Facebook, Google , Amazon, Apple and Microsoft together had 616 acquisitions from 2010 to 2019 that were above $1M but too small to be reported to antitrust agencies
Society dictates its conventions, and as society changes, so do its rules of etiquette. Arising from the pandemic is a new set of behaviors for respecting others’ space and safety in social situations. And as responsible travel has been taking o…
Editor’s Note: Each week Maynard Webb, former CEO of LiveOps and the former COO of eBay, will offer candid, practical, and sometimes surprising advice to entrepreneurs and founders. To submit a question, write to Webb at dearfounder@fastcom…
One of the most difficult conversations leaders often have with employees is when your must tell an employee you’re parting ways.
I know this from personal experience. Early in my career, my manager made me lay off an employee due to a slowdown …
Over a year ago, at the start of the pandemic, I wrote a piece called “The brain’s journey to the new post-coronavirus normal.” In it I predicted that once people had been working from home for many months, avoiding the commute, le…
How many times a day do you check your email? If you’re like most people, that number might be 14, according to a study from website developers TaskHusky. More than three-quarters of people check their inbox when they’re bored. But when a…
Scotland is to become the latest nation to trial a four-day working week after the SNP government announced it was setting up a £10 million fund to enable some office businesses to cut workers’ hours without reducing their pay.
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One of the great surprises of the remote and hybrid teams spurred by the pandemic is how productive they have been. A January 2021 PwC report found that the number of employers who said that remote work has been successful for their company jumped to 8…
How organizations can innovate their way into the postpandemic era.
The CEO of foodpanda APAC recounts how the company grew from a food-delivery start-up to a business valued at $30 billion by moving fast and creating a trusted brand.
