KCL How a Swedish saxophonist built Kobalt, the world’s next music unicorn TechCrunch - Eric PeckhamYou may not have heard of Kobalt before, but you probably engage with the music it oversees every day, if not almost every hour. Combining a technology platform to better track ownership rights and royalties
KCLPersonal Finance How one woman used minimalism to pay off $50,000 in student loans in 2 and half years NBC News - By Julie ComptonBy looking at minimalism as a lifestyle instead of a sacrifice, Jennifer Chan became debt-free in a few short years. Jennifer Chan, a lawyer in Toronto, Canada, says she paid off $50,000 in student loans
KCL Over 200 million tracks have been uploaded to SoundCloud The Verge - Dani DeahlSoundCloud announced in a blog post today that the 200 millionth track has been uploaded to the platform. In 2016, SoundCloud boasted that it had 125 million tracks available across all its subscription
KCL Tron’s 28-year-old CEO wants to use blockchain games and BitTorrent to decentralize the internet VentureBeat - Dean TakahashiAn estimated 80 percent of the companies that raised funding via initial coin offerings (ICOs) have been called scams by researchers at the Satis Group. But Justin Sun, the 28-year-old CEO of Tron, wants
KCL Translating startup-speak for the corporate buyer TechCrunch - Perry HewittStartups salivate at the prospect of entering the enterprise — and for good reason. The enterprise is rife with legacy systems and circuitous processes that frustrate employees and hinder results — and
KCL When Pitching Investors, Your Product Doesn't Matter (as Much as You Think) Entrepreneur - Alex GoldEver considered upping your storytelling game? That's actually something as important to investors as your product. It was a perfect sunny day and my spirits were high. My co-founder and I had a meeting
KCL 8 of the Biggest Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When Presenting to Investors - new from #Breakthrough Entrepreneur - Scott DuffyWhatever you do, don't say any of the following eight things when making a play for money. The following excerpt is from Scott Duffy’s book Breakthrough. Buy it now from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks
KCL Minds, the blockchain-based social network, grabs a $6M Series A TechCrunch - John BiggsMinds, a decentralized social network, has raised $6 million in Series A funding from Medici Ventures, Overstock.com’s venture arm. Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne will join the Minds Board of Directors. is
KCL What Spotify can learn from Tencent Music TechCrunch - Eric PeckhamOn Tuesday, Tencent Music Entertainment filed for an IPO in the US that is expected to value it in the $25-30 billion range, on par with Spotify’s IPO in April. The filing highlights just how different
KCL EU’s new copyright law will cement the dominance of tech giants TNW - The ConversationThe new European Union Copyright Directive, passed recently by the European parliament after a vociferous campaign both for and against, has been described by its advocates as Europe striking a blow against
KCL Toys R Us brand reawakens as liquidators U-turn on IP auction thedrum.com - John McCarthy A US revival of Toys R Us may be on the books after the administrator of bankrupt toy retailer U-turned on a decision to auction off its IP and …
KCL Why You Need to Use NDAs to Protect Your Business Entrepreneur - Adam BornsteinDon't think of them as aggressive -- instead, think of nondisclosure agreements as a fast-track toward trust. This story appears in the October 2018 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe » Q: I’m a small-business
KCL The war over music copyrights TechCrunch - Eric PeckhamVC firms haven’t been the only ones raising hundreds of millions of dollars to invest in a booming market. After 15+ years of being the last industry anyone wanted to invest in, the music industry is back,
KCL Program Targets One Missing Link For Founders From Diverse Backgrounds: Friends And Family Money Forbes - Anne FieldMany startups fund their earliest days with money from friends and family, as well as angels. But what if your friends and family are not wealthy—and, in fact, are more on the struggling side of the equation?
