Category Archives: Business
How Your Office Should Recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Here’s how your team can participate in this year’s day of service, and plan a bigger effort for 2019.
This year, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is on Monday, January 15. More than just a day off, this national observation of the civil rights leader, established in 1983 by President Ronald Reagan, is a day of service during which people, companies, and organizations are encouraged give back to their communities. Each year, thousands of organizations nationwide lead or participate in events throughout the country, according to the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS).
Source:: Fast Company
After Iceland and Germany, now France declares war on the gender wage gap
France says it wants to make good on at least one-third of its motto of “liberté, egalité, and fraternité,” by ensuring pay equality. The French government announced it is devising a “tough, concrete” plan to make the gender pay gap as much a thing of the past as Madame DeFarge’s knitting habit. Per the Associated Press, France’s …
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Source:: Fast Company
Here’s What VCs Look For The First Time They Meet A Founder
A first pitch meeting is like a blind date: a little awkward, high stress, and all about landing a second one.
For startup founders, the whole point of a first pitch meeting with venture capitalists is to secure a second one. But realistically, what are your chances of that happening? (Actually, by some reckonings, it’s lower than 10%.) Make no mistake: VCs make snap judgments and imperfect assessments of entrepreneurs who come seeking their investments all the time; many of the biases baked into the VC sector disproportionately shortchange women founders and founders of color in particular.
Source:: Fast Company
8 Bulletproof Ways to Bootstrap Your Business
It takes remarkably little money to make money, if you’re clever and work hard.
Source:: Entrepreneur
The Problem With Morgan Spurlock’s #MeToo Mea Culpa
The documentarian released a long statement about his past sexual behaviors, and there are several things about it that just don’t sit right.
Last week, John Oliver offered a riveting, uncomfortable example of how to confront other men about their past behavior toward women. Now, Morgan Spurlock has confronted himself about his past behavior toward women–and it’s making me uncomfortable for different reasons.
Source:: Fast Company
