How to open new doors by closing your office Virtually no one who has leased office space has enjoyed writing that rent check every month. It might have been satisfying at first, when the firm or company was young and having an office was a sign of progress, but watching money go into a landlord’s pocket inevitably gets old. Still, the reality was that for most multiemployee businesses, the brick-and-mortar office was foundational to the organization’s existence. Physical presence announced reliability and permanence to current and prospective clients. A physical office also was deemed necessary for employee collaboration and client meetings. That mindset is beginning to change. In the public accounting space, many new practices start completely virtual, and many sole practitioners have operated out of their homes for years. Business Management Resource Group (BMRG) and Blumer & Associates are a pair of firms that closed brick-and-mortar offices last year and moved to fully virtual setups. Other challenges include: JofA article
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WhatsApp vira 'arma' contra o crime nas mãos da PM de Guararema - notícias em Mogi das Cruzes e Suzano Polícia de Guararema consegue prender suspeitos com a ajuda de aplicativo (Foto: Reprodução/WhatsApp) Mensagens instantâneas, fotos e vídeos compartilhados por policiais militares por meio do WhatsApp se tornaram armas contra a criminalidade em Guararema (SP). Há cerca de três meses, o aplicativo para smartphones tem sido usado como aliado da segurança pública no município. De acordo com o comandante da 3ª Companhia da Polícia Militar do 17º Batalhão da PM, tenente Dirceu de Godoy Oliveira, pelo menos dez suspeitos foram detidos em três meses somente com o uso da ferramenta. Policial do grupo dá dica sobre suspeito de furto em Guararema, que "sempre dá pinote para o meio do mato" (Foto: Reprodução/WhatsApp) Dupla foi presa após imagem de circuito de monito- ramento de furto ter sido compartilhada (Foto: Reprodução/WhatsApp) "Nós compartilhamos informações e fotos de suspeitos. No começo deste mês, dois homens foram presos suspeitos de furtos no distrito de Luiz Carlos, em Guararema.
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Executivo corta salário de US$ 1 milhão para dar aumento para empregados | RedeTV! Em rede com você. - Atualizado em Redação RedeTV! Dan fundou a empresa quando tinha 19 anos (Foto: Reprodução/Flickr) O CEO e fundador da empresa de processamento de compras com cartão de crédito Gravity Payments, Dan Price, propôs uma solução para acabar com a desigualdade de salários entre seus funcionários. Price quer dar um salário mínimo de US$ 70 mil por ano (algo em torno de R$ 18 mil por mês) para todos os seus empregados, cortando o seu próprio pagamento em 90% para financiar isso. OS funcionários ganhavam em média US$ 48 mil por ano, e quem vai arcar com os custos é o próprio Price. Price disse que o mais importante é o bem estar de seus empregados. A Gravity Payments foi fundada quando o executivo tinha apenas 19 anos e era estudante na Universidade de Seattle.
Work. Now. Locally. Slavoj Žižek: Political Correctness is a More Dangerous Form of Totalitarianism Transcript Slavoj Zizek: Of course I have nothing against the fact that your boss treats you in a nice way and so on. The problem is if this not only covers up the actual relationship of power, but makes it even more impenetrable. You know, if you have a boss who is up there, the old-fashioned boss shouting at you, exerting full brutal authority. In a way it’s much easier to rebel than to have a friendly boss who embraces you or how was the last night with your girlfriend, blah, blah, all that buddy stuff. But what would the so-called post-modern non-authoritarian father do? For example, one example that I like and let’s not have a misunderstanding here. I mean I find this a clear example of how a certain ethics, which is not just neutral ethics of health, but basically I think it’s ethics of don’t fall into it; don’t have a too passionate engagement. And I have another proof here. It remains this cold respect and so on, you know.
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Five Years @ 500 Startups — Oops, More Like One Thousand Startups! | 500 Startups After five years of busting our butts at 500 Startups, we recently invested in our 1,000th company (actually, we think it happened sometime in March). That’s over 1,000 investments in amazing startups around the world by our team of 50+ badasses who reside in 12 countries and speak 20+ languages (and spit fire sometimes while doing it). We should note that the # of companies in our portfolio is a bit of a vanity metric, and our focus is more often on results and returns (which are doing alright, thank you). Nevertheless, we believe investing in 1,000 companies is still an important milestone, and a testament to the hard work of many people striving to achieve a common goal. That goal of course, is to find, fund, and help grow the best entrepreneurs and startups from around the globe. These entrepreneurs inspire us daily — not just because they’re awesome (they are!) So what’s next? Giddy up. Recent Press Coverage: TechCrunch, CNN Money
6 tipos de startups: Qual é a sua? Não há maior frustração para um empreendedor que descobrir que a empresa que criou nada tem a ver com aquilo que ele esperava. Por falta de informação, eu já cometi o equívoco de tocar um negócio sem uma visão clara do que ele era. Já construí um software que não fazia ideia de como distribuir e já tive empresas de prestação de serviços que não tinha capacidade para atender mais clientes. Só depois de muito aperto, comecei a colocar os pingos nos “is” e pensar mais antes de executar. Aliás, você já percebeu que empreendedor tem uma mania de se movimentar pensando que está agindo? “Estar em movimento nem sempre significa que se está agindo.” Steve Blank, empreendedor serial americano e autor dos livros Four Steps to the Epiphany e The Startup Owner’s Manual, categorizou as empresas iniciantes ou startups, em seis tipos para nos ajudar a compreender onde estamos enquanto donos do nosso negócio na sua fase mais embrionária. Vamos às definições. 6 tipos de empresas iniciantes ou startups