I Was Asked To Take Over A Very Successful Company. My Assignment: Change Everything

Just over a year ago, I took the helm of a successful business. We had a predictable revenue stream, happy clients, an engaged team, and a great service offering. The reason I was brought onboard was also clear – to fuel massive growth for the company, and that meant change. I knew it was going to be the hardest thing I’d ever done as a leader.

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N.Y. Assemblyman Who Seeks To Legalize Sports Betting Is Going About It The Wrong Way

In the wake of New York’s new laws to regulate interactive fantasy sports, state assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow has announced an interest in passing a new law to legalize traditional sports betting in New York.  However, Assemblyman Pretlow’s  approach seems misguided in light of both existing federal law and the underlying legal climate.

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Microsoft Builds Out Windows Holographic Vision at Intel IDF 2016

Microsoft started showing the company’s vision for AR and VR at Computex 2016 with Windows Holographic, a platform that blended together the applications of AR and VR into a mixed reality implementation. With Microsoft’s announcements at IDF 2016, it appears they are doubling down on the holographic mixed reality vision. Microsoft is partnering with companies like Intel on hardware to enable both HMD-based Windows Holographic experiences as well as PC-based Holographic experiences.

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How Shafin Tejani Is Remaking V.C. With Lessons He Learned From Online Vice

In the current issue of Forbes, we’ve published a story about an investor with a novel way of nurturing start-up companies in Vancouver. Shafin Tejani calls his style “venture-build,” and compared to traditional venture capitalists, Tejani is decidedly hands-on and collaborative. It’s a product of his own, very unusual, experience a serial founder: Tejani spent about 15 years in the murky world of online vice, and he left it with, by his own accounting, about $130 million in profits and a collection of insights that guide his approach to his current ventures.

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