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Elements to Help You Develop Emotional Intelligence

To become a fireman requires a lot of efforts. It needs you to muster up enough courage to get yourself in and out of a burning building. It requires you to develop a heart to save humanity. Above all, it asks you to commit and be prepared to do everything you can to save the lives of others in tragedy. There are elements to help you develop emotional intelligence.

Let me tell you about Jason. He had all such qualities to become a successful fireman. He held the heart of a lion when it comes to saving lives. Jason was very compassionate and quite courageous. He had all the qualities that a good firefighter could’ve possessed.

Graduation was upon him and, Jason proclaimed that milestone as the most significant moment in his life. Despite knowing that he is one of the top-performing candidates in the firefighting institution, the moment he learned his wife is about to give birth, he skipped his graduation and drove a 15-hour ride back home. 

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Artificial Intelligence: A Tool or a Threat to Cybersecurity?

Security threats to businesses have always been there -now it only shifted from physical to cyberspace. So, today’s business world revolves around “data,” which adds intrinsic value to both businesses and consumers. Since business operations have become smarter with technology, so does the manipulation. Enhanced technology changes the very nature of business. Manipulation in the hands of technology is especially true for all the leading business giants, investing in AI to foster their cybersecurity system.  Concerning artificial intelligence; a tool or a threat to cybersecurity?

Cybersecurity raises questions on the very existence of AI technology makes AI a technical “hot potato” and erupting an argument: “Whether AI is a cure or curse to cybersecurity for businesses.” The answer to the case will require a better understanding of AI at a deeper level.

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A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity

After delivering her report to President Obama last Friday, Melissa Hathaway, the Acting Senior Director for Cybersecurity for the National Security and Homeland Security Councils, today gave RSA Conference attendees in San Francisco a glimpse – what she called a “movie trailer” – into the state of U.S cybersecurity.

A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity

According to Hathaway’s 60 second trailer, the key to a cyber secure future lies in cooperation between the public and private sector and a united effort on both a hyperlocal front as well as globally.

A Manhattan Project to Defend Cyber Networks

Melissa Hathaway came across our radar recently when President Obama tasked the former Bush administration aide with leading a 60-day review of Bush’s Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative; a larg

3 Ways to Create Cross-Functional Data Science Teams

Cross-functional teams utilize a group of people with different sets of expertise to work towards a common goal. When it comes to data science, thinking differently and having contrasting angles of analysis is essential to delivering well-rounded business insights. Create cross-functional data science teams for optimal success.

A data science cross-functional team may incorporate data scientists, analysts, predictive modellers and engineers – all working together towards a common goal. While this set-up can be an effective way of achieving tasks, cross-functional teams aren’t always successful.

Surveys from Strategy show that only six percent of employees working on these teams believe they’re consistently delivering impressive results. If your team doesn’t know that they are bringing you a great value, is why it’s important that you and your business are building an effective cross-functional team.

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7 Companies Poised to Disrupt the Mobile Enterprise

The Disruptathon series came to San Diego this week for CTIA Enterprise and Apps to show off seven companies that could be poised to disrupt enterprise mobility. The last time we ran into Disrupathon the series was looking for startups that could disrupt the news industry at the USA Today building in northern Virginia in June. Mobile analytics and social mechanics application company Socialize took the top prize that day and was back at it in San Diego to attempt to garner more accolades.

7 Companies Poised to Disrupt the Mobile Enterprise

The competition in San Diego was stiff. Canvas helps companies with manual data collection processes while Zenius creates enterprise branded mobile wallets for its partners. Check out which companies took top honors this week at Disruptathon Mobile Enterprise.

The seven startups in San Diego were: Socialize, Canvas, Di

Resisting and Reducing Enterprise Storage Downtime

Downtime for an enterprise is the same as getting knocked out cold. The downtime is the inability to access essential data for extended periods is like getting an arm or a leg chopped off for an enterprise. Enterprise system downtime can cost millions in losses and lead to reputation damage, loss of business, and a lot of angry customers. Is it possible for an enterprise to recover from such losses? Often, the answer is “no.” Resisting and reducing enterprise storage downtime is essential.

In this article, we discuss how can organizations resist and reduce enterprise storage downtime.

What Threatens Your Enterprise Storage Systems?

When you think about the threats to enterprise data storage systems, the first thing that pops into your mind is probably ransomware. It’s logical to believe that ransomware is perhaps the biggest reason why businesses lose their data and experience downtime. But what do you know about data recovery?

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The Evolution of Startups in India — The Story Up Until Now

Before we take a plunge into the Startup culture of India, let us first try understanding what exactly a startup is, and how does it function? Then we will tell the evolution of startups in India and the story until now.

What is a Startup?

Investopedia defines a startup as “a young company that is just beginning to develop.” A startups seeds are sown and sprouted either because the founder(s) have come up with a unique solution with a product (like a software or a physical product) or service. Usually, a product or service is to erase a complicated problem.

Many times the startups product or service is to provide a more efficient way around recreating and distributing a product or service that is already a business.

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Small Business Marketing Strategies that Will Work for You

In business, these days, startups and entrepreneurial setups are trending heavily. Maybe startups and entrepreneurial structures will always trend as everyone wishes to initialize a small business for their passive income.  Building for passive income is a good idea, but people can struggle and fail regretfully while developing their small or medium businesses. There are small business marketing strategies that will work for you.

You Can Find Small Business Marketing Strategies that Will Work for You

Every business, including B2B or B2C, has to bear the financial loss in their implementing their business strategies. Things are more difficult for the small business owner or entrepreneur with limited capital investment. These small scale businesses lack time management skills and workforce.

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Crowdfunding Your Startup at 700 Percent Oversubscribed

The jobs act promised small individual investors the ability to invest in the next Google. It also pledged founders an alternative route to raising money. Why should only the already rich get the benefits of investing in the next Google or Amazon?

Less risk for the new startup investors.

According to Entrepreneur, “Seventy-five percent of venture-backed startups fail.” Investing in startups is a risky affair, yet investors are will to take these risks because of the potential of significant upsides.

For founders, having a new source of capital has a definite upside.

Having access to crowdfunding platforms are not just for small startups anymore. As of 2018, “since its launch, nearly 1,000 companies have registered with the SEC on 50 platforms, and over $127 million has been committed to campaigns.”

Before acquisition the then SeedInvest CEO Ryan Feit previously said, “With over 37,000 accredited investors, SeedInvest is by far the

10 Crypto Gurus You Have to Follow

The world of cryptocurrency is still new, and we all need guidance. Paying attention to people who understand the technology and can explain what’s going on could be helpful. Here are ten crypto gurus you just have to follow.

  • Charlie Lee

    • Charlie Lee is the creator of Litecoin, the silver to Bitcoin’s gold. He was born to Chinese parents in Ivory Coast but moved to the United States when he was thirteen. He studied computer science at MIT, then worked for a couple of software firms before joining Google. It was there that he first came across the blockchain. He sees Litecoin not as a competitor to Bitcoin but as a complement to it. He hopes that people will use Litecoin for everyday purchases while using Bitcoin for large international transactions. Follow Charlie @SatoshiLite.

  • Ran Neuner

    • Ran Neuner came to cryptocurrency from the world of marketing. Between 2001 and 2015, he built Africa’s biggest sales and

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