How product managers and innovators can influence virtual teams
A virtual team traditionally has meant a team with members who are geographically dispersed, working in different locations and often across time zones. Many of us are part of…
4 Time Wasters That Kill Your Productivity
There is only a certain amount of time during the day to finish tasks but no matter what we do, it seems that time is never enough. Sometimes at the end…
The Impact Big Data Is Having How We Learn
In the past decade, learning has gone from a passive to an active experience. Brick-and-mortar institutions are no longer required to continue education in a formal way. From highly effective…
5 Ways the Second Machine Age Will Morph the Future of Big Data
In the 2014 best seller, “The Second Machine Age,” Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee argue that this information era will leverage software-driven machines to substitute and replace humans. At the…
How You Can Use the Counterintuitive Genius of the Benjamin Franklin Effect to Your Advantage
The human mind sometimes works in mysterious ways. It can defy logic. The Benjamin Franklin effect is an excellent example of this. Our founding father is one of the most admired personalities…
A Secret Tactic for Quick Growth: The Roll-up
Roll-up mergers and acquisitions strategy. A roll-up is when you plan to buy multiple businesses within one industry. And there are many potential ways to execute a roll-up. Roll-up strategies. You need to…
3 Steps to Building a High-Performance Culture
When you walk into a high-performance organization, you can feel the difference. It’s buzzing. People are energized. They have purpose and they are working together to get things done. But…
Seven Ways to Positively Influence Customer Reviews
Your brand is the heart and soul of your business. Branding goes far beyond advertising, packaging, or logos. Branding lies at the very core of your business, of who you…
The Frightening Potential of Hackers Disrupting the Ballot
The foundation of our Republic is confidence that our elected officials are chosen in a fair and democratic system. If that system is called into question, the distrust could create…
How a Group of Ecommerce Veterans Launched Hollar, an Online Dollar Store, and Hit $1 Million in Monthly Sales After Just 5 Months
Update, Nov. 3, 2016: Hollar announced on Thursday it has raised $30 million in a series B round, led by Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers and followed by Greycroft Partners and Comcast…
Disaster Recovery: The Cloud Changes Everything
In a recent report, Gartner looks at the growing field of disaster recover as a service, and finds how this cloud-based approach differs from the more traditional approach to…
The Art of Chasing 2 Rabbits
Imagine you are in the forest rabbit hunting and you happen to see two at once. They both take off and you begin running after them. Hunting one rabbit is…
7 Reasons Why 90% of Startups Fail and How to be the 10%
A former Navy SEAL sees the correlation between the worlds of entrepreneurship and special operations. They both have similar attrition rates. Managing fear is critical. And both can have very…
What Internet of Things Companies Should Do to Make Their Products More Secure
A high-profile cyberattack has put the growing Internet of Things (IoT) space on notice. Last month’s distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on internet services company Dynamic Network Services temporarily…
Is Luck Really a Four-Letter Word? This Cornell Economist Says No
“You’re so lucky.” It’s a terrible thing to say to someone who feels their success can be attributed only to their own hard work and tenacity. After all, which one…
Microsoft Teams: Is This the New Slack Killer?
Microsoft announced a new chat-based collaboration platform on Wednesday that might give Slack a run for its money. Currently available in preview for Enterprise and Business customers, the software giant’s…
Overcoming Hurdles to Scaling Innovation
Crossing the Chasm To put it simply, everyone has good ideas — and some have great ideas. But the imperative of any innovation program is in its ability to…
Generating Discovery for Innovation
Just in case you haven’t seen the latest Star Trek movie yet, here is one of its key messages; “You know the greatest danger facing us is ourselves, an…
AWS Dominates IaaS, Stumbles In Managed Private Cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS) dominates the worldwide public IaaS market, is in tight competition in the PaaS market. But it’s an also-ran when it comes to the managed private…
5 Mistakes to Avoid During Exit Planning
At last, you are ready to sell your business. And that’s likely a welcome event: Selling an online business is an attractive prospect for many business owners; but if you’re the seller and…