Five years ago, all Bryan Seck knew about a local e-commerce startup named Spreetail is that it was a company that could get stuff. And Seck, at the time a homeless advocate at Lincoln Public Schools, needed stuff. Specifically, he needed beds.
When COVID-19 took off in the U.S., shortages of toilet paper, cleaning supplies, and blow-up pools had many of us thinking the American manufacturing supply chain must be inefficient. How was it even possible that we didn't - and still don't - have enough PPE for healthcare workers?
In the modern technical world, freelancers act as nomadic one-off hires that come aboard to complete a job and then are released back into the void. The rise of the gig economy and similar services has delivered new opportunities for those who need work and those who want to provide it, with entire platforms built around this idea of temporary employment.
(EDITORIAL) Global Pandemic or not, people struggle to search for job opportunities, their career, and find their purpose. Knowing yourself is the most important part. Feeling lost? Can you relate to this Reddit post in the Career Guidance forum? " Careers that aren't boring? I'm really lost right now.
(BUSINESS FINANCE) Financial stress is tough on everyone. Here's who has cried the most about money woes, and a few tips on how to alleviate some of that stress. There's been serious critique in the last several years about the educational system and what basic knowledge young people should be taught in the United States.
(BUSINESS NEWS) More than a happy hour, consider having these poignant conversations to bring your remote team together like never before. Cultivating a team dynamic is difficult enough without everyone's Zoom feed freezing halfway through "happy" hour.
(TECH NEWS) The latest neural network from Massachusetts Institute of Technology shows a great bound forward for deep learning and the "Internet of Things." The deep learning that modifies your social media and gives you Google search results is coming to your thermostat.
(BUSINESS NEWS) Google is looking to adapt a more flexible, long-term hybrid work model for their employees, which includes partially working from home and partially being on-site. Google, the world's largest search engine company (yes I know they do other things), is positing that the corporate office will look completely different post-COVID-19 with the new work from home culture.
(OPINION / EDITORIAL) Since many of us aren't seeing our co-workers in person these days, our soft skills are even more important in the online working space. When did we start thinking of "soft" as bad? I mean, we've got soft serve (excellent), softball (good exercise), fabric soft-ener (another industry I'm enjoying killing as a millennial).
(TECH NEWS) Spike can help you optimize your website by finding your trouble spots and helping you fix them. Considering the heavy use of the internet now, this is something you should jump on.
(EDITORIAL) A website is vital to any business, but customer engagement guarantees success. Check out these powerful tips to boost engagement. Having a website for your business isn't enough. If you want to grow your company, you need to maximize this digital asset by increasing user engagement.
(BUSINESS NEWS) Job hunts are about more than the base salary and payment schedule. Here are some considerations for other priorities in your job search. The process of looking for a job is like a fingerprint: Everyone has one, but each person's is unique.
"So, why did you move from Utah to Austin?" the interviewer asked over the phone. The question felt a little out of place in the job interview, but I gave my standard answer about wanting a fresh scene. I'd just graduated college and was looking to break into the Austin market.
(TECH NEWS) Internet access is becoming more of a human right especially in light of recent events -so why is revoking it being used as a punishment? When one hears the word "punishment", several things likely come to mind-firing, fees, jail time, and even death for the dramatic among us-but most people probably don't envision having their access to utilities restricted as a legal repercussion.
(BUSINESS NEWS) Following a contentious battle for news aggregation, Australia works to find agreement with Facebook.
(BUSINESS ENTREPRENEUR) A study at Cisco reveals how digitizing small businesses is no longer optional, but critical to success, thanks to the pandemic. As digital transformation efforts ramp up due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study released by Cisco has highlighted some key insights into how small businesses will need to adapt in order to survive in the "new normal."
After 20 years, the co-founder and CEO of Razor knows what keeps his company rolling. It sticks to designing and supplying scooters. Nearly 35 million so far, its early and iconic kick models joined by a growing line of self-propelled toys: go-karts, hoverboards, skates and skateboards.
Like most bar and restaurant owners, Matt Taylor was confronted with a challenge when the coronavirus pandemic hit in March. How could he keep the doors of The Tavern on the Square and The Other Room open and continue to pay his staff when directed health measures forced him to cut capacity or, at times, shut down.
We are often reminded that hindsight is 20/20 - a proverb that means "it is easy to understand something after it has already happened", and how ironic that is since we are in the year 2020 and not sure we can fully comprehend all we are learning and what hindsight this will bring.
(OPINION EDITORIALS) How has the online dating industry been disrupted during the pandemic? And can we apply a few pointers from this evolved model to networking?