“I thought tech was a meritocracy.” A tech CEO I heard speak recently shared this revelation, noting that he’d since realized he was…umm…wrong. Hey, a lot of us were inculcated from a young age with the notion that to achieve a life goal — whether it be to go to law school, own a restaurant […]
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As a business reporter since before the dot com bust (That’s B.C. — Before Cellphone), I’ve chronicled the evolution of digital media and marketing — from the early days of ad networks and behavioral targeting to today’s rapidly-moving mobile location data, IoT and AI sectors. My nearly two-decade reporting career immersed me in a dizzying […]
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Global Entrepreneurship Monitor reported that more than 27 million, or 14 percent, of working-age Americans are starting or running new businesses. Smaller cities are investing in reurbanization; co-working facilities are in nearly every metropolitan area; yet downtown office vacancy rates are at the lowest levels since 2007. Is there a problem? Or, are we watching […]
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