Passionate employee

Some time ago I was reading pretty good article titled The Myth of the Passionate Employee. It makes me think about it. Is there no such a thing as a passionate employee? What exactly the passionate employee means for us?

Zappos and managing data breach [good article]

Several days ago Zappos (well-known online shoe retailer with brilliant reputation) announced the data breach in their systems/databases. How did they do it? In an email from founder and CEO Tony Hsieh. Let’s have a look at the great example of managing data breach.

Top ten reasons why large companies fail to keep their best talent [good article]

Large companies always had a problem with keeping their best employees with them. There are lots of reasons why. Here you can find some of them. Honestly I need to agree with most of them.

20 Essential TED Talks for Entrepreneurial Students [good article]

TED. One of the world’s most beloved and stimulating repositories for human knowledge available, it certainly explodes with amazing business, marketing and inventing advice. Try a few of these for starters!

China UnionPay vs Visa

If you are not Chinese then you probably didn’t hear about China UnionPay. So I have a surprise for you… that’s a payment scheme (such as Visa). And guess what… they are bigger than Visa.

Why Your Meetings Suck. [good article]

We all have meetings. Client meetings, status meetings, project meetings, brainstorming meetings, get-to-know-you meetings. Let’s face it — many of the meetings we attend — well — suck. Why does this happen?

Survey Results: The Startup’s Toolkit. Tools for startups. [infographic]

Which tools are most often used by web startups? Bestvendor.com responds to this by infographic.

Card number from a photo

My new blog post on Across the Board: Card number from a photo. How many times have you had to type a credit card number when you wanted to pay for something? It’s painful, isn’t it? 16 digits one by one, then check for mistakes… next payment: once again, 16 digits one by one, etc.