Eight Effective Methods For Educating Consumers About Cybersecurity
It can be argued that any company that collects and handles customer data has the responsibility of leveraging strong methods to protect it, but a similar point can also be…
Building Tech That Lasts — Learning From France’s Reparability Index
Have you heard about planned obsolescence? It’s an industry practice of designing products with limited lifespans (thus driving sales). It explains why electronics are now the fastest growing source of…
The GIIN Launches Its Second Impact Performance Benchmark
A year ago, the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) introduced the first of its impact performance benchmarks for different sectors of particular interest to investors. It just announced the launch…
Nine Ways Entrepreneurs Can Use Cloud Technology To Scale Their Businesses
While the cloud is perhaps most notably recognized as a convenient way to store and access data, there are many other benefits of this technology users may not automatically think…
Four Ways To Make Your Job Description Superstar-Worthy
By Tommy Mello, owner of A1 Garage Doors, a $100M+ home service business. Here’s what many job descriptions say: “Must be qualified. Must work weekends. Be here on time…” Here’s…
How Struggling Britons Could Unlock £7 Trillion Of Property Wealth
Amid a punishing cost of living crisis, many Britons are sitting on a remarkably large store of wealth – if only they could get at it. The total value of…
3 Concepts From Mechanics That Are Useful For Startup Founders
Mechanics is the branch of physics that deals with the behavior of physical bodies under the influence of forces and motion. While the principles and concepts of mechanics aren’t directly…
Upstart Co-Lab Aims To Create A $100 Million Portfolio Of Creative Economy Funds, Companies
Seven years ago, Laura Callanan founded Upstart Co-Lab, an impact investing nonprofit aimed at funding creative economy companies. She developed her strategy after consulting with pioneers of gender lens investing,…
The Most Important Employee Metrics That Can Make Your Business Better In 2023
By Isaac Kohen, VP of R&D at Teramind, provider of behavior analytics, business intelligence and data loss prevention (“DLP”) for enterprises. People analytics or employee metrics are ubiquitous in today’s…
Are The Best Innovations For Society Those That Are Non-Disruptive?
When we think of innovation, we often do so through the lens of “creative destruction”. The phrase, which was memorably coined by economist Joseph Schumpeter, suggests that innovation typically happens…