There are only a handful of scenarios in the history of the U.S. that truly changed the way capital works: the Great Depression, Savings and Loan Crisis in the ’80s, and the most recent Great Recession, to name a few. The latest financial catastrophe has reminded the world that you cannot throw your cash into […]

How To Measure Employee Morale Our friends at the Young Entrepreneurship Council asked 11 entrepreneurs how they measure employee morale over time. Here’s what they found: Tips For Measuring Employee Morale Quarterly efficiency audits Every quarter, I run what I call “efficiency audits” — meetings where I ask employees specifically about their email management, daily and weekly […]

Grown out of founder Kellee Khalil‘s frustration from planning her sister’s wedding, Loverly has made a name for itself as a discovery engine with a matrimonial niche. Like all discovery tools, Loverly helps users find the content they crave, but the company has done a particularly noteworthy job of marrying content and product. Loverly focuses […]

When it comes to operating at peak performance, today’s entrepreneurs face a variety of obstacles that can prevent them from meeting their business goals. In addition to federal and state employment-law compliance, there are other systemic pitfalls than can expose a burgeoning company to risk and distract entrepreneurs, managers, and employees from what should be […]

Our friends at the Young Entrepreneurship Council asked 13 entrepreneurs to share a strange yet surprisingly helpful piece of advice. Here’s what they found: Get a vacuuming robot “When you’re in startup mode, you’re not thinking about cleaning. The downside is that your environment really affects your productivity, so having a clean home office is crucial. Consider […]

Design everything on the assumption that people are not heartless or stupid but marvelously capable, given the chance. – The Internet and Everyone, John Chris Jones For the longest time, I thought design was about assuming that people are “stupid” machines who don’t know what they want, and therefore need to be told how to […]

In a society where attention spans are minimal (Did I lose you already?!), and a media news cycle that is even shorter, often the quickest way to spread news about your company — or a company you’re representing, as in our case — is through a press release. If you have a PR firm on […]