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Gen Z Making money: From Social Media Influencers to Gig Economy

VC Cafe

Unlike Millennials, who witnessed the introduction and rise of social media, tablets, smartphones and the mobility that allows them to access it all in an instant, Gen Z was born into it. The post Gen Z Making money: From Social Media Influencers to Gig Economy appeared first on VC Cafe.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

He sold off slower-growth, low-tech, and nonindustrial businesses — financial services, media, entertainment, plastics, and appliances. In 2015 Trian Partners, an activist investor, bought $2.5 In 2015, the 10 largest shareholders in a typical S&P 500 company held almost half of the company’s stock.) of the company.

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Tech Industry Hiring In Canada Continues To Grow

YoungUpstarts

Since 2015, the rising interest abroad continues to contribute to steady growth. Information systems analyst and consultants start at a median salary of $74,048. The most sought-after hires are computer programmers and interactive media developers. This generated $16 billion in annual revenues in 2015.

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How to Become Your Own Boss in 2015 (Webinar Recap)

Up and Running

As CEO of Quintessence Group, Melinda educates entrepreneurs and Fortune 500 companies on subjects including small business startup, business development, and social media marketing. Social media is no longer an option, you must be a social media expert, too, or have some budget to hire somebody to help you.

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2015: Some Trends!

crowdSPRING Blog

After reading dozens of these posts over the past few days, I thought it might be interesting to look at 5 different sectors (digital marketing, social media, manufacturing, SEO, and energy) and find one or two really good ones for each. Social media. Marketing and branding Small business Social media Start ups' Manufacturing.

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Why enterprises (big and small) are slow to adopt social collaboration tools

The Next Web

A study conducted by Gartner last year stated that 80 percent of attempts to gain benefits from using social collaboration tools will not be seen until at least 2015. If even just one worker is not a social media user, that person will not enjoy the same level of comfort and ease in using a social collaboration tool at work.

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Love About Being An Entrepreneur

Hearpreneur

No matter how well my team did I knew that at the end of the year I would earn a predetermined salary with a small bonus that was based on the company stock performance. The possibilities to scale your business even faster with online and social media marketing make this era of the greatest to pursue any passion. Louis and now Texas.