One of my biggest inspirations was my late father, Laurence Sisson. He supported our family as a painter, primarily water color paintings of New England nature scenes. His work ethic was insane as was his creative genius. But my most salient memories of him are not those spent in the …
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Maintain your employer brand in a pandemic Read the VentureBeat Jobs guide to employer branding Download eBook Now that the dust has settled from Apple’s third and final fall media event, we’ve made it through all of the company’s annual iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, and Mac refreshes, toplined this year …
Read More »How This S’porean Makes Money From Playing Games For Others – Records Biggest Sales At US$88K
When Hero Boosting first started in 2016, it was a “complete flop,” said 29-year-old founder Nicholas (*he refused to disclose his full name). “The site looked like hot garbage (and) had zero functionality,” he added. With no business or marketing experience, he barely made any money off it so it …
Read More »How Playing Games Can Make You Richer
Photo by Aaron Freeman / Money Talks News Wouldn’t it be nice if accumulating wealth, avoiding debt and retiring rich was as simple as playing Monopoly? Alas, that’s not the case. But it is possible to use some of the same techniques gamers use to make your money life a …
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The circuit breaker has deprived us of freedom, security… and romance. This is why dating apps in Singapore have evolved to meet the ongoing demand for love. In March, Bumble saw a 56 per cent rise in video calls worldwide. Even homegrown brands in Singapore like Kopi Date and Lunch …
Read More »ESA CEO: 64% of U.S. adults are gamers, 41% of players are women, older people are playing more
VB Transform The AI event for business leaders Hosted Online July 15 – 17 Learn More Last Chance: Register for Transform, VB’s AI event of the year, hosted online July 15-17. Sixty-four percent of American adults, or 214.4 million people, play video games, according to a report by the Entertainment …
Read More »The Leisure Economy: How to make money playing games in 2020
The Leisure Economy is the embodiment of the hope that someday we could all get paid to play games. It has been a common topic at our GamesBeat Summit events, and came up again at our GamesBeat Summit 2020 event in a fireside chat with John Linden, CEO of Mythical …
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