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What these five celebrities could teach fintech entrepreneurs about M&A

Originally Posted by The Tally J K Rowling: Develop your story from the beginning The story of how you built the business will be as important as its financial value to a buyer. From the beginning, choose your characters, make clear choices and learn from mistakes. It’s important to maintain and develop the culture through a […]

How to find a techie co-founder for your startup

Original post by DAMIANO RAMAZZOTTI, Venture Beat  I’m not a tech guy, but even before I knew what a startup was I wanted to make one. Finding tech co-founders has been the biggest challenge for me in building one. Over the course of three years, I’ve made countless mistakes and wasted a lot of time. But […]

6 ways to use social media to help land a new job

Original post by citifmonline Can’t understand why your postings on Monster or CareerBuilder are not enough to get you the job of your dreams? You probably need to include social media in your job-hunting process. Forbes reports that 92 percent of companies use social media in their hiring process, and 75 percent of hiring managers will […]

How To Find A Co-Founder For Your Startup

Original post by George Deeb, Forbes Often times, a startup entrepreneur has a good business idea, but doesn’t know how to build the product. Or, the entrepreneur has deep technology skills, but is lacking in business skills.  In many cases, these entrepreneurs are on the hunt for co-founders to help them build their businesses.  The problem […]

3 Ways to Use Social Media to Recruit Better Tech Talent

Original post by Sharon Florentine via CIO A whopping 93 percent of the 1,855 recruiting pros surveyed inJobvite’s 2014 Social Recruiting Survey use or plan to use social media in their recruiting efforts. The reason why is simple and powerful. According to respondents, leveraging social media improves candidate quality by 44 percent over those using only “traditional” recruiting […]