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How do decisions about your town’s future get made? Do government officials and volunteer leaders rely on what they already know, or do they rely on data generated by outside experts? Or might it be both? By Paula Jensen Intuitive decision…
How do decisions about your town’s future get made? Do government officials and volunteer leaders rely on what they already know, or do they rely on data generated by outside experts? Or might it be both? By Paula Jensen Intuitive decision…
Have you heard about planned obsolescence? It’s an industry practice of designing products with limited lifespans (thus driving sales). It explains why electronics are now the fastest growing source of waste in the world, with big impacts on our planet. Social…
Experienced CEO and founder of How Women Lead, venture capitalist and sought-after speaker on female entrepreneurship. The extraordinarily wealthy and movie stars are no longer the only people who can afford to invest in venture capital. And it’s a good thing:…
Rob Huxtable is recruiter and entrepreneur in service of private equity. He is the founder of Falcon, PE-cxo.com and The Crucible. In my career, I have completed more than 250 retained searches for C-Level executives. During that time, some timeless patterns…
As we near the end of Women’s History Month, we are reminded of the challenges still facing female entrepreneurs. One of the most persistent issues facing women owned businesses is a lack of support and resources, a problem that was highlighted…
Victor Anaya is the CEO and co-founder of Serviap Global, which assists clients with EOR and recruitment services in over 100 countries. As the co-founder and CEO of a remote-first company that helps clients hire location-flexible workers around the world, I…
Scott Williams, founder of Throughline, is a pioneer in visual strategy, enterprise transformation and cultural change. At all levels of an enterprise, the most defining change of the past decade may be the pace of change itself. Rapid technological innovation and…
Ben Eachus, cofounder and CEO, Flowspace. When buzzy olive oil brand Graza inadvertently sent some of its more than 35,000 customers late and poorly packaged holiday orders last year, its cofounder and CEO Andrew Benin fired off an apology email to…
A year ago, the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) introduced the first of its impact performance benchmarks for different sectors of particular interest to investors. It just announced the launch of its second benchmark, this one focused on agriculture—in particular, smallholder…
Cindy Roark, DMD, MS, is Chief Clinical Officer & SVP at Sage Dental and a member of Harvard School of Dental Medicine’s Board of Fellows. Although the dental industry and dental academia have traditionally had more men in leadership roles than…
Yasmin Walter of KMD Books is a multi-award-winning entrepreneur, international bestselling author and modern publisher based in Australia. In today's highly competitive world, making a name for yourself is just as important as making a name for your business. Self-branding is…
CEO of YUPRO Placement, a skills-first placement firm sourcing, recruiting, retaining and advancing traditionally overlooked talent. Once considered a nice way to give people a leg-up, skills-first hiring has now permeated the national conscience. Nationwide movements like Tear the Paper Ceiling…
President & Chief Executive Officer, Netsfere. In 2022, data breaches dominated the headlines. Companies from Twitter to Microsoft to American Airlines were the victims of data breaches as cybercriminals continued to wreak havoc in enterprises, disrupting business continuity and hindering business…
Roei Friedberg is CEO of Aura Americas, the air purification company offering solutions that make air clean and safe. The shift toward sustainability and wellness in the workplace has put environmental, social and governance (ESG) in the spotlight for many business…
While the cloud is perhaps most notably recognized as a convenient way to store and access data, there are many other benefits of this technology users may not automatically think of—namely when it comes to business growth. From streamlining project management…
James Langabeer, Ph.D., is a decision scientist, professor and the founder of Yellowstone Consulting, LLC, a strategy consulting firm. What do your employees really think about your company or business unit? Are they relatively happy and content, or are they disgruntled…
Trevor Clark is the Co-Founder and CEO of ShyftOff, a flexible, on-demand staffing solution for contact centers and customer support teams. Skimpflation isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. First introduced on NPR’s Planet Money podcast, the term "skimpflation" is quickly becoming the…
Adam Fayed, CEO of adamfayed.com. How many assets under management (AUM) do you have? How big is your team? How much revenue is your company making? What licenses do you have? These are all questions I have been asked by people…
Rotem Eylor, founder and CEO of Republic Floor. There are many reasons for businesses to seek sustainability in their business practices. For example, studies show that companies committed to sustainability have an easier time attracting and retaining talent, which is something…
Dr. Javier A. Carlin, PT, DPT is the CEO of The Practice Revolution. Healthcare professionals have the unique opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives by helping their clients achieve their health and wellness goals. Many healthcare professionals begin their…
By Tommy Mello, owner of A1 Garage Doors, a $100M+ home service business. Here's what many job descriptions say: "Must be qualified. Must work weekends. Be here on time..." Here's the fact: No one wants to apply when it sounds like…
Amid a punishing cost of living crisis, many Britons are sitting on a remarkably large store of wealth – if only they could get at it. The total value of homes in the UK was £8.7 trillion by the end of…
Every year since 1987, the month of March has been designated by Congress as Women’s History Month. The President issues an annual proclamation on Women’s History Month, highlighting the progress the Administration has made on behalf of women and girls, and…
Head of Operations & Finance at Toolio. Last year, the U.S. experienced record-high inflation and subsequently faced an unsurprising but consistently aggressive series of interest rate hikes. While we’re all hopeful for the new year and see positive indications of easing…
