[ad_1] This story appears in the June 2015 issue of Startups. Subscribe » Reader Resource Join Entrepreneur’s The Goal Standard Challenge and make 2017 yours. Learn more » After pocketing $500,000 at age 25 from several ventures, including St. Party’s Day, the event-marketing brand he created and licensed, Bill Hennessey decided …

[ad_1] There have never been more ways to pay someone. MasterCard is working on a new system that confirms transactions with selfies using facial-scanning technology. Apply Pay recently launched in the U.K. in July, joining a crowded European global payments ecosystem. BitCoin is getting more attention as a result of …

[ad_1] Nothing beats a handwritten note. When it’s from a 7-year-old who aspires to work at one of today’s biggest tech companies, even Google CEO Sundar Pichai can’t help but respond. From bean bag chairs to slides to go-karts, the Google offices look like a big playground to outsiders. So, …

[ad_1] You can’t build a successful business without a great idea, and if you’re a passionate entrepreneur you’ve got a dozen ideas that you talk about all the time. Your enthusiasm is infectious. Your friends and family offer endless words of encouragement, and the constant praise makes you feel happy, …

[ad_1] Reader Resource Join Entrepreneur’s The Goal Standard Challenge and make 2017 yours. Learn more » You have your plan, you know what you want to accomplish, but after awhile, the novelty of your goal can start to wear off, and it becomes more of a struggle to get started …

[ad_1] It’s official — BlackBerry has finally been pushed out of the iPhone and Android-infused smartphone market. Marking the end of an era, the Canadian mobile company’s share of the smartphone market has officially reached 0.0 percent, Business Insider reports. In the fourth quarter of 2016, BlackBerry held a sliver …

[ad_1] Reader Resource Join Entrepreneur’s The Goal Standard Challenge and make 2017 yours. Learn more » The annual health insurance open enrollment period is going on now (through January 31). If you’re an employer, you may be thinking about the steps necessary to make sure you’ve provided your workers with …

[ad_1] We spend so much time focusing on the nuances of leadership that we often forget about the very definition of leadership and what we — as business owners, CEOs, executives and managers — should tangibly be doing to help our employees grow into the best versions of themselves possible. …

[ad_1] There’s a lot that Alexa can teach you. Say you’re thinking about watching a movie but want to find out more before you dedicate your time. Alexa can tell you what the IMDb rating is for a movie, what actors are in it and basically anything else you want …

[ad_1] Reader Resource Join Entrepreneur’s The Goal Standard Challenge and make 2017 yours. Learn more » Pssssst. Hey, worker bee. Are you, say, reading this article, uh, at work? Did you stumble upon it while cruising Twitter on the clock? If so, you are officially guilty of committing one of …