SafeGraph recently raised a $45M Series B. In this blog, CEO Auren Hoffman breaks down best practices for Series B fundraising - for both founders and venture capitalists.

Four strategies to help you hire for potential — not pedigree.

Welcome to the start of the second half of the year. Do you know where you stand? Are you on track to accomplish what you want and need? Whether or not your company does a mid-year review of your progress, it makes sense to conduct one for yourself. That’s because your company sees things from […]

More than two-thirds of workers complain that meetings keep them from being productive. And more than a third say they spend 2 to 5 hours per day on calls and meetings—with little to show for it.

Conflict avoidance is stymying your diversity efforts, write Code2040 leaders Mimi Fox Melton and Karla Monterroso.

Your inner critic is a terrible motivator.

These four actionable secrets can help entrepreneurs prime themselves in the morning to crush their day.

How successful startup founders create scalable onboarding and training processes that enable their employees' success.

Three tips for when to speak up — and three warnings for when to hold back.

Four strategies for managers.

Reflection helps you cut through the noise and sharpen your thinking.Without it, you’re flying blind.3 frameworks I swear by:— Adrian Alfieri (@adrianalfieri) May 21, 2021

The rise and fall of confidence new founders experience along with their inherent cognitive biases. Featuring real life stories from The Ask community.

Analysis of the early hires of 15 top B2B software companies in Europe

In Dan Hockenmaier's and Lenny Rachitsky's experience, founders are often surprised to learn that there are very few routes to scalable new customer acquisition. Here, this duo unpacks the three ways to drive consumer startup growth, offering a detailed framework and set of case studies for accelerating in each lane.

There are too many ways to communicate at work. Let’s set some ground rules.

Employers should be meeting employees and prospective employees where they are. That starts with communicating your company’s values and clearly articulating why your organization is the place to be.

Finding team members who align with your personal values, and by extension, your business' values, creates a stronger company with happier employees and better output. So how do you find them?

Three research-backed benefits.

Exclusive content on OnlyFans, ditching Instagram, and replying to rude comments on TikTok are just a few ways brands are ditching the social media playbook.

And how to avoid them.

'The Successful Speaker' author Grant Baldwin pulls six-figures keynoting. First, though, he has to get the gig. Here's a simple way to raise your worth.

A Conversation with Connor Fee, Clubhouse CRO

If you want to shake things up, you must have a mindset that's different from everyone else's. Here are three ways to reshape your thinking.

A century later, Emile Zola's vision of shopping as a mass leisure activity is still relevant. However, in 2021, the playing field underwent a significant transformation. With the onset of the pandemic over a year ago and no respite in sight, digital escapism continues to fuel retailtainment with multiple facets and subtle undertones. If you are under the impression that you have seen everything associated with shopping-entertainment, you are in for a ride. Because this is just the beginning.

Use this checklist.

We get far more done at work when we focus on only one task at a time. This psychologist and entrepreneur lays out how AI can boost individual productivity.

To avoid constant turnover, you must lead out in enacting positive change to create an inclusive and empowering culture.

Doubt, Netflix and Indecision. Sharmadean Reid reflects on the last year with this frank and honest account of leading and pivoting during the pandemic.

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As work and life are more intertwined than ever, managers need to take a different approach to building trust.