Is it Time to Say Goodbye to Email?

10 Steps To Crowd Funding A Million Dollars
Lessons from a startup founder who raised more than $1.5 million through crowd funding.

Awards Celebrate Europe’s Internationally Minded Tech Startups Ahead of EU Vote
From the perspective of a startup working out of London, Madrid or Berlin, it is perhaps a little too easy to forget that beyond the amorphous boundaries of your own particular technology hub there is a huge amount of activity taking place across whole of the European continent.

Managing The Risks Of Social Communications
Firms require risk management procedures, controls, policies, processes and good governance to do social media effectively.

Overpriced College Textbooks Attacked
Another attack on overpriced college textbooks has come, this time from 38 community colleges developing curricula that use open education resources. (Hat tip to Mark Perry of Carpe Diem Blog.) Think of public-domain textbooks. The textbook problem is a classic case of third-party payer. The professor makes the textbook choice; the student pays the cost. Solutions are available, but only with motivation.

5 Money Rules That Never Go Out Of Style
I first met Dave Ramsey more than 20 years ago. I was a staff writer at Smart Money doing a story on how to solve the financial problems in your marriage. He had just launched his Financial Peace courses. I flew to Tennessee and we sat down. Which is precisely what I did two weeks ago to interview him –– and his 28-year-old daughter, author Rachel Cruze –– for this week’s episode of HerMoney.

Securing Financing: What Every Entrepreneur Should Know
The current cultural infatuation with entrepreneurship (particularly in regards to tech businesses), means there are a lot of myths and misconceptions about the process of investing in the digital space. It can be easy for new entrepreneurs to be swept away by the siren call of mentors, advisors, and politicians who talk of “entrepreneurship” despite never having started a company. To try and cut through the hype, below I share some practical, commonsense tips on how entrepreneurs can secure financing, gleaned from my decade’s worth of experience investing in the launch phase of tech companies.

The Biggest CEO Departures Of 2015

Sabre’s Tom Klein Steps Down As CEO And Steps Up To Rescue His High School
Sabre Corp. CEO Tom Klein announced two moves on Monday: He is stepping down as head of the travel-tech company at the end of the year and he’s making a $250,000 contribution to help save his alma mater, Queen of Peace High School, a New Jersey Catholic school that has been targeted for closing by the Newark Archdiocese this month.

Home Depot Billionaire Cofounder’s Endorsement Of Trump Triggers Call To Boycott The Retailer
The Home Depot cofounder Bernard Marcus’ endorsement of Donald Trump triggered an online drive to boycott the retailer. So far, there are no indications that it is having any effect.

The Limit Does Not Exist But The Struggle Is Real
I love Episode 6 of The Limit Does Not Exist. And not just because Christina was wearing a Korean spa mask the entire time we recorded (in preparation for the Tonys!), or because we talked about the pros and cons of wearing jumpsuits (Cons: The bathroom situation; Pros: Everything else). But because it’s very likely our realest episode yet.

Presence, Amy Cuddy And Traumatic Brain Injury
Amy Cuddy’s book on Presence is an essential read.

Top Tips From Award-Winning Entrepreneurs

Skyrocketing Your Success: 5 Lessons From Millionaire Entrepreneurs
There is free expertise for the taking, from the very public entrepreneurs who have made many millions of dollars selling products that have impacted millions of lives.

LinkedIn Must-Haves (And A Few Boosters) To Give Your Career The Lift It Needs
Position yourself for better opportunities by improving your LinkedIn presence.

How To Negotiate Like A Pro — On The Front Lines With Wendy Davis
Negotiation skills are a creative super power. Any time we are able to bring ideas, people and resources together in a unique way, we are harnessing the creative power of possibility. This week, here’s what Wendy Davis has to say on the topic:

Robin Seward: Stay True to Your Brand
Robin Seward swears she “bleeds” ketchup.

The 25 Best-Paying Jobs For Women Right Now

Why Women Are Smarter Than Men
Women outscore men in critical aspects of intelligence. Here’s how they do it.

Disrupting The Sales Funnel And CMO Mindsets
As constant change becomes the norm for the modern business world, we find the rigid foundations on which we built our organizations are beginning to crumble. Companies built on organizational structures and assumptions that haven’t changed will be the first to go, and continuing on any path that follows antiquated ideals may lead to colossal mistakes.

The Best And Worst Thing A Coach Said To Me With Detroit Lion and Longhorn, Doug English
Former Detroit Lions star defensive lineman and University of Texas College Football Hall of Famer, Doug English on a crystallizing moment at the Red River Shootout and some corny story about having your socks right.