Edward Tuorinsky, Managing Principal of DTS, brings two decades of experience in management consulting and information technology services. Receiving a prestigious gift used to be the pinnacle of corporate success—everyone wanted that 25-year gold Rolex. But today's workforce increasingly favors gaining…
Cofounder, president, and CEO of CapFront, an innovative small business finance marketplace. In today’s fast-paced world, operational efficiency is essential for businesses that want to remain competitive. Operational efficiency involves the ability to measure, analyze and improve processes within an organization…
Mike Edwards is CEO of MedMinder, a complete medication management and pharmacy solution helping individuals age in place. Medication management is not a new problem. In fact, nearly two-thirds of American adults—more than 131 million people—take prescription medication. And according to…
Steve Cody is the founder & CEO of Peppercomm, a strategic communications firm and one of Crain's Best Places to Work in NYC. At this point in the economic cycle, we’ve all heard at least one layoff nightmare story. I heard…
Dr. Marta Ra is a sustainability, health & well-being expert. She co-founded the international network Women in Sustainable Finance (WISF). When burnout rates soared during the height of the pandemic, many of us believed they would subside once we were over…
Eric Waller is the owner of Total Roofing Systems, LLC. Shortly after the pandemic began, I left my role as CEO of an oil company and started the first of several businesses that I currently run: a roofing business that began…
Peter Done is Group Managing Director and founder of business services specialist Peninsula Group. Recently, several tech giants have made sizeable layoffs. Why? There are several reasons, but often, it’s because the CEO miscalculated the long-term success of their business. We’ve…
Todd Coleman is the Founder, President and CEO of eStruxture Data Centers. You’re sitting behind the wheel of a race car. Two columns of cars are bumper to bumper on the pace lap; cars are accelerating and braking. You’re anxiously awaiting…
Mechanics is the branch of physics that deals with the behavior of physical bodies under the influence of forces and motion. While the principles and concepts of mechanics aren’t directly applicable to startups, they can be used metaphorically as mental models…
Seven years ago, Laura Callanan founded Upstart Co-Lab, an impact investing nonprofit aimed at funding creative economy companies. She developed her strategy after consulting with pioneers of gender lens investing, to see how they went about creating a new investing category…
Kirill is Founder and CEO of White Label PR, a global PR agency within gaming industry. He is an expert in crisis comms and brand strategy. Dealing with difficult clients is an inevitable part of doing business. While it may be…
CEO of DeskTime—a time tracking and productivity app for companies and freelancers. He’s also an amateur athlete and father of two. It feels like we just took down the final New Year's decorations, and now it's already March. After recovering from…
Vladislav Kraynov, CBDO at MSOFT, with 17+ years' experience in IT business. Create processes, manage finances, launch products. Gamification is the use of gaming mechanics in any non-gaming context. For example, Volkswagen installed musical stairs in a Stockholm subway station to…
Stefan Leipold CEO of STARKinc.biz & ProsSysCo.biz. The tech we use today is intended to make our lives easier, from the AirTag reminding us of where we left a key behind or locating our travel bag to "find my device" if…
Zain Jaffer is the founder and president of Zain Ventures, a family office that invests in real estate and proptech. Remember that controversial saying that likely originated from a World Economic Forum video about predictions for 2030? The one that goes,…
Lori Rehn is the CEO of Pro-Line Industrial Products, Inc. She has been in product- and service-based businesses for over three decades. Having a strong sense of purpose can allow you to achieve nearly any goal. I believe this is even…
Sherwin Xia, Co-founder of Trendsi - Fashion Dropshipping. The one-stop shop supply chain solution for your boutique and brand. The dead inventory problem is a significant issue in the e-commerce world that can have severe consequences for businesses. Dead inventory, also…
Kamales, a digital strategy expert with 23+ years of industry experience, is author of The Human Side Of Digital Business Transformation. As the global business landscape evolves and adaptation becomes essential for success, many C-level executives have embraced digital transformation as…
By Isaac Kohen, VP of R&D at Teramind, provider of behavior analytics, business intelligence and data loss prevention (“DLP”) for enterprises. People analytics or employee metrics are ubiquitous in today’s digital-first, data-driven business environment. The trend isn’t new, but it picked…
“Every migrant is an entrepreneur,” says Ramzi Rafih, founder of No Label Ventures. “Immigrants are entrepreneurs and they create jobs.” There’s certainly no shortage of statistical evidence to suggest that immigrant entrepreneurs - for whatever reason - tend to outperform when…
Featured image by Anthony Chinweuba via Pixabay The success of your business relies heavily on your marketing strategy. As a subset of this strategy, you need to give plenty of attention to your content marketing efforts. Content marketing revolves around the…
PR, aka hype, is important to VC investments in order to enhance the value of the venture and to create a market for later rounds of capital, after which investment banks want to take the company public, or strategic acquirers want…
It is bad enough that we have to deal with sticky inflation, now we’re talking about a possible banking crisis. The policy to fight inflation is “tight money,” slow the economy, reduce spending financed by loans. The policy to deal with…
Tyler Weitzman, cofounder, President and Head of AI at Speechify. The newest version of OpenAI's language model system, GPT-4, was officially launched on March 13, 2023 with a paid subscription allowing users access to the Chat GPT-4 tool. As of this…
Nate Llorando is the CEO of Looptify, Inc., one of the top 56 startups in California, who focuses 99% on the solution and 1% on the issue. The new year often means setting goals and exploring opportunities, personally and professionally. For…