Medicine Or Mass Murder? Guideline Based on Discredited Research May Have Caused 800,000 Deaths In Europe Over The Last 5 Years


Last summer British researchers provoked concern when they published a paper raising the possibility that by following an established guideline UK doctors may have caused as many as 10,000 deaths...
    






FarmLogs Raises $4 Million In Series A Funding


FarmLogs is a farm management software startup that builds tools for helping farmers increase their productivity and efficiency. FarmLogs participated in the Y Combinator startup accelerator program...
    






The CEO Question: Where Is My Company Going?


In my last column I stated that every business, including small ones, have assignments that can only be performed by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Plus I revealed: CEO strategic...
    






How To Avoid The Fate Of Rap Genius When Doing SEO


SEO, like many things in life, can be really good or really bad, depending on who’s doing it. Unfortunately, there are too many people claiming to be SEO professionals who don’t seem to know much...
    






Cloud Sherpas Shows Just How Lucrative Moving Organizations To The Cloud Is


Around four years ago I met a small company that focused on helping large organizations transition to the Google Apps suite of products. Cloud Sherpas seemed like just another small service provider...
    






Small Firms Are Making Big Bucks In The Analog Economy


Imagine if Tim Cook fired up the production lines and started churning out the Apple II instead of the latest Macbook Pro. The world would think he had gone barking mad. After all, what company in...
    






A Digital Health Acquisition To Watch


RxAnte, which applies predictive analytics to medication adherence, became part of Millennium Laboratories in December. The companies are mum on details of the sale. Aberdare Ventures partner...
    






Vladimir Putin’s Approval Rating Has Been Holding Steady For Almost Two Years


I’m a little late, but it’s worth pointing out that after a particularly bad November Vladimir Putin’s approval rate in December ticked up to a level (65%) that is broadly in line with the results of...
    






Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus Spacecraft Arrives At The Space Station


At 8:05 EST AM Sunday morning, Orbital Sciences‘ Cygnus spacecraft successfully connected to the International Space Station’s Harmony Node, marking a success for the company’s first contracted...
    






What 2013 Teaches Employers For 2014 & Beyond


By Gene Connors and Amanda Haverstick 2013 left employees as the overall victors on the employment law battlefield, by arming them with a host of new statutory rights and options, primarily at the...