Pursuing The Diverse Path
By Michelle Charles, Head of Diversity and Inclusion, SAP

What Successful People Do On Sunday To Be Productive All Week
Is Monday always a disaster for you? These expert tips will help you get your week going strong?without sacrificing weekend fun.

Three Ways To Get Your Organization From ‘Startup Mode’ To Growth Mode
Nonprofit leader Pamela Hawley explains the three key steps all entrepreneurs must take to get past the ‘startup’ phase and into what she calls ‘Continue Mode.’

Why Your Professional Relationships Matter
Relationship development should be an important part of your week, something that you consciously make time for.

The Power Of Strategic Design Thinking: Four Principles For Your Business
The practice of strategic design thinking solves many of the marketing issues companies face today.

Are MOOCs Key To Ensuring Your Skills Remain Valuable?
An exploration of how MOOCs can revolutionize how we learn and develop our professionals skills at work.

To Earn $100,000 Or More, Roam Outside Your College Major
A new study highlights a surprising common trait among people earning $100,000 a year or more. They are unusually likely to have taken a lot of classes in college that were outside their major’s boundaries.

How Is Data-Centricity Impacting The Marketing Organization? Part 2
To better understand how a data-centric approach to business leadership is impacting the marketing organization, I turned to Jennifer Zeszut, the CEO of Beckon, an enterprise-class marketing intelligence platform. The following is the conclusion of a two-part series.

Why Leaders Need To Be Quick To Listen, And Slow To Anger
Good leaders need to be quick to listen and slow to anger.

Private Equity Has The Cash And Expertise That Europe’s Banks Need
By João Soares and Tim Cochrane

Music Artists Need More Than Taylor Swift In Their DMCA Challenge
With Taylor Swift and U2 the latest superstars to sign a petition to congress complaining about the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the movement appears to be gaining traction. Chances are this one ends up like others before it though, with lots of strong talking points presented, Congressman shaking their heads yes, but not much accomplished in the end. That’s because the movement suffers from a critical problem – it doesn’t have a politically savvy leader.

Yoga Rebel Tara Stiles Tells How To Bend And Stretch Your Way to A Better Career
Yoga icon, Tara Stiles, is a lot of things to a low of people. However, first and foremost, she is a savvy business woman who has carved out an empire through a dedication to yoga. While yoga has done wonders for Stiles, she believes that she isn’t the only one that can experience career advancement through a steady practice of yoga.

How To Fund Your Company In 5 Days
Everything is happening faster, including what was previously the slowest and most cumbersome task of starting a business: fundraising.

When You Should Rescind A Job Offer
shame on you if you don’t change your hiring plan based on new information about the person you’re hiring or changing circumstances.

How Trump’s Poor Fundraising Results Could Cost Him The Nomination
new data about how people are actually voting (with their wallets) gives Republican convention delegates the right and the obligation to re-think their commitments.

Feed Your Elephant First! 8 Ways To Remember What Matters Most To You
Your dreams, aspirations and top goals are no less important than an elephant in your yard. If you forget to feed them, they will stomp on you.

Altice Reshuffle Makes Sense As Group Needs Maturity
A Altice management reshuffle could placate equity and debt investors that have become more worried about the higher financing costs it has been facing, and on whether the debt-fuelled acquisition spree strategy was getting stretched. The real answer to their worries is likely a period of more stability, rather than a fresh “coup de theatre”. But who knows?

Ten Ways A Weak Manager Will Try To Intimidate You
Once your manager decides that you look more like predator than prey, watch out! Here are ten ways a fearful manager will try to intimidate you.

Do You Need To Be A Geek To Be A Tech Startup Founder?
Do you need to be a geek to be a tech startup founder? No, absolutely not. Let me put it out there, I don’t code, I don’t hack, but I do have vision and know what I want, and I do know how to hire the right people to make it happen. It’s valuable to have a technical background, but it is not a requirement. And here is why.

Trump, Brexit And A Runaway World
I have just returned from a quick visit to Washington. However, I was in the capital city long enough to be unnerved by the power elite wringing of hands at the prospect of one of the most unpredictable leadership transitions in American history, during one of world’s most challenging and dangerous periods of world history.

Philippine President-Elect Plans To Commute From Distant Island And His Idea Might Work
Filipinos elected Rodrigo Duterte as president last month largely because of who he wasn’t: a career beltway guy from an old political family. Duterte is mayor of Davao, the chief city on the southernmost major Philippine island Mindanao and says he has cleaned up crime in the bayside metropolis, which people nationwide hope he does as president.