If you’re considering relocating abroad then you could well be weighing up your options when it comes to running a business. There are positives and negatives for every kind of start-up, particularly in the current economic climate. Here we consider a few of the options and which ones might work for you. 1) Opening a... More »Best Business Ideas for Success Abroad
HTML5 has become an inevitable technology for the web. Developers, businesses and users need HTML5 in some way or the other to push the limits of innovation. HTML5 has proved its competence and is continuing to do so in domains of web development, mobile and gaming. IT offers a host of value added features such... More »HTML5 Content Security: An Unexplored Ground For Website Development Innovation
Never has the circulation of information been faster. At the touch of a screen which can be as small as the palm of a hand, we have access to information on a scale never been seen before. We can also share data about ourselves and others in a nanosecond, whether it’s an update on our... More »Tap into Technology for Effective Networking
Well it’s that time of year again. College graduation season is upon us and a temporary feeling of joy and optimism abounds, as it should. As for Mom and Dad relief may be a more apt description – there were days they had serious questions about your commitment to the project but now thankfully they... More »The Graduation Speech I Didn’t Give
Welcome to our weekly business basics post! This week we decided to explore a specialized legal entity called a professional corporation (PC). Now most of those who know a little bit about corporate law probably know that there are two, main types of corporations – S-Corps, and C-Corps. But in addition to these, there are... More »Business Basics: Professional Corporations
Have you ever heard the Story of the 3 Letters? I decided to tell my own version in the following vlog as lead-in to a discussion on scapegoating. Story of the 3 Letters A young manager is going through a job transition with an outgoing manager. The outgoing manager cryptically imparts his wisdom in the... More »Who is YOUR Scapegoat – Story of the 3 Letters
Sometimes I wear a suit to new business meetings to appear “professional.” I am frequently acknowledged to be the smartest guy in the room. I can expound on issues of marketing, advertising, design, strategy, online interactivity, what makes good copy, what does and doesn’t work, and so on and so on. Still, no matter what... More »We Are All Frauds At What We Do
Sales teams are the lifeblood of every business out there aiming to turn a profit on their products. It’s therefore in the best interest of these organizations to equip their teams with the right sales tools that enable them to make the most of any and all opportunities. Today’s sales arena is rife with innovation... More »Tablets Give Rise to a Smarter, More Effective Sales Team
Everyone remembers the moment they unboxed their first smartphone, fired that sucker up and realized they’d lived long enough to see the actual future. Today, people roll their eyes if a new device’s interface has the audacity to use square app icons. But in 2008, touchscreens were enough to put jaws on the floor. So... More »Projected Interfaces Make Touchscreens so 2008
Collaboration is at the core of modern business, but the way we collaborate isn’t always as cutting-edge as it could be. Since the tech world is definitely not suffering from a lack of tools — everything from streaming video to collaboration software, instant messaging, and social platforms keep us conjoined at the gadget — what... More »Bypassing the Bottleneck: 3 Rules for Modern Collaboration
The game of cat & mouse between the good guys trying to offer a useful product or service and the bad guys exploiting vulnerabilities for fraud (or worse) is a timeless one. The latest round of “bot networks” discovered by spider.io are just the next move in this unfortunate game. Real-time marketing aims to improve... More »BotNet Attacks! How To Prevent Measuring & Retargeting Them As Consumers
While your monitor has a huge impact on your computing experience, the multitude of performance indicators can be confusing. Last week I reviewed some of the primary factors that you should consider when shopping for a new display, including screen size, components effecting clarity and pairing with the right graphics card. Yet there are even... More »The Lowdown on Monitors – LED vs. LCD
Did you know that when you decide to take your survey online, you are entering the cloud? What does that mean exactly? It means that your survey and the software you use to create and use it isn’t just in one location, it’s up in the air ready to be accessed anytime anywhere. Cloud technology... More »Online Surveys – Welcome to the Cloud
When I say “Nike,” you likely begin conjuring thoughts of the iconic swoosh logo, flashy high-tops or maybe even a fist-pumping Tiger. One thing I bet you didn’t think about is cutting-edge mobile technology. Nike’s FuelBand and about 120 LEDs aim to change all that by motivating users to get active and stay active. FuelBand... More »Nike FuelBand: Mobile Innovation With Motivation
(Following up on a piece I wrote for YouTern a couple months ago called Close the Skills Gap: View College as Soft Skills Experience. In that piece, I discussed all the ways soft skills happen in college, but many students don’t realize it. I’ve got the actual words to message those skills…) “But I have... More »How to Talk About Specific Soft Skills from Your Classes
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