Via Jim Holincheck, a Gartner analyst in our space, the Top 10 Laws for Saas Firms, by Byron Deeter, Bessemer Venture Partners.
Born to break the Law(s), I have to disagree with at least three and I suggest that the sample from which the rules were derived is not representative of the universe […]

I am preparing to appear on a panel in a month on the different generations in the workforce. How they work, what they want, who they are, how they will or won’t work with each other, etc? I don’t want to give away my age as I consider myself young at heart and understanding of […]

At Damsels In Success, we’ve recently begun offering employers an opportunity to sponsor the site. Corporate sponsors will receive placement of their logo on the Jobs home page, women-friendly company profiles, features about their executive women, editorials about their products/services, etc.
All the conversations we’ve had with potential sponsors have gone very well, but there’s one […]

Joel loves him some Twitter, and he notes that long-form blogging is hard, while tiny blogging is easy. Here is some medium form blogging: four items that caught my attention. To start, on a light note:
The Ohio Supreme Court has decided that crack dealers are employed in the eyes of the law. […]

The dialogue generated around Notch up has been quite interesting. If nothing else there will be lots of eyeballs watching what happens when they move from Beta to Live! So, here’s some final thoughts from the initial post, Joel’s detailed post and the many, many comments that have been shared:

The not so good:
1. […]

The question: does a social networking component weaved into a traditional job board have value?

The answer is not so easy. There’s been much discussion lately around this topic, and some pretty interesting M&A transactions in the space. We all know that networking is still very high on the list of ways that […]

Post from Plaxo blog
I was shocked to see that Plaxo has disregarded its own privacy statement with the launch of its new Pulse service. There is no way for users to opt-out of the Pulse service, so their web info is broadcast without their permission to everyone on their contact list.
Facebook tried this with News […]

Hot off the press. Monster’s latest ad in their new “Your Calling Is Calling” campaign has just been released.
Job satisfaction that makes the world go ’round.
This spot follows the previous ones in terms of an eye catching, visually appealing setup with a nice pay off at the end. In my […]

Joel recently showcased the new ad concepts being rolled out by Monster.com. As an ad guy myself, I took great interest in seeing how they would be rebranding themselves.
I know this may be the first positive thing said about Monster on Joel’s blog but I have to say at first glance, the […]

Its hardly a fresh thought that business=the jungle, so that understanding the laws of the jungle may help you in business. Likewise the culture and learning in almost any sphere can apply to business; from what you learned in kindergarten to the personal habits of effective people. I do think however that […]