Go From Hustler to Entrepreneur With Jay-Z’s New Facebook App “Empire”
Jay-Z shares how he went from a Marcy Projects hustler to a one of the highest earning hip-hop entrepreneurs in his rhymes, but now he showing you can do it too with new Facebook game, “Empire.” The game incorporates real life situations. With experience points, empire cash, fame cred and karma you can move to [...]
Read MoreApple Announces WWDC 2012: June 11-15
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference will be held at San Francisco’s Moscone West June 11 to 15, the company has announced. Just like last year, the conference will focus on Apple’s two major software platforms: iOS and OS X. “We have a great WWDC planned this year and can’t wait to share the latest news about iOS and [...]
Read MoreNow That’s An Investor List: Viddy Backed By Biz Stone, Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, and More
Right after racing to the top of the App Store charts, Viddyjust announced that it has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from a long list of celebrities — not just tech celebrities, but also the kind that non-techies have heard of. Here’s who invested: Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, Omniture founder Josh James, Skull Candy chairman Jeff [...]
Read MoreStartup Hiring: The 10% Solution
LinkedIn employees get a 24-hour gym. Twitter workers get free laundry service. Googlers get Japanese toilets with a cool “rear-cleansing” function. How can your startup compete with that? It’s not easy. When tech giants such as Facebook give their workers six-figure packages and everything up to and including free leather repair (leather repair?), a salary [...]
Read MoreJustin Pierce to Discuss Intellectual Property and Strategy to Scale Start-ups at NewME DMV Meetup
The D.C., Maryland, and Virgina (DMV) NewME Community is hosting a meetup titled Aligning Intellectual Property and Corporate Strategy for Scaling Your Startup with special guest speaker, Justin Pierce. Justin Pierce is a Partner at Venable, LLP and has experience in advising entrepreneurs and start-ups and how to acquire, develop and use intellectual property to [...]
Read MoreHow Social Media Is Breaking News Faster Than Journalists [INFOGRAPHIC]
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How did you find out the legendary Dick Clark died yesterday? Most people found out via Twitter or some other social network. It seems that news is breaking faster on social media than it is in actual newsrooms. Check out this infographic to see how social media is replacing traditional news organizations. Courtesy of: Schools.com
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