But, instead of your loved ones being taken hostage, or your business being threatened, it might be your files, your data or your entire network. Typically, a user will download a dodgy email attachment or accidentally install a malicious piece of software masquerading as something legitimate. Then, immediately or otherwise, the ransomware will create a pop-up saying that your files have been encrypted and you need to pay to get them back....
According to The Founder Institute, these six categories are common across all fields, practices and stages of business ownership. After studying the behaviors and characteristics of 30,000 subjects, they confirmed that an entrepreneur can be a: Hustler, an Innovator, a Prodigy, a Visionary, a Machine or a Strategist. If you were wondering, a Hustler is an ambitious go-getter. An Innovator is a forward-thinking builder. A Prodigy is a charismatic intellectual....
It is the mental benefits that have kept me running in the morning for over a decade now (the other health and fitness benefits are simply nice bonuses). I swear by my morning run because it makes me sharper mentally all day long. And I am convinced that my morning running routine has changed my life and career more than any other habit. The effects of exercise on my cognitive performance are so strong that I feel compelled to encourage others to take up a similar routine....
On November 9th, Challenge Cup will bring the excitement to Moscow, where twenty five startups will battle for the four regional winners’ spots within their respective category. The winners from each of the 16 events (8 international, 8 within the US) will move onto the final round and with it, the chance to win the $150,00 grand prize. But we want to know what YOU think! Weigh in and let us know which of these startups from the event is the hottest by voting in the poll at the bottom of this post!...
As part of CES 2016, Tech.Co is proud to partner with the Consumer Technology Association for the Startup Night Downtown Vegas on January 5th. The free event starts at 6 PM at the Gold Spike in Las Vegas, NV, and lasts until 9 PM. At the event, the following 20 startups will be showcasing their companies and products to attendees. We’re so excited about CES that we’re asking you, our readers, to determine which of these startups deserve the title of Tech....
The decision to withhold rent appears to be the latest cost-cutting measure deployed during the Tesla chief’s short tenure in charge of the social media site. It’s also the latest instalment in the seemingly endless stream of scandals, controversies, and issues that have plagued the platform since his takeover in late October. Twitter’s Rent Refusal According to a report recently published in the New York Times, Twitter has stopped paying rent for its HQ, located in San Francisco, as well as its global offices....
Changing Roles of Cofounders Your role as a cofounder of the company is not static and will change over time. Here are a few stages you may experience Operator:You are doing things yourself, whether it is email marketing, coding, designing or supporting customers.Early manager:You have your first people on board. While still doing a lot of things on your own, you start learning how to be a good manager.Manager:You stopped doing most of the things and focus on being a good manager....
Paul Graham Reads (and Rereads) Books In a recent blog post by Y Combinator cofounder and partner Paul Graham, Graham writes about the notion of human knowing and how we come to know certain things. It’s a good, short read, but what stands out about the post is this idea of rereading a book as both an experience and a pathway to knowing. In it, Graham reflects on the times he’s reread books, only to discover that he remembers very little of what the books were actually about upon rereading them....
How VR Headsets Impact Your Health The bad news comes from laser eye surgeon Dr David Allamby, a clinical director at London’s Focus clinic. He spoke on the issue in a recent Mirror article: Virtual reality headsets are set for a major explosion in popularity over this holiday season: Just yesterday, Google officially announced its own VR headset, the Daydream View, which will come in three different vaguely wool-like colors. Many VR users have complained about dry eye or eye strain from wearing headsets, a condition exacerbated by the fact that some wearers, when in a stressful situation and immersed in a 3D action environment, simply neglect to blink as often as they should be to really lubricate the eye....
Though most users only recognize ads from the disruptive nature that they hold for the browsing experience, they are important for allowing many independent sites to run. Ads often allow for revenue to be generated in different ways. Many of these publications are dependent on ads as an important source of income, but users’ discouragement from utilizing them have pushed many publications to diversify how they are keeping their publications alive, while also engaging with their fans in innovative ways....
