While Turkey has struggled economically over the past two years, its burgeoning tech space has been a rare bright spot. In developing and attracting investment to homegrown start-ups, Turkey’s demographic fundamentals play to its strengths. Moreover, greater attention from both Ankara and outside investors to the challenges facing tech in Turkey might expand the opportunities for growth and offer a template to resolve Turkey’s broader economic challenges.
Read MoreDr. Ruha Benjamin, Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, challenges the dominant narrative that technology always equals progress in her latest novel “Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code,” examining how the heavy impact of COVID-19 on minority communities has exposed default settings of inequity in innovation that have been historically present.
Read MoreHireVue CEO Kevin Parker discusses the benefits and challenges with harnessing the power of AI and other technologies to facilitate and democratize the hiring process, from carefully incorporating aspects of organizational psychology to bolstering internal mobility in HR, and highlights the company’s focus on the candidate experience.
Read MoreNorman Augustine, former CEO and Chairman of Lockheed Martin Corporation, explains the aerospace industry’s role in national defense and systems integration and economic sustainability in the human spaceflight program. Drawing upon his past experience on the board of Proctor & Gamble, he also elaborates further on some marketing and branding successes and failures.
Read MorePresident of Microsoft, Brad Smith, shares his thoughts on his recent novel Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age, which grapples with the uncertain future of technology in a world increasing driven by data-centered software, and argues for a careful, comprehensive approach.
Read MoreIn a crowded market of food delivery, Snackpass has cracked the code in marketing to their college audience with a social experience of ordering food, and investors have taken notice. Business Today speaks with Claudia Haimovici, Growth Marketing Manager, to learn about their plans for further expansion and the student founder experience.
Read MoreJudy Sindecuse, CEO and founder of Capital Innovators, shares her thoughts on Capital Innovators’ unique mentorship model and how to accelerate entrepreneurship in the Midwest.
Read MoreDuolingo has just added two new endangered languages to its free educational app. In this article, Anne Wen examines the implications of Duolingo’s pivot to endangered languages.
Read MoreDan Doctoroff speaks to his experience serving New York City and the new challenges he tackles at Sidewalk Labs, focusing on growth, investment, and security for smart cities.
Read MoreFrida Polli, CEO and Founder of pymetrics, explains why algorithmic specificity matters in the future of AI-based recruiting and how to create a flexible work culture that won’t negatively impact productivity.
Read MoreMax Makeev is the Co-Founder of Owl Labs and the creator of Meeting Owl -- a smart 360° video conferencing camera that aims to serve as a bridge between the 40 million office conference rooms around the world. Owl Labs is disrupting the way firms get things done, and is taking connectivity to a new level.
Read MoreIn 2013, Google introduced its first smart glasses product. Surprisingly, it failed. Now, a variety of startups are offering their takes on the smart glasses phenomenon. Could it work this time?
Read MoreSara Mauskopf is the CEO and co-founder of Winnie, a platform that helps modern parents find local daycare, preschool, and more. Winnie is growing fast with over 2M users in 10K cities across the United States. Prior to Winnie, Sara held product leadership roles at Postmates, Twitter, YouTube and Google.
Read MoreAmazon, J.P. Morgan, and Berkshire Hathaway’s take on one of this generation’s biggest problems
Read MoreAllison Kopf is the founder and CEO of Agrilyst, a software platform that aims to facilitate data-driven decision making by greenhouse and indoor farmers, thus improving the efficiency and profitability of the farms.
Read MoreThose who succeed in China are selling an experience and a lifestyle. If US tech firms can do that, they could very well be on their way to success in China, too.
However, the fundamental problem of the company—the fact that not only is it not attracting new users, but existing users are defecting to Instagram, among other apps—remains unaddressed.
Read MoreOn Friday, March 8th, Business Today held the 3rd iteration of Design Nation, an expenses-paid conference that explores the impact of design within career, business, and industry.
Read MoreThe revolutionary nature of today’s communication technologies stems directly from their joint utility. Accumulating compatible technologies is invaluable.
Read More“As money becomes digital and the world moves to mobile technology, we are benefiting from strong tailwinds.”
Read More
