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Nevada is booming as new lithium companies rush in to stake out targets and massive business development gets underway, from Tesla to Amazon and Apple. As the state's southwest corner fills up with new...
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People are social beings. So why is it that most corporate social postings are both irrelevant and anonymous? Tweet this Putting a personal, social component into your social marketing is imperative to...
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Patrick de Zeeuw (right) at Startupbootcamp Amsterdam In April, I before I met with Deputy Mayor Kajsa Ollongren during The Next Web conference in the Netherlands, I was introduced to Patrick de Zeeuw,...
View ArticleTuesdayNights With Nanxi Liu
Nanxi Liu is the Co-Founder and CEO of Enplug, the easiest to use software to manage and distribute content on displays in offices, stores, restaurants, hotels, and stadiums. Uniquely, Enplug enables...
View ArticleMillennials' Expectations Transform Employee Engagement: The New Corporate...
As baby boomers exit the workforce en masse, the race to attract the best and brightest millennials has employers across the country scratching their heads, re-thinking the tried and true recruitment...
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View ArticleWriting an Effective Letter
Since the advent of e-mail, and the Letter Wizard feature on Microsoft Word, it often seems like drafting your own letters is a quaint tradition, but nothing you really need to think about. Au...
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The alchemy of remote work is that location becomes irrelevant; you can quite literally build a team, culture, and company without borders. At Help Scout, I'm proud of the remote culture we've...
View ArticleHow I Made $38,000 From Blogging (and Launched My Career!)
When I left my full-time job in April, I think the majority of people (who didn't know me super well, or who didn't actively read my site, L Bee and the Money Tree) thought I left my job to become a...
View ArticleDear Mr. President: Workplace Bullying Negatively Impacts Lives; It's Time...
Mr. President I applaud your efforts to fight for individual rights and liberties. During your tenure, you've addressed socio-economic, educational, marital, and racial inequalities. These actions are...
View ArticleWork and Life Balance: Good for People, Good for Business
Is it just me or does modern life make it harder to manage work and family life? By the time I've finished my meetings, answered my emails, studied my to-do boards, checked my LinkedIn, laughed about...
View ArticleWhite Only? How Meetings Promote Divisiveness and Poor Decision Making
Last Saturday, a doe-eyed workshop volunteer stopped me at the entrance to the crowded meditation room. "Has anyone talked to you about our dress code?" she asked. "You see, we require you to wear...
View ArticleAgile: Are You Doing it Right?
"Should we adopt agile?" "Are we doing agile well?" Two of the most common questions I hear when working with customers, and that couldn't be more frustrating. Simply put, they are the wrong damn...
View ArticleHow to Identify and Neutralize Gossip
Whether in the office, among friends or even strangers, gossip is something that we are exposed to every day. The Oxford dictionary definition of gossip is: Casual or unconstrained conversation or...
View ArticleMy Fantasy Team Has Erectile Dysfunction: Mistakes of Sports Marketers
The calendar has turned to that brief window where sports universes collide. Sports acronyms simultaneously compete for eyeballs as the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB and NCAA offer full slates of games. More than...
View ArticleRecruiting and Maintaining Millennials in Membership Organizations
Millennials started reaching adulthood around the year 2000 and organizations have been racking their marketing brains trying to figure out how to get and keep this demographic. And it is an important...
View ArticleWhat Every Entrepreneur Ought to Know About Hiring a Business Coach
MJTH/Shutterstock.com If you're an entrepreneur, at some point or another, you may consider hiring a business coach to help you build or grow your business. You've probably heard a lot of great...
View ArticleBringing Positive Impact Measurement to Listed Equities
An innovative methodology to measure the positive environmental benefits, including a net reduction in carbon dioxide, for an investment strategy provides a meaningful new tool for investors. Impact...
View Article3 Brain Dead Simple Steps to Stop Procrastinating
Everybody has that friend. That guy or gal who never keeps a commitment. You ask them to do something, maybe they offer to help you with something, come out for a drink or send you an email with some...
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