Tag Archives: alternatives

Ryan Caldbeck’s CircleUp Democratizes Funding Process For Start-Ups and Investors

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A Series of Forbes Insights Profiles of Thought Leaders Changing the Business Landscape: Ryan Caldbeck, Founder and CEO, CircleUp… “We’re an online investing marketplace that matches small investors...
    






Why Your Company May Dump QuickBooks This Year

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Believe it or not, your company is about to be part of an enormous wave of change in the next few years. That’s because, if you’re like most small and medium sized businesses, you’re likely using an...
    






Liberty Media bids for full ownership of Sirius XM

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Liberty Media seeks to devour all of Sirius XM in deal valuing satellite radio service at $23B ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Liberty Media is trying to devour all of Sirius XM in a deal that...
    






L.A.’s 2014: New Year. New Start. New Tech.

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As predictions go about what our future might look like, historically — we have often been wrong. By now, some thought we’d have jet-packs. Others thought that humans would be able to fly. Or that...
    






Digital Health In 2014: The Imperative Of Connectivity

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Build it and they will come. I sense that this may be a guiding principal to digital health. Build a sexy device or a cool app and the democratization of healthcare will magically appear.   And while...
    






Let’s Resolve To Use These Tech Buzzwords Less In 2014

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Every area of human endeavor has its own lingo, but something about the technology industry makes for particularly pervasive and annoying jargon. Partly that’s because of where it comes from: It’s a...
    






Bubbles, Banks And Bitcoin

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We are used to money being created by the state. Or rather, we are used to money being created by banks on behalf of the state. The state has no direct control over the quantity of money created by...
    






Google’s Threat To Microsoft, Chromebooks Are Now 21% Of Notebooks And 10% Of All Computers And Tablets

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These figures rather surprised me as I jut hadn’t realised quite how much Chrome OS had penetrated the marketplace. Those Scroogled ads from Microsoft are now making more sense as a reaction to the...
    






Facebook Is Dead And Buried, Says EU Study Lead

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Facebook has not had a merry Christmas. Just before the festive season got rolling, Reuters reported that U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet has allowed plaintiffs to sue the social network and its...
    






The Next Ronald Reagan Is The Leader Who Rediscovers Something Very Basic

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So let’s see where we are with a large and crucial sector of the American economy. Costs in this sector have been soaring for most of the previous decade, depressing income growth and significantly...