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High-speed Management? Uh, we call it small business

by Rafi Kronzon December 8, 2011 Dealing with Employees

No formal reviews? A flat organization without a big management team? Stop the presses! There’s an amusing article in Crain’s about HopSpot, the mobile directions provider. Since when did skipping formal reviews and keeping a relatively flat organization become innovative? Seriously, I think most nimble twenty person companies don’t have much of a management layer. [...]

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Five secrets to BYOD (bring your own device) plans

by Rafi Kronzon November 21, 2011 Business Technology

We’re switching to a BYOD (Bring your own device) plan at Cartwheel. This means employees will have the option of using their personal devices (iPhones, Androids, etc.) and will be reimbursed for a portion of their monthly charges. New research from Citrix shows that 25% of companies already offer some sort of BYOD. Currently, we [...]

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Why is it hard to find new employees?

by Rafi Kronzon October 27, 2011 Dealing with Employees

Throughout the recession and the accompanying unemployment crisis, a common refrain has been that that some employers simply can’t find good people to fill their open positions. Certainly, in our hiring we’ve felt that the quality and quantity of resumes belies the unemployment picture. Blame is often laid on our education system, skill erosion of [...]

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Misguided attempt at helping unemployed

by Rafi Kronzon October 4, 2011 Money & Finances

Obama’s job bill, which includes a tax reduction for small business’s payroll, also includes a provision that would treat the unemployed as a protected class that cannot be discriminated against. As I recently wrote, I think that adding the unemployed to the protected classes wouldn’t help, and would only open up small businesses to frivolous [...]

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Why Box will kill the server business

by Rafi Kronzon September 30, 2011 Business Technology

Box (or Box.net), for those unfamiliar with it, is a cloud file storage, sync, and collaboration product, similar to Dropbox. Basically, you store your files online and choose which files you want synced to your computer in real time. This configuration allows you to both work on your files locally from anywhere, even when on [...]

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The Changes Around Us

by Rafi Kronzon September 7, 2011 Money & Finances

I hope everyone was able to take a vacation this summer. I know I’ll need a full tank because we’ve got a lot of work to do. All of us. Many of our small business customers are seeing big changes in their industries. Whether its real estate,accounting, or IT, many businesses are being disrupted by [...]

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