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Social distancing regulations to combat the coronavirus outbreak are forcing millions of people around the world to work remotely.  Now that more offices are sending more workers home for the foreseeable future, what are some of the ways that you can make working from homework for you? Below are those five ways to improve your […]

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Globally, the banking and financial services industry is undergoing a dramatic transformation, as more and more countries adopt digital banking practices and new players in the market launch a range of exciting, cloud-based banking products. Somewhat surprisingly Japan, renowned for a lifestyle that revolves around high-tech innovation, has to date not joined the digital banking […]

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Storehub’s cofounder and the team were extremely excited to move into their new, swanky office. And just when they did, the COVID-19 lockdown struck Malaysia. Unfortunately for the Storehub team, the much-awaited new office suddenly became a make-shift desk at home. The COVID-19 mayhem not only forced their team –spread in four countries– to transition […]

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Thumbtack CEO Marco Zappacosta announced in a blog post today that the company has laid off 250 employees. Much has been written about the impact that COVID-19 and the resulting social distancing/shelter in place measures are having on small businesses (and the steps that internet platforms like Facebook and Yelp — which, after all, make […]

When Rebecca Minkoff first moved to New York City, the then-18-year-old was making $4.75 an hour. “I just kept working for this designer and someone was telling me what to do every day. I just didn’t like that. And I thought if I’m going to work as hard, it’s going to be for myself and […]

The massive bailout package that the U.S. government passed last week to stave off an economic collapse from measures put in place to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic is giving out billions to American small businesses. But startups that received venture capital money could be left out. So the nation’s investment organizations and lobbying […]