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Disruptive Technologists Lauren Keyson sat down with Greg King, the Chief Development Officer of the startup nonprofit organization called Changing Our Perspective to talk about it and their new app, "Creator". “Our app is a centralized incubator of curated information and resources. It’s about getting information to communities that don’t have ready access. We live in a day where there is a lot of information and technology out there, but a lot of times in the communities

Join us as we talk with entrepreneur Evangelos Kornaros , the CEO and Co-Founder at IOSEA Inc. He is currently responsible for IOSEA's platform system architecture and developing and commercializing IOSEA's technology solutions. In this interview with Lauren Keyson, Evan answers questions around the stress of being an entrepreneur, how to stay driven, the best location to work from, the need for learning and the differences between formal and experiential education, and the

As a Founder and CEO of Gusher, a Venture Capital disruptor, and a company creator, Chris Joyce has become a LinkedIn user extraordinaire! By using video, text, and photos, he uses his real-life experiences to encourage startup founders to go for their dreams. A short while back he talked on LinkedIn about an encounter with his father —and it stuck with me as I experienced a similar hospital situation recently with my own incredible stepfather. This might ring true for you

Covid-19 accelerated the move toward flexible work and digital transformation seemingly overnight. Companies had to create a digital workspace for a remote workforce through the use of collaboration tools like Slack, Zoom, MS Teams and Webex. In the past, working from home (WFH) was seen as a benefit reserved for startup employees or progressive organizations. Now, WFH has become mandatory across many industries in order to save lives. As of April, as many as 62% of employed

Companies that have gone remote during the pandemic are experiencing newfound challenges with their distributed workforce. When it comes to human resources (HR), the goal has always been to attract, retain and grow their talent, as well as help foster company culture. Covid-19 has impacted company culture significantly and has forced leadership to reevaluate their business — and quickly. This reassessment has been the catalyst for innovation, pivoting to stay operable, rethin

Rebecca Costa discusses her journey out of college leading to establishing her marketing firm and later, becoming a futurist. She generously shares her experiences and advice on creating innovative cultures while touching on some challenges emerging around COVID-19 . "What you find in fast adaptation in critical situations, two things occur: Complexity goes up and the amount of real data you have that's relevant to making a decision goes down... when COVID hit, complexity we

The Virtual Agent: A Mouse Problem & Other Support Queries Today we interview Wai Wong, the CEO of Serviceaide , whose company is reinventing enterprise service management through the implementation of artificial intelligence and a virtual agent solution called “Luma” . He works 80-hour weeks changing the face of enterprise service management, driven by AI applications . And somehow, he still manages to play table tennis 20 hours per week on top of that. Probably one of the

Watch the Viziotagged version of the Podcast with Jason Saltzman. Jason Saltzman is the CEO & Co-Founder of Alley . He talks with Dania Hammad about building a post-business incubator and shared workspace for entrepreneurs. Alley deals with early-stage companies and with several of the largest companies in the world by bridging the resource gap. Smaller companies have little to no resources and no way to grow. Larger companies have tons of resources but don’t know how to de

By Christa Balingit, PR Hacker The Top Three “Fake It ‘Till You Make It” Hacks for Entrepreneurial Millennials Consider this: 77% of millennials* say flexible work hours make them more productive, while 64% ** seek jobs with flexible locations. Millennials are shirking the 9-5 office job to pursue their own business ventures—and now they're looking for tools to make their dreams a reality.According to VoIP provider Ooma — office phone system designer for startups — ther

By Lauren Keyson and Sarah Grieco C. Lee Smith is the President and CEO of SalesFuel whose mission is to help sellers change the way they sell and help managers change the way they manage. He does this by leveraging critical insights that enable clients to acquire, develop and retain their best employees and customers. SalesFuel just released new game-changing technology called TeamKeeper -- which applies analytics to management. Lauren Keyson: So, your most disruptive tech

