Handy, an online booking platform for cleaners, plumbers and home services, has outgrown its digs five times in the past two years. Now that the packing peanuts have settled in Handy’s new headquarters in the Flatiron district, general manager Alex Levin has some tips on planning around metrics for other companies experiencing quick growth. Levin […]

There’s no time more lucrative, or daunting, for marketers than the holidays. Picture the beginning of the New York Marathon: elbow-to-elbow with competitors, with everyone fighting for the smallest advantage since they know it will pay dividends down the road. How are you supposed to stand out? At WeWork Fulton Center on Thursday, November 6th, […]

If you’ve recently launched your startup, you’re probably wondering what steps you’ll have to take in order to keep it afloat. When investors become interested in your startup, they’re not just looking at your product; they take into account your team, business plan, and goals for the future. This is why scalability is a very […]

If you were to ask careerists what they think of their inbox, most would say that it’s a soul-sucking black hole of follow-up messages, annoying staff correspondences, and newsletters or press releases up the wazoo. And if you were to also ask those people if they could ever see themselves getting through their entire inbox every […]

We’ve all been there before. Days turn into weeks and you can count the number of hours you’ve slept all on two hands. Running a business or being a startup employee can be exhilarating, rewarding but also burn you out if you’re not careful. Find a process that works best for you, whether it’s a […]

Friction between two forces is necessary for any action. Too much friction causes a heavy consumption of energy as well as wear and tear, but introducing just the right amount is the key to achieving highly efficient motion. Similarly, when it comes to work, the best performing teams strike the right balance between amicable and […]

If you’ve recently launched your startup, you’re probably wondering what steps you’ll have to take in order to keep it afloat. When investors become interested in your startup, they’re not just looking at your product; they take into account your team, business plan, and goals for the future. This is why scalability is a very […]

As entrepreneurs and executives, we have innumerable professional resources available to help us identify and entice the perfect candidates to work at our companies. We have social and professional networking platforms, paid job boards, headhunters, and everything in between. However, even with all these tools we’re leveraging on a daily basis, there is still a […]