Tag: media

  • 7 easy steps for rookie entrepreneurs to build strong personal brand

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    With social media making it easy for people to follow influential business leaders, technocrats, and startup founders, the likes of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Sundar Pichai have garnered cult-like online followerships. For instance, Elon Musk’s Twitter following is double that of SpaceX and Tesla combined. As an entrepreneur, this is a privileged position to…

  • Tesla Urged Chinese Government To Censor Critics In China

    Tesla Urged Chinese Government To Censor Critics In China

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    Outside of the company’s unwavering fanboys, it’s fairly clear to most folks that the honeymoon phase of the planet’s relationship with Tesla is coming to a close. Whether it’s regulatory scrutiny of the company’s premature and often inaccurate self-driving claims, the loss of significant emissions credits in the US and Europe, frustration at the often…

  • How the Internet Turned on Elon Musk

    How the Internet Turned on Elon Musk

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    After NBC first declared the billionaire car-tech-space mogul Elon Musk would serve as guest host for this week’s “Saturday Night Live,” the backlash was swift. Musk has graced the covers of Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and Time; he’s lent himself on several episodes of “South Park,” the most long-running revived show which shares his irascible,…

  • Spotify CEO says live audio content is the next ‘Stories’

    Spotify CEO says live audio content is the next ‘Stories’

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    Live audio experiences will be adopted by every major platform just like Stories have been, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek told investors on Wednesday’s earnings call. The streaming service recently acquired a live audio app, Locker Room, whose technology it expects to use to power a range of new live audio conversations centered around sports, culture…

  • Venture capitalist Balaji Srinivasan reportedly suggested doxxing a journalist who reported on narratives he didn’t like

    Venture capitalist Balaji Srinivasan reportedly suggested doxxing a journalist who reported on narratives he didn’t like

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    Balaji Srinivasan speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017. Photo by Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch Tech investor Balaji Srinivasan reportedly suggested siccing ‘the Dark Enlightenment audience’ on a journalist, the New York Times said. Srinivasan made the comment in a 2013 email to a far-right blogger, the Times reported. Some distrust of the mainstream…

  • Seeking nominations for the top public relations in the tech industry

    Seeking nominations for the top public relations in the tech industry

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    Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty Images The tech industry has come under scrutiny by lawmakers, the public, and media in recent years over its handling of misinformation and privacy issues, fears of job losses through automation, and other concerns. Business Insider is seeking nominations for the top tech PR pros that tech CEOs trust to wrangle…

  • Crisis communications: Recent learnings from Indian startups

    Crisis communications: Recent learnings from Indian startups

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    It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that you'll do things differently.” ― Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Founders across the country continue to grapple with the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis, and realign their model to make it more relevant to the current scenario.  Also…

  • What Is Personal Branding and Why Is It Important for Your Career?

    What Is Personal Branding and Why Is It Important for Your Career?

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    The thought of producing a personal brand can be a little confusing and perplexing. Have you been feeling left behind from the sphere of private branding? In the following guide, you will learn private branding is vital, regardless of whether you’re a corporate worker or an entrepreneur, and how to take simple actions to start,…

  • Improvising Marketing in Real-Time with Social Media

    Improvising Marketing in Real-Time with Social Media

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    Conventional wisdom Indicates that a firm’s Marketing message is organized well ahead, and maintained one hundred percent from the company in check. The benefits of such an approach are well understood. However, this strategy can also cause a new being viewed as remote from its target market and failing to catch the Zeitgeist (the trends,…

  • Happy Birthday, Facebook: 16 facts you didn’t know about Mark Zuckerberg’s billion-dollar company

    Happy Birthday, Facebook: 16 facts you didn’t know about Mark Zuckerberg’s billion-dollar company

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    Facebook is now a billion-dollar firm. The man behind the internet giant, 35-year-old Mark Zuckerberg has an estimated net value of $77.8 billion, according to Forbes. Wait for its consumer base, if you believe this amount is amazing. Every month, around 2.5 billion users log on to the social media platform, leading to a sales…