While the algorithm behind WingIt is very complex, presentation of the results is simple. The targeted user base of 20- to 40-year-old travelers and adventurers want a quick, simple interface which provides results without too many taps or swipes. If the process were too complex it would make better sense to just pick up a newspaper or sit in front of a laptop. Alban Sayag founded WingIt in 2012. He is a serial entrepreneur from France with an impressive resume WingIt is his third startup....
The culprit of the “fat finger error” — when someone unintentionally lists or buys an item on the internet for the wrong amount via a simple typo — was unable to unlist his item before it was snatched up. NFTs are stored on a blockchain, a decentralized, digital public ledger that exists across a network, initially used to maintain cryptocurrencies, which make fixing these kinds of mistakes that much more difficult....
Several Prominent Investors CareMessage’s fundraising campaign, which started in March 2014 upon graduation from Y Combinator, is being led by The Pershing Square Foundation, which has committed $1.5 million over two years. The Pershing Square Foundation joins more than two dozen institutional and individual donors, including the prestigious venture philanthropy firm Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, the William K. Bowes Jr. Foundation, Peter Bing, Paul Buchheit, Coleman Fung, Chris Eyre,Joseph Gleberman, Matt Glickman, Wilfred Jaeger, Kathy Kemper, John Kissick, Lata Krishnan, John Levin,Antony Ressler and Gene Tiger Sykes....
The ZUtA Pocket Printer sounds like a dream. Much like the Roomba, it uses sensor technology to find the edges of the page and prints whatever you tell it to. It can connect to a smartphone or a PC. It has a rechargeable battery and an on/off switch to preserve it. The ZUtA Pocket Printer can even print on large pieces of paper so that posters will become easier than ever....
To help your startup get a leg up in the new year, we’ve collected 14 trends to look for in 2013 from entrepreneurs across several diverse industries. 1) Open World, Open Competition There’s an open source movement of sorts occurring in the physical world. With a mix of consumer 3D printers, really cheap hardware (sensors, motors, processing boards), and a feverish online community, we’re going to see some great projects that will challenge the established players....
You see, there’s a fine line between the two worlds of enterprise and non-enterprise startups. An enterprise startup is typically the largely unseen force at work behind the scenes. I’m talking about the stuff that various companies use for bookkeeping all the way to running and automating a payment service. There are countless examples of bigger corporations aligning themselves with enterprise startups because they’re seeking outside solutions that they don’t have to develop in-house....
Boston offers plenty to love: MassChallenge Boston’s four month accelerator program gives global entrepreneurs the resources they need with no equity taken and helps them compete for the chance to win a share of a $1M prize. MIT Sloan CIO Symposium, on May 24 this year, offers the Innovation Showcase which features 10 outstanding early stage companies with cutting edge solutions that combine both value and innovation to Enterprise IT....
When I say Las Vegas, what comes to mind? Blackjack, booze, bad decisions, perhaps other other subjects not appropriate for young ears (or eyes)? Now let’s prefix that with Downtown; does your mind change? It should. For those who have yet to visit Downtown Las Vegas since Tony Hsieh and his Downtown Project have injected $350M and a whole lot of ambition + optimism, you are missing out- for many reasons....
Regardless of the origin or end goal of a Kickstarter campaign, it’s uplifting to see a community of people surround an idea and help take it from the designer’s head into reality. To celebrate this, I rounded up some of the most unbelievable campaigns I could find, unbelievable with regard to either the amount of funding raised, scale of the idea, or general weirdness of the concept. They might not be the most professional campaigns ever, but they’re damn fun to read about....
In his ebook The Burned Out Blogger’s Guide to PR, former TechCrunch writer Jason Kincaid presents his formula for an ideal email pitch (along with many other tips on press interviews, when and whom to pitch, and how to get inside a reporter’s mind). Here’s what he advises entrepreneurs to include: Your story Start with a few sentences about what led to the idea for your company or your mission....
