Startups Generational Issues Can Bedevil Startups Sometimes running a startup is like watching a soap opera on TV. Even if your new company has only a few employees, their pesonal melodramas can be amplified by long hours in close quarters. And that can be especially true for younger workers. Rieva Lesonsky View comments
Advertising How Online Retailers Use An Age-Old Economic Theory To Boost Sales Maybe you’ve been in a position similar to the one Hemant Bhargava, a business professor at the University of California, Davis, found himself in as he redecorated his home. As he recounted to Adam Davidson for a New York Times piece, Bhargava found a chandelier on Amazon for $750. He then found the same product on a lesser-known website for… Dave Copeland View comments
Apps 5 Push-to-Talk Apps That Turn Your Smartphone Into a Walkie-Talkie When was the last time you saw a walkie-talkie? Look in your pocket. Several smartphone apps mimic the walkie-talkie experience of instant push-to-talk communication. Mobile Dan Rowinski View comments
Startups Could You – Should You – Fund Your Startup With Credit Cards? When it comes to financing a brand-new startup, most founders find themselves stuck between the proverbial rock and hard place. While some lucky startups attract angel investors or have access to money from friends and family, the vast majority are on their own, at least at first. That’s why it’s so tempting to use credit cards to jumpstart… Rieva Lesonsky View comments
Announcements Salesforce's Chatter Elbows Microsoft's Skype Out of the Enterprise Salesforce users are starting to understand that Chatter, the messaging and transactions system for the entire Force.com platform, is not a chat tool. Rather, it's a communications stream that substitutes for most internal email. Why isn't it a chat tool, you ask? The only plausible answer - that Salesforce simply hasn't plugged in… Scott M. Fulton View comments