YoungUpstarts
JULY 1, 2016
by Ashley Walsh, Director of Marketing for Formstack. Human resources management is a key component in any successful business, no matter the size. All companies have fundamental human resources tasks, including payroll, benefits, and taxes. All those tasks can seem overwhelming, but if you have the right human resources technology solution, those tasks suddenly become significantly simpler.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 1, 2016
I was shocked to read an old Gallup study that indicates only 13 percent of employees worldwide are actively engaged at work, and more recent data shows only a small change in the right direction. In my own experience as a startup advisor and mentor, I find that entrepreneurs who can’t attract and maintain a highly motivated team rarely even get off the ground.
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YoungUpstarts
JULY 1, 2016
As a small business owner, you are likely to have a lot on your mind. There’s product development, marketing, sales, and plenty of admin tasks to do to make sure your company survives. However, many small businesses forget about the importance of health and safety. It’s no real surprise. After all, when you start a company and build it from scratch, it might not seem as if you need to worry about such issues.
The Equity Kicker
JULY 1, 2016
Investors often put pressure on startups to hire senior people from big companies. Sometimes that’s for good reasons, but sometimes it’s because it gives them good sound bites and the illusion of progress. When VCs can say “Our investment just hired the product manager for ‘XYZ important product’ from Facebook” it makes them feel better and look good at cocktail parties.
Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic
Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in
YFS Magazine
JULY 1, 2016
As an entrepreneur starting or growing a business, it can feel pretty lonely at times. Try to ensure you have support from your other half by proactively managing your dialogue.
crowdSPRING Blog
JULY 1, 2016
It’s Facebook’s world. We’re just posting in it. Never has that been more clear to businesses than with the recent explanation of Facebook’s News Feed priorities. The company announced several small tweaks to their algorithms yesterday that will likely impact the reach of pages, though such tweaks are not really that surprising.
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crowdSPRING Blog
JULY 1, 2016
It’s the end of another week. Maybe you’re wrapping up your workday. Maybe you’ve got a few more hours left. Maybe you’re scowling at your screen because it’s not really a weekend for you (we’re sorry). Regardless, we’re bringing you some grade A intellectual stimulation because we’re awesome like that.
Duct Tape Marketing
JULY 1, 2016
How to Recover From Mistakes and Appease Unhappy Clients written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. photo credit Pixabay. Few things are as stressful for a business owner or customer support representative as an angry client. A bad review can harm your business’ reputation and drive off future customers, and an irate person on the phone can make it challenging to keep your emotions calm and the conversation constructive.
Ben's Blog
JULY 1, 2016
Do we need a new pay system for the way startup employees are compensated?
Reid Hoffman
JULY 1, 2016
While you might think that HBO’s Silicon Valley is a hit comedy about startups, venture capital, programming, egos, sex (well, for Erlich and Jared, at least), friendship, mind-altering drugs (well, for Erlich at least), and vomiting, it is easy to overlook the serious lessons it can teach us about people management. Read my full post at LinkedIn.
ConversionXL
JULY 1, 2016
Every once in a while a big debate comes along in the conversion optimization industry. There was the carousel debate , the hamburger menu debate , the above the fold debate , etc. Recently, optimizers have been debating a new question: Which mobile design is best for optimizers? Is it m(Dot) design, responsive design or adaptive design? All three options have their unique pros and cons as far as UX and SEO go, but which is most suitable for someone running experiments and tests on the regular?
Reid Hoffman
JULY 1, 2016
As an entrepreneur and investor, I prioritize construction and collaboration. Whether it’s a five-person start-up or a global giant, the companies that are most productive are the ones whose employees operate with a shared sense of purpose and a clear set of policies for responding to changing conditions and new opportunities. That’s why I’m so appalled by what’s happening in the Senate this year, and how starkly it illustrates the differences between Silicon Valley and Washington, DC.
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