Crowdfunding's Future: Local Online Ecosystems
There’s an essential question I’ve been thinking about recently that I believe underlies one of the most powerful and transformative possibilities of crowdfunding...
View Article1 Thing Eagle Scouts and Competitive Athletes Have in Common
They make really good salespeople. There are entire industries and companies whose business model is based on helping a company try and find really good salespeople. Research questionnaires, behavioral...
View ArticleRethinking Education: Why Our Education System Is Ripe For Disruption
Our education system is not broken, it has just become obsolete
View ArticleMaking The Enterprise A Star: The Power Of Video
The following guest post is by Kiran Kamity, founder and CEO of Collaaj, whose app lets enterprise users share and collaborate with data like video, voice and screen recordings. He previously founded...
View ArticleThrough a Google Glass, Darkly: Why Most Innovations Tank
Google has the human and intellectual capital to become the leading technology company of the next 20 to 30 years. But Google Glass doesn't reflect the sort of ethos that will get the company there.
View ArticleDebt Crowdfunders: The Best Of The Best
The following guest post is by David Drake, founder and chairman of LDJ Capital, a New York City private-equity firm, and of The Soho Loft Capital Creation Events series, a global events and media...
View ArticleFor Women to Lean In, Redesign the Workplace
Recently, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer stirred controversy by ditching the company’s telecommuting policy and requiring employees to report to the office. While many have criticized her decision because it...
View ArticleFive Must-Follow Rules for a Successful Office Culture
Culture, that ambiguous little catchall buzzword, has only recently become in-vogue with the modern executive. Maybe this is because creating a successful office culture lacks the concreteness of,...
View ArticleTradehill Exchange Adds Dark Pools Of Bitcoin Liquidity
This week the bitcoin exchange Tradehill launches dark liquidity, or dark pools, for client institutions and individuals that do not want to reveal their trading size and identity. In trading on dark...
View ArticleInside Sales Jobs and Career Demand Up 54%: But Most Leverage Comes With...
When you think about inside sales or selling remotely, one of the first names that comes to mind is Trish Bertuzzi, the President and Chief Strategist of The Bridge Group, Inc. Her experience goes back...
View ArticleNet Impact's Army for Good and the Rise of the Enlightened Merchant
Here's a prediction: Soon, 1/5th of the S&P 500 will be driven by purpose, not profit. Think that's unlikely? Today, 72% of consumers would prefer to support a brand that contributes a part of...
View ArticleHow The Balanced Co-Founders Went From Meeting On Craigslist To Raising...
In a recent discussion with Balanced co-founder, Jareau Wade, I couldn't help but notice the story of his startup was anything but typical. Sure, they're headquartered in San Francisco and their 3...
View ArticleThe Internet's Profound Impact On The Recruiting Industry
Seeds of change were planted with the introduction of Craigslist. Those changes further escalated with the introduction of Monster.com. Nearly two decades later, LinkedIn and, in general the web...
View Article5 Trends You Will Want to Pay Attention to in 2013
Leaders are often easy to pick out from a crowd — they’re charismatic, driven people who simply stand out from the rest. However, there’s much more to leadership than taking charge and giving orders....
View ArticleHow To Grow A Marketplace
The following guest post is by Dinesh Thiru, Vice President, Marketing, Udemy, a marketplace for online courses, with over 600,000 students and 6,000 courses worldwide.
View ArticleThe Only Thing Right About a Forecast Is That It's Wrong
I’m sitting on an Acela train from Washington, D.C., to New York City, comfortably tapping my keyboard at 100 MPH. Just a few hours earlier, I was not in such a calm condition. Super Storm Saturn was...
View ArticleYour Idea Is Worth Nothing: A Rant, Sparked By The Snapchat Lawsuit
Let’s say you come up with an idea. A lot of people say it’s a pretty great idea. Some people just say “cool” and hope you’ll stop talking. But two people think it’s more than a great idea. They think...
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