How GoDaddy Is Helping Entrepreneurs Generate Business Ideas

How do you ideate?

Put another way: How do you generate and refine a business idea to the point where it’s worth executing?

It’s a serious question. The biggest problem with a business idea isn’t someone stealing it, as you might suspect–it’s acting on it, says GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving.

GoDaddy is known for its web-hosting services. (And, in a former life, its scandalous ads.) But since Irving took over, the company has been laser-focused on serving small businesses. Flare, which launched on iOS and Android in May and April, respectively, is meant to shore up that community’s attention by serving its needs to find business ideas with legs.

Or as Irving told Fortune digital editor Aaron Task at Fortune’s annual Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen:

“It’s about trialing it,…


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HP Accelerates Enterprise Cloud Adoption With New HP Helion Workload Configurations

HP Managed Cloud Services – Infrastructure

PALO ALTO, CA–(Marketwired – Feb 12, 2015) – HP (NYSE: HPQ) today announced an expanded portfolio of workload-focused configurations delivered in a standardized solution for HP Helion Managed Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) that simplifies and accelerates customers’ transition to the cloud.

Based on extensive expertise in working on a wide range of cloud deployments, HP Enterprise Services is rolling out seven pre-priced and pre-configured Infrastructure as a Service solutions. These solutions are designed to meet diverse enterprise workload requirements, ranging from lighter workloads like applications development and low performance media sharing to enterprise workloads supporting complex ERP solutions. These configurations are designed for…


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West Bank fire video is not recent

A post liked more than a thousand times on Threads claims that a video of a large fire in the West Bank was filmed in late April. 

The video, which appears to have been taken at some distance from the fire, shows a huge blaze in the middle of a built-up area.

Posted on 26 April, the caption claims: “Hebron in the West Bank tonight”. It adds, “H@mas are not in the West Bank”, possibly implying the fire was a result of Israeli action following the 7 October attacks on the country by Hamas.

But this video first appeared online two months earlier, and appears to show a fire at a plastics factory in Hebron that broke out on 27 February

The post shared on Threads is watermarked with the handle of an Instagram account, which posted the video, alongside several


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Reba McEntire Shares Sneak Peek Of New Song

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Reba McEntire has some exciting news for her fans— a new album is in the works, and she just offered a sneak peek of her unreleased single.

During an interview on the Jennifer Hudson Show on Thursday, May 2, Reba sat down with the singer and host to confirm that she is working on a new album. She also revealed that fans will get to hear the first single from the new album for the first time at the ACM Awards, where Reba is scheduled to perform.

Although Reba didn’t go into too much detail about the album release, she did treat her fans to a brief preview of her upcoming single, “I Can’t,” during her appearance on the daytime talk show.

Not only will Reba grace the stage with a new song at the…


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Abbotsford Canucks hosting several events leading up to game three on Wednesday

Canucks giving away tickets, hosting street rallies ahead of first playoff home game at the AC

American Hockey League playoff action returns to the Abbotsford Centre next Wednesday (May 8), and the Abbotsford Canucks will be building the hype locally in the days leading up to game three.

The club will be giving away two pairs of tickets to game three at secret locations on Friday (May 3), Sunday (May 5) and Monday (May 6).

Fans are advised to check the Abbotsford Canucks social media channels for hints on what the locations are on the day of the giveaway.

The Canucks will also have a presence at Highstreet…


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