Mon.Sep 02, 2019

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Seven Ways Your Employees Could Unintentionally Compromise Your Business’s Cyber Security

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Written for EO by Annie Button. Humans are often cited by businesses as a weak link in the cybersecurity chain. And while some people tend to focus on the threat posed by malicious hackers or bitter insiders, it is actually unintentional mistakes and compromises that are a much bigger issue. Check out these seven ways that your employees could unwittingly compromise your organization’s cybersecurity, as well as some of the measures you can put in place to mitigate the risk. 1.

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Labor Shortages

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

I read last week that there are a growing number of regions around the country where there are labor shortages. Businesses literally cannot find the workers they need to operate their businesses. Today is Labor Day, a day to celebrate the workers who built America and the labor movement that rose up to protect workers from abusive labor practices. And so it is worth noting that we don’t have enough labor in our country right now.

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If You Have Great NDR Retention, Should You Increase Your Marketing Spend??

Tomasz Tunguz

There’s a new debate about marketing efficiency recently, and it’s an important one in the era of product-led growth. If a startup has great net dollar retention (NDR), should it be willing to increase its customer acquisition spend proportionately? I remain a believer that months-to-repay is the best metric for measuring customer acquisition efficiency for a single reason.

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[Zebra in The Times of Israel] Israeli deep-tech startups find themselves ‘hot’ in India

OurCrowd

Apollo Group, which is the largest chain of specialty hospitals in India, have also signed strategic agreements with Glucome and Zebra Medical Vision for diabetes and tuberculosis detection, respectively. Read more here. The post [Zebra in The Times of Israel] Israeli deep-tech startups find themselves ‘hot’ in India appeared first on OurCrowd.

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Digitalization: 5 Tech Updates That Will Help You Survive The Recession & Thrive

Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.

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Labor Day: UBI versus Job Guarantee

Continuations

The majority of the 2020 presidential candidates on the Democratic side support a Federal Job Guarantee with Andrew Yang being the lone voice in favor of a Universal Basic Income. Both of these policies are aiming to address the changes taking place in the labor market as our automation capabilities improve. In my book World After Capital and here on Continuations I have been a vocal supporter of a Universal Basic Income.