Last week we pointed out a recent Wall Street Journal article reporting a trend towards larger startups sticking with coworking as they grow. Various experts warned there could be downsides, from the community aspect of the space inhibiting the formation of a company culture to other coworking companies poaching your talent or ideas. But not everyone it […]
Continue reading → Many startups are doomed to fail. Two such companies that have popped up on our radar are Critter and LinkedOut. Bringing a business idea to life in the form of a new startup is only the beginning. The truth is that as the CEO of a startup, you’re faced with new challenges. Here are some mistakes […]
Continue reading → One advantage of working remotely, and particularly of working from home, is the ability to bring your personal and professional lives closer together, reducing conflict between different types of obligations. But what if your professional and personal life are a bit too close together – like, for example, your fellow remote worker spouse sitting a […]
Continue reading → An article in Bloomberg Businessweek describes the makeup of French companies. “The country”, it says “has 3.4 times as many companies with 49 employees as with 50″. Why? Because the French labor code demands that companies with over 50 employees have “three worker councils, introduce profile sharing and submit restructuring plans to the councils if […]
Continue reading → Virtual working is only for professions with digital deliverables, right? Designers, coders, writers and customer service reps that spend all day on the phone may be the first types of people you think of when you ponder virtual working, but if you think nuts and bolts companies that deal in the physical as well as […]
Continue reading → In an article about ‘social media brilliance’, Entrepreneur magazine categorically states ‘Your next job search will take the form of a video resume’. I can categorically state, it won’t. Video is hard for companies to process. You can read a resume in a couple of minutes and know whether the person has roughly the right […]
Continue reading → What better way to get people together than to not really get them together at all? Instead, give them the convenience of meeting virtually on your computer screen with join.me. Share your thoughts, ideas, pictures of your exotic fern collection or whatever’s on your screen. There’s no room to book, no stale bagels to offer. […]
Continue reading → Say you want to share some photos of your prized squash collection with your aunt Ginny. But Aunt Ginny lives two time zones away and you never really liked the smell of her house. Or maybe you want to discuss a spreadsheet with some co-workers. But who really wants to hang out with co-workers? We’ve […]
Continue reading → Technology may increasingly be making distance irrelevant, but just because the logistical challenges of working with colleagues half a world away are receding, doesn’t mean the cultural ones are diminishing. One day, connectedness may lead to greater understanding and increase our capacity to accommodate those with deeply different backgrounds. But what’s an internationally dispersed team […]
Continue reading → In June’s Inc magazine, Norm Brodsky answers a question from someone wanting to expand their business through acquisition. The questioner had done the work to identify potential companies, but after one approach he’d been turned down by all of them and was wondering what to do next. Mr Brodsky’s answer is: “You need to send […]
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