How to Build a Startup Business From Scratch in 2017
Apply now to be an Entrepreneur 360™ company. Let us tell the world your success story. Get Started » I’m often asked about how I started as an entrepreneur, and…
Advice From the Greats: Deciding When to Retire a Product
Sometimes, even the greats have to retire. Take, for example, the Gmail messaging service Google Talk: That veteran product has been around since 2005, but Google is discontinuing it because it…
Ready to Kill Your Company’s Open-Floor Plan? Drop the Machete.
Apply now to be an Entrepreneur 360™ company. Let us tell the world your success story. Get Started » Would you work in a cocoon that looks like a 2001: A…
Unleash Developers to Produce Rapidly Evolving Software
It’s practical, not theoretical. Developers who rely on cloud resources will be among those producing the software ‘eating the world.’ For some IT managers, the cloud is about bursting certain…
4 Steps to a Digital Transformation
Digital transformation, think of it as a shift in philosophy within your organization, not just a tech project. By now, most of us have heard of the idea of digital…
IoT Enabling a Path to Better Health
IoT data from healthcare wearables and patient devices has only just begun to change the way hospitals treat patients, but advances will continue through the analytic insights they provide. Many…
Shutterstock CIO on Leadership: Reduce the Cycle of Fear
Shutterstock grew so fast it needed to move into the cloud quickly to avoid becoming preoccupied with operations of its 56 data centers. For a CIO who believes that “people…
Many Businesses Are Moving IT Back in House
While a majority of organizations employ third-party service providers for some IT needs, a significant number of them plan to increase their use of in-house IT services in 2017, according…
IT startup companies seek product advice from CIOs
CIOs aren’t just new technology buyers, but technology influencers who help IT startup companies shape their products. That’s the experience of a number of early stage companies participating in the…
MIT CIO Symposium 2017 elucidates the digital playbook
The importance of culture Setting targets and the instrumentation of business processes — and machines — also factor heavily into GE’s digital transformation, said CIO Jim Fowler, who is leading an effort…
Strategy Talk: The Real Reason Your Stock Price Is Lagging
Dear Ken, An activist investor has been after our board to split the company’s common stock into two classes — one that pays a dividend stream to attract “yield investors”…
Howard Yu Disrupts Disruptive Innovation
Photograph courtesy of IMD Whether we praise its genius or dispute its validity, it’s hard to deny the influence of Clayton Christensen’s theory of disruptive innovation. In explaining the kinds…
The Future of Robots
by Greg Satell When the first industrial robot, Unimate, appeared on a General Motors assembly line in 1961, it was a modern marvel. The job it performed, transporting die-castings and welding them…
Starting Intrapreneurs Studio at Orange
by Nicolas Bry Editor’s note: Orange is one of the largest operators of mobile and internet services in Europe and Africa and a global leader in corporate telecommunication services. Context The…
2017 Interbrand Breakthrough Brands [Report]
by Mari Anixter 40 brands, 7 trends, global insights, and more… In this 2017 Interbrand Breakthrough Brands report, you’ll find the 40 startups and upstarts changing the world and discover…
Diabetes Research Gets A Startup-like Boost in Lebanon
Beirut-based UK Lebanon Tech Hub (UKLTH) will fund the development of Ediamond, a non-invasive blood glucose-monitoring device being developed at the American University of Beirut (AUB). Ediamond is a wearable…
Delivery Hero Buys Out Carriage To Boss Around The Kuwaiti Market
German online food takeaway firm Delivery Hero has agreed to buy Middle East food delivery platform Carriage. The financial details are not disclosed. This is the latest in a series…
The Key to Being An Effective Public Speaker
My entrepreneurial journey has included a lot of public speaking over the past year. And as I have tested and tried different approaches I have learned one key rule to…
Amazon & Souq Take Their First Baby Steps Together In MENA
Online shoppers are now able to log on to Souq’s website using Amazon credentials, two months after the American e-commerce giant acquired the firm. The ability of Amazon users to…
VAT 101: Here’s How To Get Started With Your UAE Business
If you’ve felt the panic setting in with VAT 2018 around the corner, you’re not the only one. Luckily we’ve got you covered with our VAT 101 Series. VAT is…