Power of Financial Transparency With Employees
Make sure your staff understands how money flows through your company. You’ll improve the bottom line. When I first launched User Insight, I didn’t tell anyone anything about the company’s financials....
View ArticleTweet Against the Storm
Hurricane Sandy made it rough to do business on the east coast. But some entrepreneurs stayed calm and found some creative ways to cope. Unless you’ve just emerged from a heads-down 72-hour hackathon,...
View Article5 Insider Tips for Better Social Media Strategy
Social media analytics can be a boon for businesses that use it wisely. Two founders of social data start-ups explain what they’ve learned so far. At the Mashable Media Summit in New York on Friday,...
View Article5 Seemingly-Unrelated Secrets to Hyper Growth
The founder of Likeable Media explains how the company’s culture has contributed to its five-year catapult to $5 million in annual sales. Over the last five years, I had the good fortune to oversee...
View ArticleWage Wars: Weighing an Increase to Minimum Wage
The data is mixed, but a minimum wage increase may not be as bad for your business as you think. For Dan Klock, paying his workers more than minimum wage is a no-brainer. The chief executive of...
View ArticleBe A Rule Breaker
The life of Lilly Pulitzer can teach small business owners the value of catering to a specific market, innovating, and fostering connections. Fashion designer Lilly Pulitzer, who died Sunday at 81,...
View ArticleHow Gilt Groupe Built, And Kept, Its 7 Million Member Fan Base
Make customer experience your number one priority, says co-founder Alexis Maybank. Building a loyal fan base, even while scaling a business in hyper-growth mode, can only work with a constant focus on...
View ArticleZynga Sheds 520 Workers in Mobile Move
In a move to save roughly $80 million, the troubled gaming platform cut 18 percent of its staff on Monday. Zynga slashed 18 percent of its workforce on Monday, All Things D’s Kara Swisher reports. The...
View ArticleSmall Business Sales Rise, But Hiring Lags
As private companies continue to bounce back from the financial crisis, they’re doing more with fewer people. Keeping pace with and driving the economic recovery, small businesses continue to revive,...
View Article6 Questions for Silicon Alley’s First Billionaire
A billionaire is born, but Shutterstock founder Jonathan Oringer says more money doesn’t change a thing. On Friday, Shutterstock founder and CEO Jonathan Oringer became the first billionaire to emerge...
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