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Equity is one of the most important aspects of working for a startup, but it’s often confusing. Here’s what you need to know about equity before joining a startup.

Content: Article | Author: Conner Forrest | Source: TechRepublic | Subjects: Career, Entrepreneurship

Whether you’re a first time founder or a serial entrepreneur, there’s always room to learn and grow. Here are 10 blogs that every founder should be reading.

Content: Article | Author: Conner Forrest | Source: TechRepublic | Subject: Entrepreneurship

In the passionate rush it takes to get a startup to market, legal issues can often be overlooked. Here are some things to consider if you want to optimize the trajectory of your startup.

Content: Article | Author: Conner Forrest | Source: TechRepublic | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Legal

The goal of a resume is to let a potential employer know why you’re the best person for the job. Here are 10 practices that impede that goal.

Content: Career Information | Author: Toni Bowers | Source: TechRepublic | Subject: Resumes

Problems can arise regardless of how you acquire an Excel file, but the most troublesome are usually those we inherit. If you’re lucky, someone else worked hard to remove all the kinks. On the other hand, starting from scratch is often easier than working with someone else’s problems. Before you start using an inherited file, spend a little time exposing problems you might not otherwise … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Susan Harkins | Source: TechRepublic | Subject: Productivity / Work Tips

How you set up a spreadsheet determines its efficiency, usability, and reliability. Avoiding these pitfalls during the design phase will save you a million headaches.

Content: Article | Author: Susan Harkins | Source: TechRepublic | Subject: Productivity / Work Tips

Coordinating far-flung workgroup members continues to get easier. Here are a few considerations that will help you pull things together in the cloud.

Content: Article | Author: Katherine Murray | Source: TechRepublic | Subject: Management

This guide from Howard Fosdick explains many of the threats to your security and privacy you may encounter when you use Microsoft Windows. It describes these concerns in simple, non-technical terms. The goal is to provide information anyone can understand. Fosdick also offers solutions, safe practices you can follow, and free programs you can install. While no one can guarantee the security and privacy of … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Howard Fosdick | Source: TechRepublic | Subject: Productivity / Work Tips

Many leaders fail to effectively tap in to the knowledge and experience of their team. Executive and leadership coach John M. McKee says this is like working with one hand tied behind the back. In this article, he shares questions any leader can use to improve results and morale.

Content: Article | Author: John M. McKee | Source: TechRepublic | Subject: Leadership

When IT program manager Andrew Makar found himself the victim of unexpected downsizing, he mapped out a strategy for finding a new job – and it worked. The tips, tactics, and contact matrix tool included in this download will help you build your own plan of action.

Content: Online Resource | Author: Andrew Makar | Source: TechRepublic | Subject: Career

If your Excel skills are perennially rusty, this cheat sheet will help you knock out basic tasks without forcing you to scramble back up the learning curve.

Content: Article | Author: Jody Gilbert | Source: TechRepublic | Subject: Productivity / Work Tips

All presenters want an engaged, interested, fully attentive audience. For your message to be most effectively received, the audience must hear it. While there are many ways to gain and maintain your audience’s attention during a presentation, getting them actively involved in the message is the best place to start. Here are 12 tactics to get your audiences more involved in your presentation and your … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Jody Gilbert | Source: TechRepublic | Subject: Personal Development

If you’re serious about building an effective configuration management service, you’ll need to consider who will accomplish 10 key functions. Here’s a brief rundown of the essential roles that should be covered by your configuration management team.

Content: Article | Author: Larry Klosterboer | Source: TechRepublic | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business

Jay Rollins shows you how to get away from using the old operational and strategic breakdown for aligning your organization’s IT projects. He also includes a link to a free example of a portfolio mix.

Content: Article | Author: Jay Rollins | Source: TechRepublic | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Project Management

If you’re like much of today’s workforce, you need to have halfway decent writing skills to succeed at your job. But if you don’t have time to work on those skills, mastering a few basic rules can still make a big difference.

Content: Article | Author: Jody Gilbert | Source: TechRepublic | Subject: Personal Development

ISanity Savers for IT ExecutivesTIL was originally just a set of books from the U.K. about IT best practices. Today, it has turned into a global phenomenon and one of the hottest topics in IT. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT Executives gives a rundown of five basic ITIL facts every IT pro should know.

Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Jason Hiner | Source: TechRepublic | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business

Mentoring means different things to different people, which is okay, because in fact, there are different kinds of mentors. Here is a list of the kinds of mentors you might find out in the world.

Content: Article | Author: Ramon Padilla | Source: TechRepublic | Subjects: Leadership, Management

Turns out procrastination can be explained with a math equation, and it only took the discoverer 10 years to figure it out.

Content: Article | Author: Stefanie Olsen | Source: TechRepublic | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

The bigger and more complex a project gets, the more you need formal processes and techniques to effectively manage the work. This article explains the purpose, value, and implementation of the most critical aspects of successfully managing a project.

Content: Article | Author: Tom Mochal | Source: TechRepublic | Subject: Project Management