Zombies have always fascinated me: one favorite is Brad Pitt’s World War Z, a fun movie of the genre with its brain-dead bodies wandering aimlessly through the world looking to feed off the living. But recent highly publicized research from MIT has le…
Julia Austin has spent her career as a startup operator, executive coach, educator, investor, and board member. She is on the faculty at Harvard Business School and is faculty cochair of the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship.
What’s the big i…
Data suggests that the companies that thrive during uncertainty combine prudence with bold action.
Typical investment advice either sounds incomprehensible (“The blockchain does the hokeypokey and fiat currency goes the way of the dodo!”) or too simple (“Just get in on the ground floor of the next Apple!”) and does very little to help the average p…
Work-related stress is on the rise. And to quote Gen Z, who loves some dramatic verbiage, the overwhelm has employees totally “crashing out.” Crashing out can look like having a full blown freak out (think: losing it at a coworker, crying …
Half of remote workers run errands on the clock, and over a quarter skip full days altogether—so it’s no surprise some bosses have grown wary of their employees working from home.
But that doesn’t mean remote work doesn’t work. We’re all different…
Michael Karanicolas: The U.S. has the power to turn off our digital lights. Why we put up with it is puzzling
Company’s co-founders have encouraged other Canadian startups and founders to remain in Canada and hire domestically
It’s one thing to declare, “We care about our people.” It’s entirely different to prove it in messy, unscripted moments, especially when no one is watching.
Too often, corporate messaging about empathy and respect falters under pressure. We p…
Formed three years ago by a group of entrepreneurs in Israel, the company says it has designed particles that when released in the ocean will trap carbon at the bottom of the sea.
