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| 15.04.2025 | The New Age of Income: How to Thrive with Passive Revenue Streams | In today's fast-paced world, the traditional 9-to-5 job is becoming a relic. People are searching for ways to earn money without being tied to a desk. Enter passive income: the golden ticket to financial freedom. This concept allows individ... |
| 14.04.2025 | 37-year-old mom makes $6,300 a month in passive income: ‘I don’t regret working less so I can spend more time with my toddler’ | When I was pregnant with my first child, my mind was still in work mode. Since starting my company Bridesmaid for Hire in 2014, I’d often worked 70-hour weeks, traveled all over the country for business opportunities, and attached my identi... |
| 04.01.2023 | 5 ways to make thousands a month in passive income in 2023 | Jen Glantz is an entrepreneur with seven income streams that help her earn six figures a year.
In addition to her two businesses, she's rented out her apartment and monetized her social media.
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In 2015, after being laid off fro... |
| 03.01.2023 | 5 ways to make thousands a month in passive income in 2023 | Jen Glantz. Gaby Deimeke
Jen Glantz is an entrepreneur with seven income streams that help her earn six figures a year.
In addition to her two businesses, she's rented out her apartment and monetized her social media.
In 2023, she's conside... |
| 03.05.2022 | LTK Connect Makes the Largest Influencer Marketing Platform Available for Brands of All Sizes | New LTK self-serve product is purpose-built to help brands of any size and budget create, manage and scale campaigns to help drive sales and engagement
LTK commits to providing up to $1M to support eligible brands in leveraging the power of... |
| 23.11.2021 | Hedge fund Alden Global wants to sink its teeth into another newspaper chain | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
Good morning. Fortune finance reporter Declan Harty back with you today.
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| 23.11.2021 | Hedge fund Alden Global wants to sink its teeth into another newspaper chain | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
Good morning. Fortune finance reporter Declan Harty back with you today.
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| 28.05.2021 | Influencer Amanda Ensing is suing Sephora for defamation after the company said she made light of the Capitol riot | Amanda Ensing is a conservative beauty influencer. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
YouTuber Amanda Ensing is suing Sephora and its chief marketing officer Deborah Yeh for defamation.
Sephora said in February that she made light of “violence an... |
| 23.04.2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, a luxury car dealership that accepts dog... |
| 11.03.2021 | How technology helped Houston fight against the pandemic | The entire world came to a standstill when the COVID-19 pandemic came knocking at the door, and Houston was no different than the rest. Businesses got shut down, people were losing jobs left and right, the medical infrastructure was wheezin... |
| 10.03.2021 | Houston startup plans to expand to revolutionize tech-enabled small business support | Hiring and recruiting has been a challenging and inefficient process for small businesses — yet it could not be more important as a company with a small, growing team.
"Today, whether you're running a startup for the first or second ti... |
| 10.03.2021 | Rice University's Shell-backed hub announces latest research grants | Several clean energy research teams have been awarded grants from a Rice University hub that focuses on innovating zero-emissions technology.
The Carbon Hub has awarded seven seed grants to research teams working on solutions for clean ener... |
| 09.03.2021 | Houston expert: Three steps community organizations can take to close the digital divide | The pandemic has had a devastating impact on low-income communities. On top of job losses and a greater risk of exposure to COVID-19, people in disadvantaged neighborhoods face another significant hurdle: access to technology.
In communitie... |
| 08.03.2021 | Houston blockchain-as-a-service company rolls out automated ESG tool | A Houston tech company that has created a blockchain-backed interconnected industrial smart contract network is announcing a new tool to help its industrial clients automate environmental, social and corporate governance tracking and report... |
| 08.03.2021 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In the week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three female innovators across industries recently making headlines — all three focusing on investing in innovation from B2B software to energy tech.... |
| 08.03.2021 | Sustainable plastics manufacturing company expands in Houston and beyond | An under-the-radar company in Houston has ramped up its manufacturing capacity as it seeks to seize upon rising interest in sustainable plastics.
Houston-based Inhance Technologies, a sustainable manufacturer that transforms conventional pl... |
| 26.02.2021 | Rice University develops 2 new innovative tools to detect COVID-19 | Rice University is once again spearheading research and solutions in the ongoing battle with COVID-19. The university announced two developing innovations: a "real-time sensor" to detect the virus and a cellphone tool that can det... |
| 25.02.2021 | Now's the time to find innovation opportunities in a trustless world, says this Houston expert | Hidden beneath all the recent events in the technology work, stock market, political landscape, and most of the social problems we see today lies one underlying trend. A trend so powerful that it's causing disruption in nearly every institu... |
| 25.02.2021 | These 3 Houston researchers are revolutionizing health science innovation | Research, perhaps now more than ever, is crucial to expanding and growing innovation in Houston — and it's happening across the city right under our noses.
