$8.15 billion. That’s the amount global investors staked in edtech companies in the first 10 months of 2017. Education used to be simple: there was a blackboard, a teacher and desks in… Read more »
Education technology is a global opportunity
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HR tech to watch in 2018
While rising costs, complex billing systems and health care illiteracy remain today’s top benefits-related challenges, new software solutions and tools geared toward the HR function have made them easier to… Read more »
5 Ways to Change Your Thinking, According to Entrepreneur’s Editor in Chief
This article is excerpted from Entrepreneur magazine editor-in-chief Jason Feifer’s monthly newsletter, The Feifer Five. Each month, he sends out five insights to help you think more creatively. Subscribe here. It’s… Read more »
How HR tech keeps staff aligned with an organization’s strategic goals
When used effectively, human resource systems can elevate HR’s role in supporting organizational strategy. A critical component of any such effort is identifying and fulfilling talent requirements — present and… Read more »
Why, and how, warranties should guide edtech purchasing
School technology leaders are faced with the buying decisions of products for an entire school or district. These types of edtech purchases are a sizeable investment and, unfortunately, funding can… Read more »
How a Fast-Growing Startup Built Its Sales Team for Long-Term Success
It’s common for leaders of sales teams to focus almost exclusively on short-term tactics and current operations while failing to think and act in a way that supports the longer-term… Read more »
HR Tech: Why customers should be at the centre of every software investment
With new HR technologies being released all the time and the pace of change accelerating, it was important to hear who had “been there, done that”. Source: HR Tech: Why… Read more »
Before You Launch A Startup, Learn This First
My 2011 startup with Y Combinator imploded, largely because we couldn’t get enough traction. What was I going to do next? And more importantly, how was I going to avoid… Read more »
How to choose the best digital marketing channel for your business
Is digital marketing relevant to my business? Would Facebook be relevant for my products and services or should I start with LinkedIn? Will I be able to reach out to… Read more »
Medtech Employers Need to Keep Pace with Job Market
The medical device and diagnostics industry is a smart place to build a career. Professionals working in the field say they enjoy the work for the chance to pioneer new… Read more »
4 Top Growth Picks to Avoid Tax Tangle in MedTech
According a report by Business Insider, the Republican tax plan repeals an itemized deduction that applies to healthcare expenses. If the new bill gets implemented, families with high healthcare expenditure will be… Read more »
Digitize your data to elevate your business strategy
Research shows many wealth management firms recognize that digital strategy for customer engagement and operational excellence is a top priority. But the idea of digitally transforming a business can feel… Read more »
How to choose a PR firm that’s right for your startup or scaleup
For any startup, choosing the right service providers can have a strong bearing on the success or failure of your venture. Whether it’s IT maintenance, HR support, accountancy or PR,… Read more »
If You’re Serious About Faster Startup Growth Get Serious About Diversity On Your Team
Turning a startup into a successful high-growth business is a constant race against time. The entrepreneur is driving to achieve the milestones that make the company profitable as investors and… Read more »
Amazon’s Secretive Team 1492 May Be Exploring Health Tech
Amazon reportedly has a secretive project lab, which it has dubbed “1492,” with a focal point centered around medical technologies ranging from records-keeping to over-the-air doctors visits and diagnostics. That’s… Read more »
Nanotechnology Device Can Heal Damaged Tissues With A Single Touch
The technology Tissue Nanotransfection can repair injured legs with just one touch. Treatment takes less than a second and does not have any known side effects. Here’s how it works…. Read more »
Zombie startups: why are entrepreneurs failing to grow their businesses?
For all the support they promise startups, business accelerators are arguably not delivering. Too many startup founders are not getting to the finishing line of a big pay day on… Read more »
8 Digital Stats From Last Week That Marketing Players Need to Know
There was a ton of newsworthy stats and research revealed in the last several days around digital advertising, social media marketing and other topics. Check out the eight digital marketing… Read more »
Start-Up Day Across America – Celebrating entrepreneurship across the country.
On August 1st, 2017, we invite all Members of Congress to celebrate the ingenuity and entrepreneurship taking place right in their back-yards. Startup Day Across America connects elected officials with the… Read more »
Tips to Select an HR Tech Vendor
Implementing a new HR or human capital management (HCM) system is often the first step towards enabling HR strategy with technology. The CHRO will often spend months designing the people… Read more »
What it’s Like to be a Startup Outside a Major Tech Hub
While companies can be based anywhere, there’s no denying that a lot of major customers will be based in cities like London. It’s therefore important to find ways to adapt… Read more »
5 Ways Technology Is Making Healthcare More Accessible
In the last two decades, technology has fundamentally altered the way that people communicate, do business, and consume media, but it also impacts us in a much more intimate way,… Read more »
4 Leadership Lessons You Won’t Learn in Business School
Nailing down your MBA could help give you the business savvy you need to launch your startup or rise in the ranks of your current company. But not having that… Read more »
Tech start-ups need clear marketing strategy
It needs to be one of the first “issues” that new or fledgling tech businesses address. Marketing strategies either spell success or result in abject failure. It’s a strategy that… Read more »
Inside the Q2 2017 global venture capital ecosystem
One thing is clear: The market for startup equity is on firmer footing now than it was three months ago. With two successive quarters of growth, both in the number of… Read more »
Trump Administration Blocks ‘Startup Visas’
The Trump administration said it plans to rescind an Obama-era program that would allow foreign entrepreneurs who launch startup companies in the U.S. to live in the country, in the… Read more »
Starting a Medtech Company? Try Skipping Venture Capital, VCs Say
“Don’t take venture money if you can avoid it,” said Frashier, who now is a managing partner at San Antonio venture firm Targeted Technology. “If you can get there in a… Read more »
10 Mistakes I’ve Made in Business Incubation
One of the most important things I encourage entrepreneurs to do is to learn from their mistakes. After “doing” business incubation now for 7 years in 3 states and working with… Read more »
50 Statistics on the Latest Marketing Trends and Strategies for 2017
As marketers, we all want to know the numbers. What is working, which strategies are driving conversions, and where can I get the most bang for my buck? Below is… Read more »
Why hospitals are so vulnerable to ransomware attacks
The WannaCry ransomware that targeted around 300,000 machines in 150 countries first came on the public radar when 48 U.K. medical facilities were infected by the virus. Though the impact… Read more »
Health Information Exchanges Improve Quality, Efficiency in the ED
A recent study shows that hospitals that take advantage of data exchange to reduce costs and improve quality of care achieve just that. This study was the first in its… Read more »