By Matthew Loffhagen Image credit: Sea Bubble We're all living in the not-too-distant future. No question. After all, we've got working jetpacks (well, some of us do). We've got AI home assistants, computer watches, and now, the pinnacle of futuristic technology, flying boat cars. French startup Seabubbles has debuted a new prototype air taxi that literally hovers above the water in order to provide speedy journeys for passengers in what the company hopes will one day bec

By Lauren Keyson and Sarah Grieco “ I came up with a decision that many people thought was unwise. I decided to compete against Adobe,” said Eugene Xiong , Founder of Foxit , a leading innovator in the document technology field. “They spent more than 10 years to build that stack of technology; I decided to build one myself.” Xiong is a genius – when he was 15 years old he started at the University of Science & Technology in China. Now a giant international company, he began

by Ami Nahshon How long has it been since you — or anybody you know, for that matter — used a Rolodex for anything other than to keep loose papers from sliding off the desk? And yet “Rolodex” continues to be one of the most widely used terms among development officers and fundraising consultants — not to mention one of the most anxiety-inducing words in the English language for nonprofit board members and major donors. How could it be that mere mention of a once-critical but

By David K. Williams I lead a company of approximately 100 employees. Many are Millennials. I, as a Baby Boomer leader, am not. Many of the articles I read on managing Millennial employees, however, strike me as flawed in the most fundamental respect. Too many leaders and so-called experts aren’t willing to treat Millennials like Millennials. They’re treating them as if they were… me. So before we label or judge Millennials (narcissistic, ego-driven, selfish, entitled, etc

By Lauren Keyson and Sarah Grieco Two NYC tech organizations joined forces and are now one giant 60,000-member legally merged non-profit. This means that the NY Tech Council and NY Tech Meetup are now one. The name of this new organization is the NY Tech Alliance: Jessica Lawrence Quinn is the new CEO and Erik Grimmelman is the new president and it has a new set of bylaws. They felt that coming together was obviously the right thing to do. But it was complex. One of the

By Ivy Cohen This year my small business celebrates its fifteenth anniversary. Pop open the champagne because we’ve beaten the odds. According to Dun & Bradstreet, businesses with fewer than 20 employees have only a 37 percent chance of surviving four years and only a 9 percent chance of surviving 10 years. This made me consider why some small businesses succeed while others don't. Some may be a result of the experience and skill of the founder or startup team while othe

Convean: iBreakfast/iEvening Tuesday, April 19, 2016 from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM (EDT) RSVP: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/super-startupalooza-at-angel-week-ny-2016-tickets-24319919534 Present to Angel Investors and VCs at Super Startupalooza at Angel Week Open to all Entrepreneurs Sign up to pitch at the "Gathering of Angels" Digital Media - High Tech - Healthcare Every Startup gets to pitch before our team of Investors. The audience finds out what's coming up in the market an

by Ami nahshon One of these days I'm going to sit down and write a treatise on why I believe strategic thinking and strategic leadership are more valuable than strategic planning — particularly, but not only, in a not-for-profit context. I'm going to do it, I promise, but not today. I'm too busy doing stuff. So apparently was Southwest Airline's legendary founder and CEO Herb Kelleher, who held that "strategy is overrated, simply doing stuff is underrated. We have a s

By Ed McLaughlin and Wyn Lydecker How will you assess the market opportunity for your new business? Success stories like Nike, Apple, and Tesla show that the greatest opportunities lie in industry sectors that are growing and changing. You, too, will benefit from knowing your market, fully understanding the business you are in, and evaluating and quantifying your market opportunity. Know Your Market Look beyond the market that seems self-evident. Ty Montague’s Inc. article,

By Ed McLaughlin and Wyn Lydecker The startup ambitions of MBA students and college undergrads have spawned discussion about whether aspiring young entrepreneurs should launch new business ventures while still in school. Students, graduates, professors and investors have varying opinions on whether startup fever should be a pursuit that is encouraged or discouraged while students live out their academic requirements. Sure to be an ongoing dialogue for quite some time, here