The rants against the latest technologies and companies are old-hat at this point: that they isolate, they separate neighbor from neighbor, that they’ll all leave us all in Black Mirror–like stupors while taking profits off ads. And for some Silicon Valley companies, this doesn’t actually seem like such a bad end result. Better living through […]

As a professional trying to build your online brand or an entrepreneur starting or running your own business, here’s what I would like to tell you about social media: You don’t need to do it all to do it well. When marketing experts suggest brands create a presence on all the major platforms (and at this point, there are probably […]

Not spending enough time gauging your business’s progress can be just as harmful as wasting your time with needless emails or Excel sheets. You may be so focused on getting your business to the next level, chasing funding and finding the right talent, that you are ignoring developing metrics to monitor your success. But without […]

A group of successful startup CEOs recently asked fellow members in an online forum: when do you know that it’s okay to start a company with someone? Half a dozen people chimed in, all with similar advice, namely: Start with someone you’ve known for a few years and several months at the last. Start with someone […]

Business owners and senior management who focus their attention on growth often struggle with how to get started on social media. A company’s social media presence needs to be crafted by someone who understands the brand and is fluent in social media strategy. For many SMB’s and larger brands, the best possible formula is outsourced strategy […]

Now that you’re a few weeks past those New Year’s resolutions you set at the start of 2015, how are you doing with keeping up with them? Have they already flown out the window, or are you still diligently working toward those goals for your business. Sometimes the best ways for us to improve our […]

Most descriptions of Radical Honesty often start with a description of the person giving the description. This is because Radical Honesty is a movement based on telling the truth at every moment of the day and doing so aggressively. “Lying is the major source of all human stress”, says its website. “When people engage honestly, […]

There are plenty of clichés that hiring managers use to describe the type of employees they’re looking for. “We want real go-getters,” they say, or “We want employees who are ready to hit the ground running from day one.” What they mean is that they want hard workers who know their stuff. That’s great, but […]