Moving quickly is crucial, said Jon Medved, chief executive officer of online investor OurCrowd. “Just as a country should not neglect investments in ports, airports, railways, roads and energy production, neither should any country — especially those aspiring to tech leadership — neglect investments in high speed fiber optics and 5G networks,” Medved said. Read...
Read MoreIsraeli scientists, doctors, innovators, and CEOs are working quickly, with purpose, and fully aware of the huge responsibility they are undertaking. Read...
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While summer may usually be time for employee vacations, team bonding activities, and planning on how to end the year strong, this year has obviously proven different. How are companies keeping morale high while employees across the tech industry experience personal challenges, job uncertainty, and remote working challenges? Last week, we launched the OurCrowd HR Club for our portfolio company executives to exchange knowledge, meet industry leaders, and discuss current market trends. Attendees had the opportunity to hear from OurCrowd experts as well as top industry leaders Paul Farmer, Talent & Culture Executive at Halma; and Odelia Pollack, CEO of ESOP-Excellence; as they discussed how HR executives can help their employees navigate the current crisis. Here are 4 takeaways we got from Paul and Odelia, and the surrounding discussions with portfolio company HR representatives: Communicate, communicate, communicate: Paul could not stress enough how important it is for managers to communicate daily with their employees to ensure productivity and morale during these tumultuous times. Communicate consistently and show employees you care. Develop and communicate a plan of what the team...
Read MoreAccording to new data from the location intelligence platform Ubimo, the uptick in foot traffic that retailers in metropolitan cities saw in May is beginning to peter out. Although cities like Dallas and Houston have still been showing signs of people out and about, consumers in other hard-hit areas are pulling back. Read more...
Read MoreInfluitive Corporation—a leading provider of customer advocacy and customer engagement software—today announced the release of Advocacy Insights, a new AppExchange Package that adds Influitive-based activities directly into Salesforce customer data records to improve customer engagement. Read...
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