Pittsburgh, once known for its steel industry, is making an economic transformation as one of the nation’s emerging technology hubs. A report by the Pittsburgh Technology Council estimates that the city is home to nearly 35,000 people working in software- and hardware-related professions. According to the report, this occupational cluster is expecting to add more than 6,000 […]
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The saying “people don’t leave jobs, they leave managers” may have some truth behind it. A 2015 Gallup Poll of 7,272 U.S. adults found that at some point in their career, one in two had left their job to get away from their manager. Only one in three people are engaged at work, and managers account
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? It’s been a busy week for small businesses and in the premier edition of This Week in Small Business, I sat down with ecommerce expert John Lawson (@ColderICE) to discuss some of the stories that interested us the most. In Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead’s article on Instagram statistics most important to small business owners, John and
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Think your business is too small to have to worry about security issues? Big mistake! Three major threats — data breaches, inventory shrinkage and theft — loom for companies large and small today. Here are three stats guaranteed to send a shiver up your spine: On average, data breaches cost businesses $3.62 million per breach.
2018 is shaping up to be a good year for productivity. Faster than ever before, business processes across industries are being simplified by cloud-based applications and software. This new wave of technology is affordable, easily accessed, and designed with ease of use in mind. Businesses of any size, in just about every industry stand to
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Salesforce has followed up the successful release of Sales Cloud Essentials with the new Service Cloud Essentials. The new offering from the leading business CRM platform is a natural, especially for the small businesses it’s built for — where Sales Cloud Essentials helps your sales team get new clients and customers into your company’s funnel,
As the proud owner of a small business, you’re probably familiar with juggling responsibilities. It comes with the territory. Managing multiple details is no simple task, and prioritizing your to-do list can be a recurring challenge. One area of responsibility — human resources — often gets moved to the bottom of the list when it
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Usefulness to SMBs Functionality Price If you need to create charts to better communicate your data, Vizzlo is a great tool. Everyone from students to professors, freelancers to small businesses can make use of the platform. Creating graphs and charts to present your business data used to be time intensive and costly, if you outsourced
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Each year, thousands of vacant tech positions go unfilled. Companies want to hire top-notch, highly skilled information technology professionals, but they just can’t seem to find them. The overwhelming demand for qualified candidates has made it increasingly difficult for businesses to attract new talent and retain their existing employees. Additionally, the sheer pace of technological
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Home contracting businesses operate in a highly-competitive environment across a variety of markets. And for those businesses without a robust digital presence, it is much harder in today’s digital ecosystem. Being available to your customers, vendors and partners across all platforms is key to ensuring you will be around long into the future. A technology
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