your time.
Even in industries known for insane hours, you can have a personal life if you're smart about your time.
Work-life balance sounds great, but it's getting tougher to achieve. Managers and staff often don't see eye to eye on time spent between the two. Several studies also indicate that the traditional workweek is getting longer. In certain industries such as accounting, law, consulting, or at startups in general, that balance is assumed to be impossible. The "80-hour workweeks" people complain about mean there's no time for everything else.
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