Three years ago, 100 million fans around the world tuned in excitedly to watch the final of a major sports tournament. But it wasn't the World Cup final or the World Series; it was the League of Legends championship, which highlighted 24 video...

The outlook for managed services providers (MSPs) remains positive, as increasing complexity and security concerns - driven by the work-from-anywhere environment and high-profile hacking incidents - have moved IT management from being a cost...

The rapid spread of Covid's Delta variant has derailed family vacations, delayed office reopenings and heightened fears that our suspended reality will go on for years to come.

But even with the continued disruption and changing gov...

It's a great time to be in the MSP business. The industry finds itself uplifted by a whirlwind of three forces - cloud migration, COVID, and consolidation - that together are creating sunny days for MSP owners and operators.

A ser...

Prior to the pandemic, hospitals were marching toward solutions that paid homage to the heads-and-beds model, with its tight margins. They were investing in specialists to bring elective surgeries in-house. They were becoming more efficient on th...

If you think the white-hot housing market is a supernova that's destined to burn out, here's some advice: Put on your heat-deflecting space suit.

The factors that led to the housing boom and sellers market are still very much with...

America is facing its worst housing shortage in 50 years. Don't expect an improvement any time soon.

With a nationwide shortage of 3.8 million single-family homes, it is a fantastic time to be a home seller, but a frightening and fr...

Each month, with great fanfare, investors await the release of the Consumer Price Index, the headline metric that politicians and pundits cite as they opine about inflation.

Oral surgery isn't a prospect that patients usually approach with much enthusiasm.

But the specialty is starting to generate excitement among private equity investors as they wake up to its potential to emulate the success they've...

The common image of Japan is of a conservative country where change happens slowly. That's true, but it's also a society that can shift very rapidly when the barriers to change suddenly fall. At that time, social consensus re-aligns efficient...

Early life science pioneers in foreign markets earned a reputation for lax ethical behaviour, making them a prime target for regulators. Though pharmaceutical firms and medical device makers have cleaned up their acts, regulatory hasn't really...

While Industry 4.0 has been a buzzword for some time, the technology has become more affordable and effective enough in the last two to three years to make it a reality for more companies. There's an increasingly clear ROI from technology spend...

My wife and I had spent weeks researching the best contractors in our area. We were ready to build our house, but first we wanted to meet our builder.

We set an appointment to talk with him about our construction hopes and plans. What...

For the past year a parade of news has crossed my desk on the wonders of telehealth. If you're someone who sees a doctor on a periodic basis only, it's been a fantastic option for saving time, money, even hassle.

Yet it's also e...

Even before the pandemic, primary care was complicated. Now it's even more so as Covid-19 upends old practices, ushers in new ones and accelerates changes that were already in the works.

Tectonic shifts are underway for practitioner...

Before the pandemic, most businesses were living comfortably in the paper world when it came to managing their payments and collections. Many had relied for years on back-office staff to stay on top of the constant flow of checks, invoices and sn...

The dominant narrative around U.S. small businesses throughout the pandemic has been one of doom and gloom. But there's another side to the small-business story that is emerging. A story of determination, perseverance and new opportunities.

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As the founding general partner of a U.S.-based venture capital firm, I'm taking a firm stand with my next fund. Going forward, at least half of the fund's portfolio companies will have at least one female founder.

Not only will...

Investing in earlier-stage businesses is a bit like dating. You weigh what's exciting and what's important to you against what doesn't work for either side. And if you walk away, it doesn't mean your date's wrong and you're right. It...

An airline recovery is at hand - or is it? Air traffic has recently soared though it is still lower than this time a year ago. Questions on getting back to normal abound. But when you look at leading indicators, consumer sentiment and actions t...