Ah Google, while we and the rest of the press world may be celebrating all of the new announcements […]
Prep-Meeting For The Meetings On-Boarding Meeting: Meeting Minutes
Through our ubiquitous underground network of ethically vacant culture correspondents in Silicon Valley, we have obtained the leaked document below; […]
Rocketbook’s Latest Smart Notebook Just Raised Almost $2M, Their First One Hit $1.3M
Around this time last year, we were telling you about the Rocketbook Wave, a smart notebook that allowed you to […]
Being Overworked All The Time Isn’t “Cool” Anymore, Just Ask Japan
“I find it funny when my corporate friends who are sitting in their beautiful high rise office buildings in midtown […]
Impraise Tries To Change The Performance Reviews Game With Continuous Co-Worker Feedback
The story of New York-based startup Impraise begins at the end–at the end of performance reviews, that is. “The annual […]
Software Startup Culture Has Handed Us Some Bad Habits
Click here to skip the intro and jump right to the list of bad habits Over the last six or […]
Forest Is The Best Productivity App I’ve Ever Used; You Should Try It
Focusing can be surprisingly uncomfortable. If you’ve got an overactive imagination (read: crippling ADD), it can be damn near unbearable, […]
You Can Buy Single-Occupant Smoking Booths For Office Cubicles In Japan
Now that it’s getting colder out, smoking breaks are becoming a bit less pleasant for workers across the globe. Plus, […]
Is This Connected Auto-Adjusting Health-Conscious Standing Desk The Smartest Office Furniture Ever?
If you aren’t doing it standing, you’re not doing it right. I’m talking about work, ya perverts. Researchers have found […]
Meet Clarke.ai, The AI That Automatically Takes Call Notes For You
You focus on the call. A new personal assistant system with artificial intelligence, Clarke.ai, will focus on taking the call notes. It turns out there actually is an AI in “team.”
A Fidget Cube Is On Track To Raise Over $4 Million on Kickstarter
Fidget Cube is a freaking brilliant product. It’s for antsy people (from Antsy Labs) who incessantly click pens, bounce their […]
12 Inescapable Realities of Office Life
From Dilbert comics and Mike Judge comedies to Vooza videos and the last thing Calista Flockhart did before she started […]
Roam Offers Memberships To Work & Live Around The World
While some of us may be confined to a cubicle, the working world is developing a more lax attitude about […]
We Spoke To One of the Authors of ‘Valley Speak’, The New Silicon Valley Jargon Guide
Ever wonder how much back-channeling goes on before an acqui-hire? Ever known someone in the C-Suite of a disruptive startup […]
Slack-Integrated Hey Taco Gets Into the Employee Rewards & Recognition Game
Slack has its own spinoff market of integrated products with one of the latest, Hey Taco, a simple spin on employee rewards and recognition. Of course, there’s not just one name in the game. This roundup of Slack integrations and employee recognition tools covers several startups.
Introducing Bruce, Your New Social Media Director
From: Frank Barnhardt To: [email protected] Subject: Welcome Bruce Date: Tues, 15 Mar 2016 9:50 -0800 Hi Team, I wanted to take a moment […]
You Need Me: A Sales Memo to the Founders
I know – it’s my personality, right? I’m pretty insufferable. No, no, it’s ok. One of my very few redeeming qualities is self-awareness. […]
Reply All: A Holiday Office Email Thread Story
From: Charisma Crawford To: [email protected] Subject: API Change Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 10:13 -0800 Hi Team, Just a […]
Dear HR, You Call These Perks? What Happened to Lobster Fridays?
From: Frank Pfeffenheffer Date: November 17, 2015 at 11:51:13 AM PST To: Angie Denbar <[email protected]>, Synergetica Team <[email protected]> Subject: Re: […]
The Top 3 Best Startup Cities Ranked by their Pizza
Every day, another BuzzFeed-style listicle about the best startup cities in the US flies across my Facebook feed. All manner of […]
Tech vs The Business: NEVER Let That Terminology Happen in Your Company
Remember that scene in Billy Madison when Billy’s cute porkstick of a classmate says that he can’t wait to graduate […]
Job Titles That Make Your Startup Look Stupid
Happiness Supervisor. Customer Support Shepherd. These are just some of the quirky/asinine job descriptions candidates encounter when they start searching […]
Worker Coops – The Pros & Cons
In our last installment, we took a brief look at worker cooperatives as an alternative to traditional business structures and […]
Critical Management Mistakes to Avoid
When you’re an entrepreneur, you’re the boss. You have control over the start-up’s direction, the way the product develops, and […]
Does Your Startup Embody Its Core Values?
As an entrepreneur, you likely have a set of core values you want your company to have. These values give […]
Has your CEO built the right culture?
Culture, from an organizational perspective, is the system of shared actions, stipulated values and beliefs within an organization which guide […]
Three Reasons To Work For A Big Corporation
Being an entrepreneur. Dreaming up the next hot startup. Creating your own empire. These are the sorts of business aspiration […]
The Value Of Company Culture
Do you know that although implementing team building activities for younger employees effectively curbs turnover, it also impedes their work […]
Office Wars: Surviving Office Politics
When it comes to dealing with office politics, one can often find themselves in awkward and even job-threatening situations. Some […]
Three Reasons You’re Not Happy
If an easy, happy life is top of most people’s agenda, why are so few around the world truly happy […]
How Do Entrepreneurs Find Balance?
It is hard enough for people who work traditional 9 to 5 jobs to maintain the proper work-life balance. For […]
