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6 Information Surges Raise Huge Startup Opportunities

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Per a recent study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic has grown 17-fold over the past 5 years, reaching 11.5 There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models. Online entertainment: millions of channels, billions of actors. YouTube is now the 800-pound gorilla of entertainment.

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6 Technology Trends Will Spawn Countless New Ventures

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Per the latest study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic has grown 17-fold over the past 5 years, reaching 11.5 There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models. Online entertainment: millions of channels, billions of actors. YouTube is now the 800-pound gorilla of entertainment.

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6 Trends Are Driving A Data Tsunami For Startups

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Per a new study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic grew 69 percent in 2014, reaching 2.5 There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models. Online entertainment: millions of channels, billions of actors. YouTube is now the 800-pound gorilla of entertainment.

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7 Ways For Businesses To Work Less And Enjoy It More

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For example, for a sales person, this metric number would likely measure new revenue or new customers. A more comprehensive study by Gallup showed that 70 percent of employees today lack these attributes. In business vernacular, targets are usually called metrics. Provide incentives to focus everyone on real results.

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Reflections on 2016: Rob Freelen, Silicon Valley Bank

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I studied East Asian religions in college and was intrigued to hear that a Buddhist monk was delivering meditation and mindfulness via a mobile app. What's your favorite technology gadget, device, or innovation you ran across this year? Rob Freelen: In a year of political and social disruption, I discovered Headspace, a meditation app.

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Social Search – What Entrepreneur Needs To Know

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These sites (so far) have managed to balance facilitating product discovery and purchase capabilities with users'' desires to entertain and educate themselves without feeling like they are in a marketplace. It is no secret that Pinterest and other social commerce sites have begun to dial in the commerce equation.

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6 Trends Generate Huge Data And Startup Opportunities

Startup Professionals Musings

Per the latest study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic has grown 18-fold over the past 5 years, reaching 7.2 There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models. Online entertainment: millions of channels, billions of actors. YouTube is now the 800-pound gorilla of entertainment.

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