KCL We Raised Money for Our Startup Without an Investor Deck. Here's How. Entrepreneur - Jaleh BisharatWe know that taking a different approach was risky. But, it was what we believed in, and we didn't want to change our tune. When we were raising money for our clean beauty startup, NakedPoppy, we got of
KCL Australia's Science Agency Claims Breakthrough in Global Blockchain Test - CoinDesk coindesk.com Australian federal body CSIRO says a blockchain network it developed has achieved 30,000 transactions per second in a global test.
KCL How Angel Investors And Angel Groups Work Forbes - Alejandro CremadesHow do angel investors and angel groups work? Where do you find them as an entrepreneur? Angel investing has not only become trendy and highly profitable, it has emerged into being a powerful source of
KCLBusiness YouPorn launches personalized weekly video playlists powered by machine learning VentureBeat - Paul SawersAdult entertainment hub YouPorn is taking a leaf out of Spotify’s book with a new weekly playlist that uses “industry-leading machine learning systems” to serve up suggested videos for users. YouPorn one
KCL France records big jump in privacy complaints since GDPR TechCrunch - Natasha LomasAnother European data protection agency has reported a sharp rise in the numbers of complaints since the EU updated its privacy framework four months ago, when GDPR came into force, updating regional protection
KCL Sennheiser brings its spatial audio technology to AR VentureBeat - Jeff GrubbSennheiser is partnering with Magic Leap. The audio-equipment company is providing its Ambeo tech to improve the immersion of augmented reality. Ambeo uses “transparent audio” that enables you to mix from
KCL AppsFlyer: Facebook remains top media source for mobile app marketers VentureBeat - Dean TakahashiAppsFlyer, a mobile attribution and marketing analytics firm, said that Facebook still leads the market in app marketing performance, according to AppsFlyer’s latest Performance Index study. The study
KCL SiriusXM to acquire Pandora in a $3.5 billion all-stock deal VentureBeat - Paul SawersAutomobile-focused satellite radio company SiriusXM has announced plans to acquire Pandora in an all-stock deal worth $3.5 billion. The deal comes a little more than a year after SiriusXM invested $480
KCL To Scale Your Business, You Must Embrace A Niche Forbes - Kate HarrisonAlmost every thought-leader and hotshot CEO who made it big did so by focusing on one crucial aspect of their business: they embraced their niche. Whether you’re a young upstart launching a new blog, an
KCL The startup Wildlink says it has found a way to monetize referrals - Business Insider Business Insider - Tanya DuaRather than banner ads or TV commercials, it is often word-of-mouth referrals from friends and family that drive consumers to make a purchase. But there hasn't really been a way for brands to track those
KCL Mumford & Sons beware! An AI can now write indie music TechCrunch - John BiggsA fascinating project called Amadeus Code promises to out-Tay-Tay Tay Tay and out-Bon Bon Iver. The AI-based system uses data from previous musical hits to create entirely new compositions on the fly and
KCL The real reason startups fail: How the right distribution strategy can save your company geekwire.com - Jim Huffman After mentoring startup founders through Techstars and teaching growth marketing at General Assembly, I saw founders making the same mistakes around …
KCL This New Hotel Room Is So Groundbreaking That They Patented It Forbes - Christopher ElliottCan a hotel room be so groundbreaking that it deserves a patent? If it's the WorkLife Room, billed as the “guestroom of the future,” the answer apparently is yes. The United States Patent and Trademark
KCL 37 Years Ago, Steve Jobs Ran Apple's Most Amazing Ad. Here's the Story (It's Almost Been Forgotten) Inc Magazine - Bill Murphy Jr.There once was a time when Apple wasn't quite yet Apple. But something else was. When Steve Jobs ran Apple (both times), the company saw some of its most innovative moments in engineering and execution.
KCL The Thin Line Between B2C And B2B Hardware Startups, And Why Both Is Never A Good Option Forbes - Han JinFounding and running a hardware startup is very difficult and expensive, but there is one major challenge which makes life even harder: that is, deciding whether to focus your business on B2B or B2C sales
