After a long period of speculation, it has been confirmed that AT&T has acquired adtech pioneer AppNexus. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed but sources with knowledge of the transaction have indicated the value of the transaction is approximately $1.6B. AppNexus primarily provides a sell-side platform (SSP) for publishers to monetize their […]
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To Infinity and Beyond: How Entrepreneurism is Making Space Tourism Viable
Going back to the dawn of civilization, many entrepreneurs have sought their fortunes through adventures of exploration. Mesopotamian entrepreneurs prospered by expanding their landlocked trade routes east to the Indus Valley (modern-day India) and west to Egypt and beyond. Several hundred years later, Phoenician entrepreneurs did so on the open seas, leveraging their superior nautical […]
3 Reasons Your Idea is Not Taking Off and What to do About it
You have an idea and you think it is awesome. You get pretty psyched about it; maybe you mention it to a friend or 2. Maybe you even mention it to your mom. It feels like this could be “The One” — even though in the back of your mind, you know the “perfect idea” […]
Connected, All Terrain Sound. Isn’t It About Time?
Let’s admit it: even the hardest-working among us likes to kick back occasionally, enjoy the outdoors – yes, even water sports – and listen to music. What better way to relax? Except that our smartphones and various other devices just don’t play well when there’s water around, which kind of takes some of the relaxation […]
Look Inside a Lab Hacking Athletic Performance
Just down the road from Facebook and Google, Dr. Phil Wagner runs a laboratory dedicated to optimizing the performance of some of the world’s top athletes.
5 Important Growth Hacking Lessons from the Man Who Coined the Term
I attended a GrowHack meet-up in New York City, hosted by Conrad Wadowski, and heard Sean Ellis speak about growth hacking. Sean was the first marketer at Dropbox, Lookout, Xobni, and led marketing teams at companies like LogMeIn and Uproar through IPO filings. Currently, he runs a successful data insight startup called Qualaroo. Most importantly, however, Sean coined […]
Does Age Matter for Entrepreneurial Success?
For years, people have tried to correlate an entrepreneur’s age when they launched their startup with the ultimate success of that startup. Many studies have been done on the topic, including reports by the Kauffman Foundation, Duke University and the Founder Institute, to name a few. So, I am not going to try and rehash those studies. But, […]
These NYC Entrepreneurs Have Developed Smart Glasses That Help the World Share Your Vision
Seriously. Weloop are smart glasses that allow you to live stream – and share – with just the press of a button and a smart phone. The Weloop hardware itself is a simple pair of glasses with a camera and wifi chip to enable you to show your friends your life as you live it. […]
Laying Siege to a $750 Billion Dollar Castle
The venture capital firm DFJ wrote in a recent blog post: “Savvy entrepreneurs and venture investors tend to ‘think big,’ meaning…they build companies that go after big markets and especially those with incumbents that are ripe for disruption. As a venture capital investor, [what’s] on the top of my list for 2014? Enterprise software—a $120-billion-dollar […]
The Game Dev Hack: A Lot of Fun…and Games
A larger than expected group of game developers came together for the first ever Game Dev Hacker, held in the Microsoft offices in Times Square. While the conference room was much too small for the assembled group, the games presented did not have the same problem. Ranging from platformers and shooters to MMOs and kids […]
Corporate VC Funds, Accelerators and Incubators
With the explosion of corporate-backed venture capital funds, accelerators and incubators in the last couple of years, I think the big companies are starting to realize: 1) how important innovation is to staying relevant (watching rapid market share losses at companies like Blackberry, Nokia and Borders, who did not respond quickly enough to competitive threats […]