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Technology disruption is a common theme that comes up when we talk about the labor market and the future for businesses across the world. To the average person, words like technology disruption and automation elicit images of factories and warehouses being staffed with robots instead of manpower. The truth, however, is that new technology will disrupt the way that every industry does business, not...

In 2015, Jordan Nof took his own personal bet, when he decided to join Silicon Valley’s favorite political fixer, Bradley Tusk, in establishing Tusk Ventures. In a very short amount of time they invested in highly sought-after companies like Lemonade, Care/of, FanDuel and Coinbase In 2015, Jordan Nof took his own personal bet, when he decided to join Silicon Valley’s favorite political fixer, ...

In a move that represents how WeWork is trying to become a hub for all of your professional life needs, the shared-workspace company has acquired the New York City-based coding bootcamp Flatiron School. The terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. “WeWork’s culture is one in which we are always ready to do more, to learn more, … Continue reading “WeWork just bought N.Y.C. coding bootcamp Fl...

New spectator sport: Amazon's HQ2 race Filed under Business at 3 hrs ago Share Facebook Twitter Email Print This Story Written by Paul O'Donnell, The Dallas Morning News Connect with Paul O'Donnell Email Don't miss a story. Like us on Facebook. Like The Denton Record-Chronicle's Facebook Page DALLAS — Think again if you expect the craziness around Amazon's second he...

Monday Morning Cup of Coffee takes a look at news coming across the HousingWire weekend desk, with more coverage to come on bigger issues. The housing finance industry is gathering this week in Denver, as the Mortgage Bankers Association’s annual event kicked off. Here’s the latest report from HousingWire’s Senior Financial Reporter Ben Lane: The early word out of MBA Annual 2017 is that co...

Startups in San Francisco are tasked with more than just navigating their own competitive space. As often the second-largest cost center for companies, real estate poses a whole new set of challenges for many early stage startups. I set out to learn from founders who have “been there, done that” and hear about the thoughts shaping their decisions. This is the first in a four-part series that a...

Tony Fadell, the man behind the iPod and Nest, is founding a tech investment firm in Paris and is giving the world one piece of free advice ahead of the company's launch next month: move to Paris. “Here it’s not as crazy-competitive,” Fadell told the Wall Street Journal. “Everyone is helping each other.” Fadell's new firm, Future Shape, will advise and invest in tech projects a...

SEATTLE-- Memo to the many places vying for Amazon's second headquarters: It's not all food trucks and free bananas. For years, much of downtown Seattle has been a maze of broken streets and caution-taped sidewalks. Dozens of enormous cranes tower overhead as double-length dump trucks hauling excavated dirt rumble past pedestrians and bicyclists. The crashing and clanging of construction...

Amazon has brought benefits – and disruption – to Seattle GENE JOHNSON, Associated Press Published: October 21, 2017, 10:44 am Updated: October 21, 2017, 10:44 am Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window) Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) In this Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, photo, an Ama...

Having Amazon as a neighbor will result in very different consequences for homeowners and renters. Amazon announced in September that it would accept competing proposals from cities across the country as it decides the location of a second headquarters. The tech and retail giant set certain limitations for where it would consider: Only metro areas with at least 1 million people are eligible, and t...