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6 Tactics To Ensure Your Team Is Happy And Productive

Startup Professionals Musings

Cisco Systems, which was ranked by Fortune magazine as the world’s best place to work in 2022, keeps the focus on employee happiness through putting people first, free counseling sessions through the company's employee assistance program, including a companywide Day for Me. Happiness can be triggered outside of conscious awareness.

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SoCal Inventors Recognized By Popular Mechanics

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A number of Southern California inventors and companies have been recognized today by magazine Popular Mechanics , for their work on what the magazine says are "world changing" innovations. The technology is apparently being applied to diagnose diseases such as malaria, screen for parasites, and other uses. READ MORE>>.

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6 Practices Guaranteed To Raise Workforce Engagement

Startup Professionals Musings

Salesforce, which was ranked by Fortune magazine as the world’s best place to work in 2018, keeps the focus on employee happiness through dedicated “mindfulness” rooms, 56 hours of paid volunteer work a year, to $5.5 Unfortunately, I suspect that there is no simple formula that will work for all companies. Marty Zwilling.

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I Just Invested in @Burstly, a Mobile Ad Management Company

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Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory. As I naturally get asked all the time why we invested in Company A or Company B, I thought I’d just put forth my thesis in writing.

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Rebranding Should Be Driven By Growth, Not Desperation

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Companies typically rebrand themselves for two distinct reasons. Such attempts are seldom successful, as rebranding typically does not address the systemic issues causing the company to fail. RIM''s management made the brilliant decision to change the company''s name to BlackBerry, Ltd. Jimmy To James.

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Web Second, Mobile First

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I know that they really impacted an entire cohort of startups because every company that was coming to pitch me businesses was (is) saying, “I’m a ‘mobile first’ company.” The power of large screen real estate. Here’s my view: I support a “mobile first” strategy for many companies.

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How Roambi Is Making Mobile Work For The Enterprise, with Quinton Alsbury

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However, mobile devices have not only revolutionized the world of the consumer--they've also made inroads into the corporate market, changing how companies provide access to important information and data to their partners and employees. We founded the company in 2008, inspired by and around the first iPhone.

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