Fifty years ago, no one could have predicted the skills needed to thrive in today’s economy. The familiarity with rapidly transforming technology and tools; the rise of hardcore quantitative skills in banking, advertising, and healthcare; the rapidly blurring lines between hard and soft skills. These developments were unpredictable. With the Fourth Industrial Revolution underway, many […]
For those steeped in the world of digital marketing, direct mail seems like a dinosaur from another time. The conventional thinking is that people’s mailboxes are overwhelmed, and that direct mail is super expensive to send. But in today’s world, it’s email inboxes that are exploding with blasts and social media alerts. And with the […]
Ilir Sela knows pizza. Growing up with both parents and grandparents in the pizza business in New York City, Sela had the experience needed to merge local pizza and technology like no one has done before. “I launched in 2010, originally [called] MyPizza.com, with the sole purpose of uniting local pizza – getting all these owners […]
Start-ups Need More Than Money To Succeed – They Need Smart Money. Start-ups need investors who bring not only cash to the table, but also their networks and business acumen. Ask any start-up what the single most important element to success is and – more often than not – the answer will be money. Financing […]
What was the biggest mistake you made in your startup? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Noah Kagan, Chief Sumo of Sumo and Appsumo, on Quora: Nine years ago I started a company called Kickflip Inc. At the time, I was the number one largest Facebook […]
