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Summer is now in full swing! The kids are home, the weather is warm and the parties don't (won't) stop. If you're in the same boat as I am, life isn't so bad. I have 6 more parties to go to between June and July, so it's definitely time to ...
What I Would -- and Did -- Say to new Grads
We all need to reinvent ourselves regularly. Here's how I suggest new grads--or anyone--go about it.On May 23, I had the honor of delivering the convocation keynote at my alma mater, San Jose State University, for the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications. Unlike most graduation speeches, mine wasn’t esoteric ...
VC to Entrepreneurs: Just Be Yourself
Of course you put your best foot forward when courting investment. But there are good reasons to be a bit more transparent, too.I suppose it’s only natural for an entrepreneur to be a little nervous before meeting with a potential backer for his or her company. But the result of ...
In a Bad Mood? Tackle a Creative Task
A new study suggests that negative emotion may actually be a pretty good launching pad for creativity.Creativity is mysterious and difficult. If you have tasks on your to-do list that require a creative spark, perhaps you’ve been putting them off, waiting to get in a mellow mood or for inspiration ...
9 Ways to Not Be a Bosshole
Bossholes drive away talented employees and cost your company money.A bosshole is a combination of a boss and, well, an anal sphincter. Bossholes are workplace bullies who yell at the drop of a hat and generally make their employees feel tired, lousy, and unappreciated.For entrepreneurs, the primary danger is that ...
Cheaper Internet coming for rural areas
Look up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's … Google's Project Loon?! Google is testing solar-powered hot air balloons in New Zealand that can beam high-speed Internet to rural areas, bypassing wires and bypassing the ground. This project is the latest from the super-secret Google X ...
Early inspiration for luxury perfumer: First lady Michelle Obama
SAN DIEGO (MainStreet) — When luxury perfumer Seth Kornegay thinks of first lady Michelle Obama, the adjectives that come to mind include strength, grace and courage.Using those attributes as inspiration, Kornegay developed “Orla,” his newly launched luxury perfume in honor of the iconic first lady.READ: How to get into business ...
Tips to guarantee a better job interview
NEW YORK (MainStreet) — Here’s a scary statistic for younger career professionals, especially college graduates embarking on their first serious job search: According to a study by Demos, 5.6 million Americans between the ages of 18 and 34 are “shut out” of the employment market.Here’s the real scary part: That ...
5 cities where you'll break even on a house quickly
BOSTON (MainStreet) — Buying a home seemed too risky to many Americans during the housing bust, but here's a look at five U.S. markets where prices have fallen so low you'd be crazy to rent."These are places where prices have in some cases fallen more than 50 percent," says Svenja ...
Silicon Valley's Hottest Matchmaker
What began as a social gathering for like-minded entrepreneurs and VCs has evolved into one of the Valley's most dynamic accelerators. Meet the man with the connections, Saeed Amidi.When international entrepreneurs want a shot at Silicon Valley stardom, they call on Saeed Amidi.The angel investor is the son of Amir ...
Making Sense of Yahoo's Puzzling Acquisition Strategy
Marissa Mayer is on the verge of completing 14 Yahoo acquisitions in just six months. Will she reinvent Yahoo?With Marissa Mayer at the helm, Yahoo is on an acquisition tear. One month after the company's $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr, AllThingsD reported yesterday that Yahoo is in talks to purchase ...
'Always Be Explaining': Your Sales Team's New Mantra
The one thing your sales team needs to improve? Explaining, says Lee LeFever, founder of Common Craft. Here's how.People rarely buy products they don't understand, so it's a salesman's job to explain them. But what if your explanation is so organic it's pointless?Perhaps you suffer from the curse of knowledge--knowing ...
Web Tools to Blur Your Digital Footprint
The NSA won't stop snooping on you, but you can throw them off your trail. Here are some tools to help you go private.Revelations of NSA surveillance have shaken the nation, but while many of us would love nothing more than to toss our phones out the window and avoid ...
NSA Surveillance: What to Know So Far
Facebook is just one Internet giant that has released its NSA stats to reassure users. Here's a round-up of the others, and their numbers.Consumers haven't been able to look at Silicon Valley the same way ever since news broke of a long-running government program called PRISM. Of course, the nine ...
Cheaper Internet coming for rural areas
Look up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's … Google's Project Loon?! Google is testing solar-powered hot air balloons in New Zealand that can beam high-speed Internet to rural areas, bypassing wires and bypassing the ground. This project is the latest from the super-secret Google X ...
7 Super Entrepreneurship Lessons from "Man of Steel"
Superman as an entrepreneur? Not exactly, but you just may walk away from "Man of Steel" with inspiration for your business.Over the weekend my wife and I and a friend saw Man of Steel--the latest reboot of the Superman franchise. Note: Spoilers below! If you haven't seen the movie yet, ...
Mark Suster: 'Silicon Valley Will Always Produce the Big Hits'
The seasoned VC says Silicon Valley will remain a tech hub for years, but Silicon Alley, with its focus on content, is paving the way for exciting changes.What's in a name? A lot, according to Mark Suster, founder and CEO of Build Online and an investor with the Los Angeles-based ...
Trucks Are Trendy (and Not Just for Food Anymore)
Businesses in all kinds of industries are going mobile and bringing their goods directly to customers.Mobile may be the new thing for businesses, but there's an old way to put a twist on the concept. Pack your business onto a truck. Although food trucks now have a reality show, forgoing ...
When to Invest in Biotech -- and When to Just Say No
Great research doesn't always lead to great medicine -- and sometimes forming a company can actually get in the way.Say you’re a healthcare entrepreneur. And say you meet a brilliant immunologist at the American Society of Clinical Oncology conference, and she has very exciting data demonstrating full tumor regression in ...
5 Productivity Strategies From the Mind of Richard Feynman
Nobel-prizewinning physicist Richard Feynman was an eccentric within the scientific community. But he sure got a lot done.In the book, Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!, Richard Feynman, a Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist, relates a story about an ant he found near his bathtub. Instead of squishing the bug, Feynman put ...
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