In InnovationMap's latest roundup of research news, a couple local scientists are ho... |
| 23.02.2021 | This Texas company is on a mission to the moon with $93 million NASA contract | A local aerospace company is over the moon about its latest endeavor: a NASA-funded project to deliver scientific payloads to the lunar surface.
NASA recently awarded rocket-maker Firefly Aerospace $93.3 million to deliver a suite of scienc... |
| 22.02.2021 | SBA launches Virtual Business Recovery Center to assist Texas loan applicants after winter storm | Texas small businesses impacted by Winter Storm Uri are now eligible for up to $2 million in low-interest loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration as a result of President Joe Biden's major disaster declaration last week.
"Get... |
| 22.02.2021 | Two female founders create a PR solution for startups and small businesses in Houston and beyond | Public relations can feel elusive and overwhelming to small business owners. Carla Nikitaidis and Kathryn Worsham Humphries, two seasoned communications consultants, are used to hearing clients ask if they need PR — and more often than not,... |
| 18.02.2021 | Unleashing innovation for resilience is more urgent than ever, says Houston expert | Greater Houston and all of Texas have faced enough persistent challenges over the past seven years that communities and businesses are at a breaking point. Not just financially and economically, but at societal and emotional levels expected... |
| 18.02.2021 | University of Houston engineers recognized, TMCx company raises funds, and more local innovation news | It's been a horrific week for both the city of Houston and the state of Texas. Millions of residents have lost power and/or water due to a winter storm that brought low temps. For this reason, Houston innovation news may have fallen through... |
| 17.02.2021 | The Ion's accelerators are working to bring out the best in Houston — from resiliency to diversity | When you look at the business accelerator programs offered at The Ion, a rising innovation hub in Midtown, you see Houston represented. From energy and space tech to resiliency and diversity, the four accelerators intentionally cover what H... |
| 17.02.2021 | Pivotal new waterfront science lab set to cast off in The Medical Center | The first step of a pivotal new Medical Center district has been revealed. International real estate firm Hines and partner 2ML Real Estate Interests have unveiled the first look at the initial building at Levit Green.
This new, 53-acre lif... |
| 16.02.2021 | Houston expert: 4 misconceptions of university tech transfer offices | Beyond their education and research missions, universities across the nation have turned research discoveries into big business. In addition to protecting intellectual property from faculty discoveries, universities build and support startu... |
| 16.02.2021 | Early-stage accelerator names new Houston leader, opens applications for next cohort | Houston's gBETA accelerator announced new leadership in conjunction with opening enrollment for its latest cohort this week.
The early-stage program, which is a part of Wisconsin-based gener8tor, has named Anu Pansare as its new director.
P... |
| 05.02.2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, an update from Greentown Houston, events... |
| 04.02.2021 | Tilman Fertitta takes much of his empire public in massive $6.6 billion merger | Tilman Fertitta is about to become even wealthier. The Houston billionaire announced that his company, Fertitta Entertainment, will go public via a merger with FAST Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: FST).
In total, the deal will be worth approximate... |
| 18.01.2021 | Houston earns top spot on list of top regions for minority-owned startups | Both Houston and the state of Texas earned high rankings on a recent study by Self Financial that looked at the percentage of minority-owned startups in regions across the U.S.
"Today there are nearly 170 thousand minority-owned startu... |
| 23.11.2020 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In today's Monday roundup of Houston innovators, I'm introducing you to three innovators across industries — from sports tech to startup mentorship.
Youngro Lee, co-founder and CEO of NextSeed
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| 02.10.2020 | Texas entrepreneur brings on-demand nail service to Houston | Ladies, take note: A Dallas-based on-demand nail service app, Cherry, has expanded to Houston. Founded by Amber Venz Box, the blogger/influencer-turned tech entrepreneur, the convenient, at-home service is now available in 37 ZIP codes.
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| 17.04.2020 | Rice University launches online programming for entrepreneurs dealing with COVID-19 closures | Houston small businesses and startups have a long road of recovery ahead of them, and Rice University and some of its partners want to help local entrepreneurs prepare for it.
Rice University's Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Stud... |
| 10.01.2020 | Houston-based oil and gas software company raises $1.6 million | A Houston energy tech startup that's digitally optimizing the minerals rights buying and selling process has closed an oversubscribed pre-seed financing round to the tune of $1.6 million.
M1neral's round was co-led by Amnis Ventures and Phe... |
| 08.01.2020 | Houston-based digital marketplace for industrial equipment raises $5.5 million series A | A Houston startup that acts as a digital marketplace for industrial equipment in the oil and gas and construction industries closed a sizeable series A financing round this month.
