While using augmented reality games or tools such as Alexia can be cool, robotics, AI and VR in the workplace are scary for many people. For business leaders chartered with digitalization, this creates a dilemma as successful technology adoption requires full engagement and support of staff members. Faced with change, employees need to first understand this CAN be good news. Digital tools can make it easier to complete projects and provide opportunities to learn – leading to higher salary and gr...
Managing your money right from the start is vital to the health of your startup. When hiring an accountant, outsourcing your accounting, or hiring an employee to manage your books, you want to be absolutely confident in who you choose as they are responsible for managing your money. Your accountant helps you navigate the numbers and make the best financial decisions. If the numbers aren't accurate, it can be hard to grow and succeed as a small business. Let's look at what you should know ...
With new online competition, success in the retail grocery market is increasingly challenging. When tasked with implementation of technology to reduce the cost and increase efficiency of customer checkout, the leaders on one local store of a large chain took a creative approach. They started with the standard pilot of self-serve checkout stations; however, this had limited adoption. When asking customers as they were queueing for the 'traditional checkout' about their resistance to the self-se...
Payroll is much more than just paying your employees their salary or hours worked. When it comes to payroll , it encompasses not only wages but deductions such as taxes and social security as well as health insurance and more. Payroll can be difficult for some startups, so today we look at eight common payroll problems to avoid. #1: Setting it up incorrectly Payroll is complicated, especially where taxes are concerned. Not only are taxes a vital part of payroll, but they are difficult to ...
To help shape the odds in your favour you need to use the right language in all your dealings. Today, if content is King, how you express that content can mean the difference between content that grabs attention and content that turns an audience off. To ensure your content cuts the mustard, mind your tone and your voice, by using active rather than passive language. According to the Oxford Dictionary explanation of 'passive versus active verbs', passive verbs – including 'is', 'are', 'was', 'we...
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Helen Lindsey created a new blog post, How leaders can humanize work againThere's a difference between having a good work ethic and being a workaholic—and startup founders are often among those who confuse one with the other. Occasionally working a few extra hours to meet a deadline and not let a client down is a good work ethic. Sacrificing your personal life to work long hours every day isn't. While you may blur the lines between work and personal life because you're passionate about what you do and you want to devote your time to building a successful business, you...Post is under moderationStream item published successfully. Item will now be visible on your stream. -
Helen Lindsey created a new blog post, Why London's tech community is thriving, despite BrexitIt seems gloomy predictions about the impact of Brexit aren't putting a dent in the positive mood of London's tech scene. According to Microsoft general manager David Mendlen, the city's "vibrant and engaged developer scene," with its "world-class educational support for startups and developers" and a "supportive local ecosystem and plenty of demand for developers" will ensure London continues to be "a tech powerhouse." Here, Mendlen explores how the growth of startup accelerators, dig...Post is under moderationStream item published successfully. Item will now be visible on your stream.
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Helen Lindsey created a new blog post, Why African startups are now on the acquisition trailWhile year-on-year investment in the African continent's tech scene is increasing, figures show major exits are down. Yet, while the annual Disrupt Africa African Tech Startups Funding Report shows major acquisitions were down in 2017 compared with the previous year, there has been a flurry of startups acquiring other startups, writes Tom Jackson. Here, he explores why this is happening "even before the African tech startup space has matured to the point where startups are serious targets for mo...Post is under moderationStream item published successfully. Item will now be visible on your stream.
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People working as a freelancer is not a new thing. Contractual workers have been around for a long time. They get paid for their output, not by the hours. They get payment for their work, but there's no benefit. This labor model isn't a modern concept, but it is slowly but surely taking over full-time jobs. This is called gig economy. The emergence of the term gig economy was a response to the burgeoning demand for more freelance workers than regular employees. So while working as a contractor f... Post is under moderationStream item published successfully. Item will now be visible on your stream. -
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