Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion…cash
In a big move towards the social media space, Microsoft announced that it acquire the professional network Linkedin for $26.2 billion.
Jeff Weiner will stay on as Linkedin’s CEO but will be reporting to [..]
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Apple Supplier Cuts 60,000 Jobs In China; Replaces Them With Robots
The world’s largest contract manufacturer of electronics, Foxconn, recently announced the automation of 60,000 jobs in one of its factories in Kunshan, China. The cuts are part of an ongoing program to replace workers [..]
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How to Fight Your Fear of Leaving Your Job To Become An Entrepreneur
If you’re reading this, you’ve probably come to realize that the corporate life just isn’t for you. You’ve been thinking about leaving your job to work for yourself but you can’t [..]
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[Video] Robert Herjavec: “The Purpose of Business is to Create a Customer”
Shark and business ‘nice guy’ Robert Herjavec has experience business success starting his own company as well as success investing in the businesses of others.
Herjavec founded his first company, BRAK [..]
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Social Media Accounts Hacked
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News of celebrities being hacked is very common on gossip blogs. Just last week Katy Perry’s Twitter account was compromised. However, the latest victim of hacking is someone we never expected; Mark Zuckerberg, [..]
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10 Celebrities With Successful Side Businesses
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1. Ashton Kutcher A-Grade Investments & Katalyst Media
Best known for MTV’s Punk’d and for his role as Kelso in the television sitcom That 70’s Show, Ashton Kutcher is also a dedicated [..]
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Forbes Youngest Woman Billionaire Now Worth $0
Elizabeth Holmes is a household name in many circles. And not just for making black turtlenecks cool again. Known for being the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of a blood test startup, Theranos, last year [..]
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[Video] Gary Vaynerchuk: One Is Greater Than Zero
8 years ago
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We all would love to get an invitation to be on Conan or The Today Show so that we can showcase our business to millions of people. Gary Vaynerchuk believes that in order to get to that level of exposure, you [..]
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Uber and Lyft Threating to Leave Chicago
A few weeks ago, Uber and Lyft have begun threatening to leave the Chicago market. This was because of a referendum which proposed that all drivers should be required to undergo background checks. They would need to be [..]
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Lady Gaga’s Startup Goes Out of Business
8 years ago
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Back in 2011, Lady Gaga teamed up with a couple of venture capitalists to start Backplane, an idea that was perceived to be a high-end money making idea at the time. Backplane was started as a social network builder which [..]
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