Hitched Inc. raised $5.5 million in its series A funding led... |
| 19.09.2019 | The 26 most essential apps and devices every entrepreneur needs in their toolbox, according to founders and CEOs
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| 04.09.2019 | Facebook Trying To Habituate Consumers Around Driving Transactions, Says Button CEO | “The Instagram effort is one that we predicted for a long time,” says Button CEO Michael Jaconi. “I wasn’t the most popular guy in the venture capital pitch room saying hey, the world is moving to commerce. They said advertising makes so mu... |
| 29.08.2019 | North Texas Startups and Tech Companies Hiring in September | In July, fintech company SmartAsset combed through data from the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics to determine the top U.S. cities for tech jobs, looking at the percentage of the local population that’s employed in IT, avera... |
| 02.01.2019 | Houston company is solving the energy and space industries' carbon dioxide problems with synthetic photosynthesis | Houston-based Cemvita Factory is unlike most startups. Before even knowing what industry they were going to affect, Moji Karimi and his sister, Tara, established their company, which uses synthetic photosynthesis — the process of turning ca... |
| 28.12.2018 | Daydreaming — when done correctly — can be good for business | The mind is prone to wander. Commonly known as daydreaming – the state of mental disconnection from the task at hand – it can take up as much as half of the typical workday.
Some research suggests this may be a good thing. Wandering minds h... |
| 18.12.2018 | How to think outside the box — according to research | Creativity is an essential ingredient in problem-solving, and the importance of "thinking outside the box" has been stressed in nearly every context imaginable, business or otherwise. But that mantra assumes — wrongly — that we al... |
| 13.12.2018 | Identifying and engaging community stakeholders from the start is key to a success startup | Often times we think of technology as innovation. But innovation and the success derived from it is not always about technological advances.
Technological advances have driven innovation in all sectors of our economy. Technology and social ... |
| 05.12.2018 | Houston coding class grows tenfold in 2 years to meet the job market needs | When DigitalCrafts hosted its first coding boot camp in Houston, it opened with eight people. Two years later, the organization's next class will graduate 125 people as coders, ready to take on the challenges of the Bayou City's 21st centur... |
| 28.11.2018 | Houston startup founder plants the seeds for innovative capital raising | After eight years as a private equity lawyer, Youngro Lee quit his job to start NextSeed, a digital avenue for businesses to raise capital from the community they serve.
"One thing that I always realized in my professional career is th... |
| 29.10.2018 | Social commerce startup Goxip lands $1.4M investment to add flexible payments | Social e-commerce startup Goxip raised $5 million in January, and now the Hong Kong-based business has brought in more cash with a strategic $1.4 million investment from financial services company Convoy. Existing backers including Chinese ... |
| 29.01.2018 | Goxip raises $5M led by Meitu to build an influencer marketing platform for fashion in Asia | Goxip, a Hong Kong-based social shopping service, has raised $5 million to branch out into influencer marketing.
The investment was led by Meitu, the $6 billion Hong Kong-listed company that develops selfie apps and selfie-optimized phones,... |
| 06.05.2016 | RewardStyle helps influencers make money from social | These days, you can’t swing a bag of cats around without hitting some sort of social influencer. But how do these people make money from their content?
RewardStyle, a Dallas-based startup, provides a platform for influencers and bloggers to... |
| 01.07.2015 | rewardStyle Closes $15m Series A Financing; $290M Post-Money Valuation | rewardStyle, a Dallas-based monetization platform solution for content creators and retailers, closed on a $15m Series A financing with a post-money valuation of $290m.
The round was led by New York-based Maverick Capital Ventures with part... |
| 21.02.2015 | This week on VentureBeat: Exploding Kittens, Pinterest, & AWS for 1/10th of the regular price | Dozens upon dozens of articles show up on VentureBeat every week. Not all are equal.
Here’s a roundup of the best tech news coverage and analysis that appeared on the site this week:
The original indie dev: How one man made 22 games in 22 y... |
| 12.02.2015 | Pinterest bans all affiliate links, asks power users to monetize in other ways | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Updated 12:07 a.m. with more details from Pintere... |
| 12.02.2015 | Pinterest bans all affiliate links, asks power users to monetize in other ways | Updated 12:07 a.m. with more details from Pinterest.
As Pinterest’s monetization plans materialize, the social network is pulling the plug on affiliate networks.
Pinterest warned select “power pinners” this evening that it will now “automat... |
| 13.06.2013 | Glossi Adds Monetization To Its Digital Magazine Platform By Partnering With RewardStyle | When digital publishing platform Glossi launched its public beta last December, it hadn’t quite addressed one of the big questions that revolves around any “future of media”-type platform — how publishers are going to make money. Now the co... |
| - | This 34-year-old makes more than $5,100 a month in passive income—here’s how she got started | In 2015, at age 26, I was laid off from my six-figure job as a copywriter. It felt like a major setback at the time. But looking back, it was the motivation I needed to become my own boss.
Immediately after my layoff, I was asked to be a br... |
