Credit score plays an essential role in everyday life including securing an apartment. PropertyNest, a Brooklyn-baed startup launched in 2018, is a comprehensive real estate listing site focused on New York that helps people find apartments to rent or buy, using their credit score as a filtering tool. Apartment seekers can provide information about a […]
The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 6/17/2019
The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 6/17/2019 featuring funding details for Quartet Health and much more.
The Only Winners in Ecommerce? Amazon, Google and Facebook!
What happens when millions of e-commerce stores are fighting to get discovered on only three primary websites (Amazon, Google, and Facebook) where consumers are looking for potential shopping solutions?
Hiring Guidelines During a Skilled Labor Shortage
Twenty years ago, the economy was in good shape, the manufacturing industry was booming, and the unemployment rate was closer to 5 percent than 10 percent. The same can’t be said now. And unfortunately, it doesn’t look like there are going to be any drastic changes in the near future. A major skilled labor shortage exists, […]
5 Reasons Business Leaders Are Short On Relationships
If you are a business professional or owner today, success is more and more about relationships. People relationships are the key to career growth, more than results, and customer relationships build brands, rather than the other way around. In this era of communication overload with many misleading messages, we have learned to count first on […]
#NYCtech Week in Review: 6/9/19-6/15/19
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 6/17/19
Notable startup fundings for the week ending 6/8/19 featuring funding details for RapidAPI, SignalFx, Brideside, and much much more.
SecurityScorecard Raises Another $50M to Provide Instant Security Ratings for Companies
Gartner recently named Security Ratings a top priority for CIOs for 2019, and one of the platforms that all major companies want a gold star from is SecurityScoreboard: the leading security ratings platform. In a matter of minutes, this platform can instantly and non-intrusively measure the security of any company in the world. Its rating […]
4 Leadership Strategies Of Great CEOS
As a CEO of a large organization that has grown quickly (from zero to $200 million+), I have a lot of POVs on leadership strategies that lead to strong internal culture and business results.
5 Cool Things to Look Out for In The Future
The Wall Street Journal Future of Everything conference was an enjoyable slate of a few days that included cutting edge products and panels of incredible thinkers and doers. We rounded up five things that completely caught our eye and made us excited for the future. The Automated Bartender: Barsys Getting a drink just got a […]
When You Really Need To Call That Meeting, and When You’re Better Off Without it
Meetings can feel like a waste of time, and sometimes, unfortunately, they are. Ineffective meetings plague many organizations. Perhaps, at one time or another, meetings served a practical purpose and added value to everyone involved. Somewhere along the line, however, they just became a standing commitment that no one challenged