IT Headed For Fundamental Changes, SIM Survey Shows
IT organization budgets look happy and positive on the surface, but there’s less money for maintenance and more for cloud and software development. The signs point to tumultuous times ahead.…
Why You Should Start a Consulting Company
Why You Should Start a Consulting Company Short version? You can build the business you want. Dear would-be entrepreneurs. I’ve got something I need to explain to you. You don’t…
8 Ways to Stop Wasting Money on Technology
On the fourth season of the TV show “The Office,” the team dealt with “Dunder Mifflin Infinity,” an initiative at the company to become more tech-savvy. Big surprise: The team…
6 Ways to Attract Millennial Customers
Millennials now make up the largest segment of the population, meaning they’re a big target for B2C companies. If you’re looking for ways to engage this younger demographic, take some…
Understanding why some patents get licensed…while others do not
by Ian McCarthy Technology licensing is an activity where the owner of a patent (the licensor) allows another party (the licensee) the rights to use, adapt and commercialize that patent…
Social Innovation Index 2016 [Infographic]
Your hosts, Braden Kelley, Julie Anixter and Rowan Gibson, are innovation writers, speakers and strategic advisors to many of the world’s leading companies. “Our mission is to help you achieve…
Renew vs. replace software? CFOs say it depends on business capabilities
Finance officers are looking at more than an ROI metric and a business case to determine if software systems should be renewed or replaced. Today, they’re also considering business capabilities,…
CIOs Are Struggling to Retain Talented IT Staff
The infancy of CIOs surveyed pronounced they are endangered about maintaining stream IT staff over a subsequent 12 months, according to a new survey from Robert Half Technology. Many of…
Why do Start-ups Fail? Revenue May Be the No. 1 Reason.
Opinions vary as to why start-ups fail. One business publication conducted a study, of sorts, which determined that a lack of need for the product was the number one reason. However, in…
3 Ways to Make Work Urgent Instead of Exhausting
Can you imagine working 130 hours in a week? Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer can. She even considers such a workload to be the key to startup success. Mayer also…
How to Compete with Big Corporations and Win
Waiting around to come up with the perfect idea or opportunity to compete with the big corporations? Turns out that the public would rather work with you than the big…
Communication Determines the Success of Your Business
Get the working capital your business needs–learn more about Entrepreneur Lending, powered by CAN Capital » The story you are about to read is true except for some exaggerations which…
How Entrepreneurs Can Capitalize on Weak Connections
We all have social media friends and followers that we didn’t grow up with, go to school with or ever work with; yet we still keep them on our lists.…
Planned or Emergent Innovation?
Most innovation initiatives are planned. We focus on a challenge, generate some great ideas and then put together teams to implement the best ones. For new products the projects…
Tech Talent Shortage Holding Back Business
An Indeed survey shows hiring managers face challenges in filling IT positions, impacting their bottom lines. We often hear reports about how hard it is for businesses to hire qualified…
Here’s Why Your Sales Reps Are Losing Deals
the sales behaviors may cost you the deal, and in the process sink the company’s bottom line. They’re Not Using Social Media Effectively Many sales people are still not using…
Keep Innovation Management Simple
Innovation is the lifeblood of business growth. Innovation management is also a process; a means of getting the right product to the right people at the right time. Yet…
Shifting Your DevOps Mindset from Tools to Culture
DevOps is based on continuous improvement and development, with employees as active participants in that iterative process. Enabling self-learning and self-improving among employees is central to this school of…
How to Scale From a Small Business to a Billion-Dollar Empire
You may not know John Dickey by name, but you may have heard of the company he and his brother started in the ’90s: Cumulus Media. The duo bought a radio station…
Tracking Trends – Six Essential Steps for Spotting Your Next Opportunity
The Opportunity Mindset he embodies is becoming a touchstone of success in the Digital Age. When you look for it, you see it everywhere. “It was our reading of trends…