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Zoom’s Return-To-Office Could Doom The Company
Exceptional leaders often excel as skilled storytellers, and for good reason. Once a company hits a certain level of organizational complexity, one of the most important tasks the CEO has is to craft intellectually coherent and captivating narratives about the firm, its purpose, and its performance. Failure in this task means undermining the very existence of the company; a sin…
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Juliet Barratt: Businesses should be “sensitive” to cost of living
Still, overall market growth has stalled. Inflation hit 9.1% in May, causing costs to surge. Nutritional items are certainly a luxury, not a necessity – Grenade’s own protein-packed recipes mean its products can cost as much as £3.How does Barratt think specialist food startups should approach launching in the current…
Startups 100: where are they now? Distributed
Operating within a plus minus four hours GMT window, developers are virtually tied to Distributed’s central London office, but can be based in countries ranging from Democratic Republic of Congo all the way to northern India.“Our mission here at Distributed is freelance careers with more benefits than permanent employment,” Adamson…
Startups 100: Where are they now? Cera
Even now, Maruthappu says his personal experience remains a strong, motivating factor for Cera’s mission to ensure that other families don't end up in a similar situation.“We don't want them to be multiple care companies, trying to find someone who could provide care at short notice. We're able to start…
Startups 100: where are they now? Wild
Could the government make Wilder decisions?The topic moves to how the government could support startups, particularly during an energy crisis that is leaving thousands of small businesses struggling to keep the wolf from the door.Bowes-Lyon believes the onus is on businesses to face these challenges themselves, as many did during…
Hack the Bank: how cybersecurity startup Hack the Box raised £45m in a recession
Pylarinos attributes this to the company’s humble, bootstrapped beginnings. Despite having now successfully completed three funding rounds (raising a total of $70m) starting out with just a small amount of savings has meant the founders have prioritised profitability since the firm first began operating three years ago.“We’ve always been very…
You Get What You Give: how CSR can improve staff morale
How to measure positive changeCSR progress has a direct influence on environmental social governance (ESG) reporting. Essentially, this is a form of social impact evaluation that’s used to inform staff, customers, and stakeholders of a firm’s CSR activity and outcome.Providing clear, numerical targets for employees provides an excellent stimulus to…
10 famous entrepreneurs (and the key business lessons they demonstrate)
For business owners, or those of us who are planning to start a business soon, role models can inspire us and provide us with real-world examples from which to learn and grow. Inspiration comes from many sources, and these can include role models from your own life and career to…
How Mastercard is using A.I. to streamline its recruiting process
Good morning! Paige McGlauflin here, taking over for Amber. Those who’ve read our most recent Fortune @ Work playbook know A.I. is poised to transform how we work. While HR teams are in varying stages of A.I. adoption, with some still at the most embryonic stage, Mastercard is among the companies heavily…
Small businesses’ ‘COVID suit of armor’ is helping them defy the odds amid consistent predictions of an imminent recession
Watch out, with rising interest rates and stubborn inflation, the economy is headed toward a “hard landing.” Or is it more like a “slow-motion train wreck”? No, surely there’s something “mild” or even “garden variety” on the way—maybe a “rolling recession”? Confused? You’re not alone. Those are all predictions from…
Your next DoorDash delivery could be brought to you by its billionaire CEO
On a recent afternoon in San Francisco, a DoorDash driver was circling the neighborhood — first in his car, then on foot — trying to find the restaurant where he needed to pick up two orders. Finally, he Googled the location and realized DoorDash’s app sent him to the wrong…
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I Asked AI to Create a Plan for a Fake Company — The Results Blew Me Away, But Not in the Way You Might Think
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Startups face numerous challenges on their journey to success, and failing to overcome any one…