Around five years ago, everyone was talking about IoT and how it was going to change everything as we connect billions of devices. We seem to go through cycles where… Read more »
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EdTech is having a renaissance, powered by the emerging world
So-called ‘EdTech’ has seen many false dawns over the years. After being lauded as the teaching platforms of the future, most MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course platforms) have not quite… Read more »
Amazon Could Enter Hospital Supply Chain — Why Medtech Shouldn’t Worry
Medical supplier stocks collectively toppled to a 10-month low intraday Tuesday with Becton Dickinson (BDX) among the biggest losers after reports emerged that Amazon.com (AMZN) is planning to sell supplies to hospitals. But analysts… Read more »
Education technology is a global opportunity
$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 »
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 »
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 »
Best Stocks 2018: 4 Biotech and Healthcare Stocks to Buy Now
As far as industries go, few are quite as complex, multifaceted, and, as T. Rowe Price Health Sciences fund portfolio manager Ziad Bakri puts it, “idiosyncratic” as health care. The… 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 »
AI Is the Next Phase of Human Evolution | HuffPost
I think we’re missing the bigger picture when it comes to AI. Once again humanity tricked itself into thinking that this time, it’s the end. That the looming technological revolution… 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 »
Artificial Intelligence Is Now Your Coworker
Last fall, Google Translate rolled out a new-and-improved artificial intelligence translation engine that it claimed was, at times, “nearly indistinguishable” from human translation. Jost Zetzsche could only roll his eyes. The German native… 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 »
As artificial intelligence makes the future, UMN researchers look to contribute
Twenty-five years ago, Nikos Papanikolopoulos started working in the University of Minnesota’s Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Vision lab.For the first five years, the lab researched and developed robotics that were… 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 »
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 »
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 »
Why Millennials Prefer Startup Jobs To Traditional Offices
You’ve heard it before. The startup culture, startup working style. Startup this, startup that. Why do millennials gravitate towards an office or company that operates in this kind of style? Well… 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 »
Startup Battlefield at Disrupt SF
You’ve questioned the status quo; you’re ready to shake things up. But does your innovative startup have what it takes to be the next Dropbox, Mint or Trello? It’s time… Read more »
No prescribed age to be an entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship, much like professional dancing is often a passionate affair between a man and his creation. And, just as in dancing, entrepreneurship takes creativity, perseverance, agility, discipline, and teamwork to… Read more »
Australian “Deep” Tech – A Hidden Opportunity
When the world thinks innovation or startup havens, Australia is not necessarily the first place which springs to mind. Sure, we have strengths in other industries. Traditional professional services, mining, construction,… 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 »
Seeding the future: how university incubators are helping postgrads’ ideas bear fruit
Bumping into a former Nasa engineer at a university networking event gave business postgraduate Matt Ritchie an entrepreneurial steer. He intended to return to accountancy after an MBA (master’s in… Read more »
The Top 5 Reasons EdTech Startups Fail And How To Avoid Them
Many people who went to public school believe they know how the system works. Unfortunately, unless you’ve worked within the public education system, there is no possible way you can… Read more »
5 Ways Marketing Automation Helps Startups Succeed
Let’s face it: It can be overwhelming to keep up with new digital-marketing strategies, social media, drip campaigns and all the other emerging opportunities in the world of marketing technology. There’s so… Read more »
Bootstrapping Your Startup Starts With Modern Marketing
Funding a business by yourself can feel like an insurmountable challenge. Businesses are expensive, requires knowledge and efficiency and leaves little room for errors. But time and time again entrepreneurs… Read more »
Digital health has hit an inflection point
Among consumers, for instance, 60 percent are willing to share health data with Google, according to the 2016 Rock Health Consumer Survey with 4,015 respondents, cited by the Meeker report…. Read more »
Boston Children’s emerges as digital health innovator and accelerator
As one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the country, Boston Children’s Hospital has gained a reputation as a nationally ranked healthcare organization. But, it’s in the area of… Read more »