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Dave Perretz Dave Perretz
Updated on April 22, 2024

Avoid These 4 Mistakes When Scaling Your HR and Finance Systems

Scaling your business presents exciting opportunities, but you need to do it carefully to avoid burning up resources and crushing employee morale. Here are four lessons on scaling that I learned the hard way.

Steffen Schebesta Steffen Schebesta
Updated on April 22, 2024

5 Common Startup Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

The road to success can be treacherous. Here are some of the biggest traps that keep startups from growing.

Brennan Nevada Johnson Brennan Nevada Johnson
Updated on April 22, 2024

4 Scary PR Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Nobody wants a message to go viral for the wrong reasons. Right?

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Amy Radin Amy Radin
Updated on April 22, 2024

Want to Be a More Effective Leader? Ask More Questions.

Questions can open up your capacity to embrace change and find better answers. Here’s how to become a better questioner.

Karan Kanwar Karan Kanwar
Updated on April 22, 2024

How AI Can Help Small Businesses

New AI developments mean small businesses can now successfully modernize their operations without breaking the bank.

Brooke Waupsh Brooke Waupsh
Updated on April 22, 2024

How Swoovy Hopes to Modernize the Way Nonprofits Recruit Volunteers

Swoovy aims to modernize the way nonprofits recruit volunteers by making it easy and enjoyable for people to weave service into their everyday lives and relationships.

Carlos Antequera Carlos Antequera
Updated on April 22, 2024

Startups: Here Are 3 Alternatives to a Venture Raise

Options include online lending, crowdfunding and revenue-based financing.

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Dave Perretz Dave Perretz
Updated on April 22, 2024

To Align Your Team, Lead by Repetition

A strategy, no matter how sophisticated, is useless if nobody in an organization follows it. As a leader, one of the best ways to align a team with your vision is simple: repetition.

Jason Cottrell Jason Cottrell
Updated on April 22, 2024

What the Rise of Fashion Chatbots Tells Us About AI’s Role in New Experiences

The effective use of chatbots in retail settings offers a framework for how to harness this technology in other scenarios.

Kate Brodock Kate Brodock
Updated on April 22, 2024

Don’t Think You Need an Advisory Board? You Should Reconsider.

For early stage companies, advisory boards can serve as vehicles of growth.