Saudi Aramco Tax Slashed Ahead of What May Be Biggest IPO
Author: Wael Mahdi / Source: Bloomberg.com Saudi Arabia slashed taxes by more than a third for state oil producer Saudi Aramco ahead of what could be the world’s biggest initial public offering. New rates reduce Aramco’s income tax rate to 50 percent from 85...
With $60M Fund, “Anti-VC” Scaleworks Looks to Buy Software Startups
Author: David Holley / Source: Xconomy Share For many entrepreneurs who leave their business, investing is an easy next step. That’s what Lew Moorman did after he left Rackspace in 2013. But he didn’t like it. “I found myself not enjoying my day. I was...
Kayne Anderson Acquisition Corp. Announces Launch of Initial Public Offering
Source: Business Wire HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kayne Anderson Acquisition Corp. (the "Company") announced today that it intends to commence its initial public offering of 35,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit. The Company intends to grant the underwriters a 45-day...
Why internet companies are celebrating the Senate’s privacy rule rollback
Author: David Z. Morris / Source: VentureBeat On Friday, the Senate blocked the implementation of rules that would have restricted internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon’s ability to monetize users’ internet browsing history and other data. This...
Snapcart raises $3M to track offline commerce data in Southeast Asia
Author: Jon Russell / Source: TechCrunch Snapcart, a startup helping to bring transparency to the world of offline commerce in Southeast Asia, has raised $3 million in pre-Series A funding. We first wrote about the company when it launched in September 2015...
Tel Aviv’s trash is being turned into fuel
Author: Reuters / Source: VentureBeat Image Credit: Shutterstock (Reuters) – Residents of Tel Aviv can start feeling a little less guilty about the amount of garbage they throw away. Just a short drive from the city, a new waste collection plant has begun...
MAS Financial Services files Rs 550-cr IPO papers with Sebi
Source: dna MAS Financial Services today filed draft papers with capital markets regulator Sebi to raise an estimated Rs 550 crore through initial public offering. The company is a Gujarat-headquartered non-banking financial company (NBFC) with more than two decades...
India Dealbook: Fynd, Wigzo, DoneThing raise funding; AppWorks buys BigDrop
Author: Bhawna Gupta / Source: DealStreetAsia Team Fynd Fashion e-commerce portal Fynd has received $500,000 funding in a Series A round from Venture Catalysts while Wigzo, an enterprise marketing automation suite, has raised a bridge round. Meanwhile...
London attack reignites encryption debate, as U.K. govt. says ‘there should be no place for terrorists to hide’
Author: Paul Sawers / Source: VentureBeat As London reels in the aftermath of yet another horrific terrorist attack, the U.K. government has reignited the debate on the use of encryption in mobile messaging services. The attack in Westminster last Thursday...
Game pioneers Jason Rubin and Ted Price discuss the lessons of early VR games
Author: Dean Takahashi / Source: VentureBeat Ted Price and Jason Rubin were pioneers at the start of the console video game business. Price started Insomniac Games in 1994, making games, such as Spyro the Dragon and Ratchet & Clank. Rubin cofounded Naughty...
How Chinese-led globalization will impact tech
Author: Hagai Tal / Source: VentureBeat The politics of protectionism are turning America inward at roughly the same moment high valuations have forced Chinese firms to seek profits abroad. From a macro perspective, globalization marches on, albeit with a...
Blizzard unveils StarCraft: Remastered for nostalgic fans
Author: Dean Takahashi / Source: VentureBeat Blizzard Entertainment just announced that it will launch StarCraft: Remastered, a remade version of the real-time strategy hit that debuted in 1998. The remake will have 4K graphics and 1080p cinematics, upgraded...
The CEO of FUBU Started Selling Pencils When He Was 6 Years Old
Author: Business Rockstars / Source: Entrepreneur On this episode, Entrepreneur Network partner Business Rockstars sits down with Daymond John, CEO and founder of FUBU, who talks about how his childhood shaped him into the massively successful businessman he...
How to Write the Perfect Business Blog Post
Author: Steve Lazuka / Source: Entrepreneur Business blogging is one of the basic tenets of inbound marketing, and one of the best ways for businesses to gain greater online visibility. It drives traffic to company websites, aims to convert that traffic into...
Disrupting startups, what are you exactly disrupting?
Author: Sindhu Kashyap / Source: YourStory.com The question to ask about internet businesses today is: Are they truly creating artificial demand, like most critics claim, or are they in the grey area of building a new kind of revolution? “You remember the...
The Role of Gender in Entrepreneurship Today (Infographic)
Author: Rose Leadem / Source: Entrepreneur As much as we work towards alleviating it, today’s gender gap -- especially when it comes to entrepreneurship -- is continuing to grow. In a survey polling more than 500 entrepreneurs from the U.S., online graphic...
4 Steps to Creating Effective Online Videos
Author: Sam DeZeeuw / Source: Entrepreneur Getting in front of camera can be very intimidating, but it doesn't have to be. Use these four actionable steps to create attractive business videos that resonate with your audience. 1. Develop a script. One way you...
How to Create Mobile-Friendly Lead Generation Forms
Author: Ann Smarty / Source: Entrepreneur Customer onboarding is by far the most important goal of online presence. The problem is that when dealing with mobile traffic, you are limited to small screens and mobile device functionality. Creativity becomes...