It’s that time of year when we all like to embrace the kinds of things that scare us—everything that goes bump in the night, makes our skin crawl, and turns our blood to ice. While most of the time, it is all in good fun, there’s always a hint of truth in the scary stories we tell that holds a crucial lesson. Sometimes, this lesson can even apply to our businesses. Let’s reimagine an old standby as an example of such a story.
When cybercriminals try to break into a business, they rarely bother picking digital locks. Instead, they send a convincing email straight to someone on your staff. Treating your team like a security liability creates fear and keeps people from reporting suspicious activity.
Hiring a new employee is a thrilling milestone, often signaling organizational growth and future prosperity. However, the initial excitement can quickly fizzle during the first few days if a new hire is left waiting for workflows, software permissions, or proper hardware configurations. These early operational stumbles do more than just stall momentum; they set low expectations and delay the true business value of your new team member’s efforts.
While hiring anyone to work in your business offers an assortment of challenges to overcome, it’s especially complicated when that hire’s role involves managing your IT. Technology is a complex subject, after all, and your expertise more than likely lies elsewhere in your organization’s needs. This knowledge gap could lead to the wrong fit being brought on… an expensive endeavor in more ways than one.
Implementing cool new technology solutions is fun and all… until you realize that there’s a lot of work involved in it. Your employees, for example, might even resist the change that it brings. How is your business going to address these challenges in a way that is productive for not just your employees, but for your entire organization? That’s what we want to discuss today.
Cybersecurity solutions are all well and fine, but your team also plays a significant role in keeping your business safe. You need to acknowledge they are a potential threat and take steps to prepare them for the bevy of threats they’ll face. Today, we want to discuss why your employees are a cybersecurity threat and what you can do to mitigate it.
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’ve probably come across articles on blockchain before. This week, we’re shifting gears to explore a new topic: should cryptocurrency, which is enabled by blockchain technology, be subject to taxation by state, federal, and international authorities? Let’s dive into what blockchain is, how it supports cryptocurrency, and the ongoing debate about potential taxation.
Let me ask you this: would you trust every one of your team members with a key to your house? Of course not, right? After all, what if someone lost their copy or had it stolen from them? So, if you wouldn’t trust your entire team with access to your home, why on earth would you trust them with carte blanche access to your entire business and all of its data? That’s just it… you wouldn’t.
Subscriptions are nothing new in the business world, but they can be tough to track and, more importantly, cancel. Now, a new ruling from the Federal Trade Commission makes it easier than ever to cancel a subscription. Today, we want to discuss how this impacts you, your business, and your users.
Relationships in business are just like relationships elsewhere in life: messy and sometimes chaotic, but generally good to foster. This goes for relationships with customers, vendors, and even your employees. Today, we want to look at how you can build better and stronger relationships for your business.