This year Jessica Mah , CEO of inDinero , a maker of online money-management tools for small businesses, moved her company into a new office on the 9th floor of a downtown San Francisco high rise. She fired an employee, and hired a customer service manager. She sometimes worked 80 hours a week and ate dinner her office.
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To celebrate Take Your Dog to Work Day, we've profiled some pet-friendly offices that allow workers to bring their furry pals to work.
Read More »How to Use the Cloud as a Disaster Recovery Strategy
The cloud is being used for almost everything but is using it as part of a disaster recovery strategy good for your business? Learn how to decide and implement. In a perfect world, every accounting system you use, every document, every business contact, and every file would be a click away
Read More »The Cloud Wars: With Google Docs, Box.net Takes On Microsoft
With the market for cloud-based enterprise services expected to grow to $35.6 billion by 2015, the battle for control of the clouds is heating up, with tech giants such as EMC, Apple, Cisco, IBM, and Microsoft elbowing for market share. But don't forget about scrappy underdog Box.net
Read More »How CNN And YouTube Forged A Presidential-Debate Partnership
CNN runs one of the world's most advanced newsrooms : Holograms stream over the airwaves, touchscreens dot the walls, and reporters and producers practically have iPads attached to their hips. Tonight, that forward-thinking tradition continues with the network's first GOP debate--which will include conservative stars such at Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann--of the upcoming presidential election.
Read More »Spice Up Your Sales Meeting
Keeping a meeting interesting is something even the sharpest sales reps struggle with. Experts share a few tips on how to mix things up. The sales meeting for some is a dreaded hours-long absence from the queue of voicemail and e-mail piling up at their desks
Read More »6 Business Golf Travel Essentials
Golf remains one of the best ways to nurture business relationships, near your office or on the road. But when you travel to play with business connections, it's important to bring the comforts of home in terms of golf gear. Here are six different products business travelers can't golf and travel without
Read More »YouEye’s Cheap Eye Tracking Lets Brands Use Your Webcam to Watch What You Watch
The humble webcam has enabled many things: racy adventures on Chatroulette ; Skype chats with Grandma; remote learning. With this week's launch of YouEye , the hope is that the webcam will become a powerful--and inexpensive--new tool in user-experience testing for companies looking to quickly evaluate the effectiveness of their websites. YouEye pays people recruited from the client’s site, outsourced panels, or YouEye’s panel an average of $7 each to evaluate things like online advertising and attention spans by tracking their eyeball movements via their own webcams.
Read More »Twitter Taking Over Photo Sharing
Memo to TwitPic and ImageShack, you're screwed! After a couple of days of fevered rumors, the Wall Street Journal's All Things Digital has confirmed that Twitter will be launching its own photosharing service as soon as tomorrow (Wednesday).
Read More »Getting Your Business Organized Using Google
The days of folders and filing are in the past. Heres why and how to simplify your business life by organizing it in the cloud, using Google products and more. When Michael Salvatore joined Bowery Lane Bicycles as chief officer of nearly everything, he set out to streamline their processes.
Read More »David Karp’s Favorite Tech Tools
David Karp, founder and CEO of Tumblr, an easy to use blogging platform, shares his favorite tech tools.
Read More »My Favorite Tool for Prioritizing E-mail
Entrepreneur Patrick Rhone explains how he uses AwayFind to keep up with urgent e-mail messages on the go.
Read More »How Much Do Wildfires Cost in Terms of Property Damage?
A 1 degree Celsius rise in average global temperature could cause the number of acres burned annually in the U.S. West to rise by as much as 400, 500 or even 600 percent in certain regions, according to calculations made by the University of Washington and the U.S. Forest Service.
Read More »7 Lessons From an NBA Coach
Avery Johnson, coach of the New Jersey Nets, shares his keys to success in management, regardless of your industry. Avery Johnson overcame the odds as a player in the NBA
Read More »From The Bad Timing Department: Microsoft’s Phone Upgrade May Be Lost To iPhone Hype
Microsoft just revealed its Windows Phone 7.1, a hotly anticipated update to its smartphone OS that boasts more than 500 new features. But it's not due on new phones until the fall--perfectly timed to coincide with the next iPhone arrival.
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