Guest Blogs by Tech Leaders and Startup Founders

FROM FOUNDERS

More Messages, More Problems: How Businesses Can Send Fewer, Better Messages

By Josh Weissburg

IDEA IN BRIEF 1) Consumers suffer from message overload — and a lot of the messages we get are annoying and i

3 Reasons Hardware Startups Fail by BOLT Labs

By Ben Einstein

All startups face a mountain of challenges. When you throw a hardware product into the mix, that mountain inherits

So, You’ve Built a Prototype

By Jeremy Conrad

So, You’ve Built a Prototype? Awesome…Here’s 10 Ways Shit Will Hit the Fan 10. Your overseas supplier

FROM DEVELOPERS

Design Principles: Introduction To Hierarchy

By Kent Mundle

The need for technical skill in graphic design continues to grow as technologies and interfaces change. Yet, how ha

Simple Software Design is a Complex Process

By Mike Kappel

Developing user-friendly software for the small business market is a challenge. These customers generally fly by th

GAMING NEWS

The Technology Powering the Fantasy Football Machine

By Henry James

Fantasy football is big business. The New York Post reports 75 million people will participate in 2016 and itR

What You Missed in Tech News Today: Nintendo’s Pokemon Go leads to multiple deaths

By Beth Kindig

In North San Diego County, two men fell off a bluff while playing Nintendo’s newly released Pokemon Go. The men,

Mobile Gaming Advances Education, Health & Business

By Beth Kindig

The serious gaming world was an insular one until advances in the mobile industry turned playing video games into a

MOBILE NEWS

Google Daydream View: An Advancement for Mobile VR?

By Monica Rivers

Virtual reality has come a long way since Morton Heilgi’s Telesphere Mask from 1960. Since its first announcement

Better Mobile Security Controlled by Users

By Jessica Oaks

Once upon a time the computers we used to access bank information and other sensitive data stayed firmly rooted on

How to Detect Lat/Long and Prevent Location Spam

By Beth Kindig

Location features and data collection are becoming the peloton in mobile development, and with this signal comes

Mobile Gaming Advances Education, Health & Business

By Beth Kindig

The serious gaming world was an insular one until advances in the mobile industry turned playing video games into a

VIRTUALIZATION SECURITY

How Cloud Platforms Protect Themselves From Security Threats

By Roy Rasmussen

An estimated 79 percent of companies are already either operating in a cloud environment or preparing to do so, acc

Are You Getting the Most Out of Virtualization

By Beth Kindig

Virtualization has been with us since the mainframe days, when a single system could be sliced into separate virtua

BUSINESS NEWS

How Do You Find Your First Customers?

By Anand Srinivasan

As any business owner will tell you, finding those first ten or twenty customers is always the hardest. For one, yo

How To Be Successful In Business (Without Being an Expert)

By Anand Srinivasan

There is one mantra that successful entrepreneurs often offer to aspirants – ‘Fail, and fail fast’. T

5 Strategies to Make the Most of Your CFO

By Guest Author

When you’ve got a great CFO, it’s tempting to keep her siloed in the “money corner,” slaving away in Excel and making projections. You rely on her to monitor cash flow and paint an accurate picture of your company’s financial health — now and in the future.