Hubris: A Startup’s Worst Mistake


The following guest post is by Frederic Kerrest, co-founder and COO of Okta. Many startups experienced successful exits in 2013. Others crumbled to the ground. A common cause for those failures?...
    






Biotech And Banks Power Stocks Higher


Scott Redler is long AAPL, FB, SNE, JDSU, CIEN, CMG, ONVO, BAC, C, TSLA, CRM, ZNGA. Short SPY, BBRY. U.S. markets continue to build a floor above 1823 on the S&P 500, while numerous stocks...
    






Are GMO-free Cheerios the First Domino?


Activists are trumpeting General Mills’ decision to remove GMOs from Cheerios as a watershed moment. It is; but not for the reason that they believe. The move was relatively easy and inexpensive....
    






Stocks Go Green, Cloud Plays Popping


*DISCLOSURES: Scott Redler is long BAC, C, TSO, NDLS, TSLA, GOGO, FB, VMW, RHT, BLDP, NUAN, ZNGA, DRYS. Short SPY. Yesterday U.S. stocks tried to get going and had a decent day, but as far as the...
    






Young Jeezy in Trouble for Lashing out at Son


The incident of violence occurred on the 12th of September, 2012. Young Jeezy supposedly hit his son, Jadarius after getting into a nasty argument with him. The two started screaming and shouting at...
    






Entrepreneur Envy


My entrepreneurial past appeared on New Year’s Eve like a ghost visiting Ebenezer Scrooge. There it was, as plain as the tuna tacos I was eating at a local hot spot, although perhaps tinted by rose-...
    






Technology? Some justices want to keep distance


Supreme Court justices wary of bold action by judges weighing new technology, privacy issues WASHINGTON (AP) — At the Supreme Court, technology can be regarded as a necessary evil, and...
    






5 Second-Act Careers To Sail Through Retirement


Nancy Collamer, a career coach based in Old Greenwich, CT, offers hope to the burned out and the bored in mid-career. It’s possible to switch gears in midlife and to start a new venture that brings...
    






Make Your Team Smarter Overnight: 5 Brain-Based Tools In Pictures [Infographics]


What if you could become smarter overnight? What if you could tap into more parts of your brain to increase innovation, creativity, emotional engagement, vision? What if you could guide your team to...