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Slack Is Just The Tip Of The Iceberg For Enterprise Tech
Slack’s valuation soared to $2.8 billion in less than two years, and has doubled in the past six months alone — all without any big marketing campaigns. The startup’s adoption curve and rave reviews are something many founders and investors dream about, but few actually achieve. Read More
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The Real Cost Of Paying Overtime
The debate on overtime pay has surged in the last year: Who should be paid for overtime? How many people should receive these benefits? As the Department of Labor prepares to revise the rules this month, determining which workers are eligible for overtime pay, employees, unions and employers alike will be closely monitoring the reforms, given the impact on millions of Americans. Read More
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More Startup Funding Is Available, But Who’s Getting It?
Last year was fantastic for startup fundraising, continuing an upward trend with a dramatic increase to more than $47 billion (a 62 percent increase from 2013’s figures). On the surface, this is great news — more venture capitalists are pouring more money into startups, thereby increasing the amount of available resources for new ideas. Read More
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The Startup Illusion
In 2005, Steve Jobs delivered his now-famous Stanford Commencement Speech, wherein he explained that attempting to attend a four-year university had been a poor choice. The school was astronomically expensive and “[he] had no idea what [he] wanted to do with [his] life and no idea how college was going to help [him] figure it out.” Read More
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Deep Learning And The Future Of Search Engine Optimization
The concept of deep learning or deep structured learning has been a frequent topic of conversation in recent months because of the commitment and advancements of some of the world’s largest and most prolific search companies. With organizations like Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Baidu (a Chinese search engine) buying into this technology, we are starting to see a huge acceleration of… Read More
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Mobile Apps Will Decide Your Product’s Success
My home theater system recently stopped working and I found myself in the market for a specific piece of relatively complex consumer technology: a new receiver. A new home theater receiver is not an insignificant purchase. Surprisingly, the major factor in my decision had nothing to do with price point or technical specs. Instead, I chose a receiver that featured an intuitive mobile app that… Read More
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Improving Diversity Hiring In Tech
I see a lot of articles written by well-intentioned people about how tech companies want to attract more diverse candidates. Usually, I don’t get more than three sentences in before I read about how the organization is making an effort to attract talent from historically black colleges and universities. Read More
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Entrepreneurs And Investors In Turkey Emboldened By Election Results
Last Sunday, Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party, known by its Turkish initials AKP, took a hit. But it’s a hit that’s stirring the hopes of the nation’s entrepreneurs and investors.
For the first time in 13 years, the AKP failed to secure a majority of seats in Turkey’s 550-seat parliament. Garnering 40 percent of the popular vote, it won 258 seats… Read More
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The Best Conditions For Building A Unicorn
If you were looking to build a company, and you were looking to build a unicorn, what conditions should be present for the best chance of success? Based on current unicorns, your best chance is to start a business that is revenue-growth based, rather than user-growth based. It has to move money from day one. Read More
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The Real Silicon Valley
Every time I hear people talking about Unicorns, I think “all hat, no cattle” or “another person living in the land of style over substance.” In spite of the fact that I’ve never been diagnosed with Aspergers, I’ve found myself blurting out, “F$&@ Unicorns!”* twice recently, including when I was on a panel at Stanford School of Engineering… Read More
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