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Why Vienna Is The Best Global Destination For Startups

Vienna is the prime location for budding entrepreneurs starting a new business, according to new research conducted by the UK’s leading freelance marketplace, PeoplePerHour. Historically known as a city of culture and music, Vienna has not been left behind when it comes to business and is now a haven for startups. Offering the best quality of life around, exceptional commute experience,...

This Richest Self-Made Woman Earns $91,000 Every 60 minutes

Female entrepreneurs were once non-existent but now, in 2019, we are seeing more and more self-made businesswomen making their millions across a range of different areas. From CEOs of giant tech companies to cosmetic ranges, women are becoming more dominant in the business world, year on year. Some of the world’s richest women saw net worth increases between 2018 and 2019...

How You Can Change Yourself By Modifying Your Handwriting

By Vinit Bansode To the untrained eye, a piece of paper with some note scribbled on it may seem to be innocuous and only the content of the note may be of any significance. But a recent study from the University of Haifa, Israel shows that your handwriting actually says more about you than you think. You may notice that in days...

4 Ways How Leaders Should Manage Major Changes In Their Startup

By Shrijay Seth If the breed of pumped-up entrepreneurs feel that growth is the only constant, then they must also take into account how change is associated with growth. Startups undergo a plethora of alterations before stabilizing. Sustaining a startup in a fast-paced environment means quickly adapting to changes without affecting the prevalent state of affairs. As technology entrepreneurs lead the change,...

Hiring For Your Startup? Checkout The 10 Best Applicant Tracking Systems

By Emily Heaslip The use of applicant tracking systems is higher than ever. According to research from Jobscan, 98% of Fortune 500 companies use applicant tracking systems (ATS), to filter resumes through before a hiring manager does their review. On one hand, an ATS makes a recruiter’s job easier: when it works well, it can escalate the best candidates for an open position....

Hiring For A Marketing Agency? 9 Qs To Ask To Make The Right Hire

By Ben Aston So, you’re looking to hire a new team member at your marketing agency. Where do you begin? The interview process, often by phone or face-to-face, is crucial to determining whether the potential hire will be a good fit. Anyone can beef up a resume to make it look impressive but how a hiring candidate acts and thinks on the fly...

7 Startup Lessons That I Learnt From Travelling Around The World

By Nithin Mathew A good motto to live by is “Let’s go explore.” This tagline applies to all aspects of life, work, family and travel. Being the founder of a travel and trip planning startup comes with a lot of lessons to learn along the lines of exploring. Let me share some life lessons from my travels that translated into my...

10 Mantras To Become A Successful New Age Entrepreneur

By Rohit Raul A growing economy, pro-business policies, digital trade and transactions, and easier access to global markets, have fuelled a start-up revolution in India. According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) India Report 2016-17, prepared by Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDI) and its associates, 11% of India's adult population is engaged in ‘total early-stage entrepreneurial activity (TEA)’, which makes...

Lack of Flexi-Working Hours Top Reason For Talent Attrition: Survey

With ‘job hopping’ more common a practice than ever before, the challenge employers are increasingly facing is not attracting talent in the first place but retaining them in the long term. Recruiting and training a new employee is an expensive process. But what’s more, when you find somebody who is great at their job and is driving success in the business,...

Top Tips To Get Out Of Debt & Achieve Financial Freedom

Reaching financial independence is not always something that comes easily or quickly, and can require both planning and commitment. However, whilst it may seem daunting at the beginning of your journey to economic security, it is possible for people of all incomes to reach a stage where they feel financially independent. AppJobs have interviewed a series of experts who have reached...

How Kerala’s Startup Sector Is Growing Both Plants & Apps

By Nele Lenze The startup scene in the Indian state of Kerala is flourishing through private and public initiatives. According to the Kerala Startup Ecosystem Report 2018, it is now home to more than 1,500 startups with official funding numbers reaching $38 million. Kochi is the base of a third of these startups. As per India's Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion...

What’s Your Vitality Plan?

By Kay Van Norman Building financial security and maintaining health are consistently listed as top aging concerns for adults over 55. Most of us know creating a financial portfolio (make a plan, balance assets, make regular deposits) is important to ensure lifelong financial security. But what about your vitality?  Do you have a plan? Have you considered what “assets” you need to support...

4 Steps To Take Your Small Business From Local To Global

By Ram Kezel There are 195 countries in the world. That means 194 opportunities for expansion. Even if you are running a small business, you should consider making it global. Remember, it’s not the big that eat the small - it's the fast that eat the slow. Here are four steps for successful global growth. Step 1 – A Journey Of A Thousand...

The 10 Essential Steps In An Entrepreneur’s Journey To Success

By Alejandro Cremades There are a lot of myths and hypes out there about the tough journey of starting up. But in my view here’s what the entrepreneur’s journey to success really looks like. The Steps in an entrepreneur’s journey: 1.Get Inspired By An Idea It may be simply being struck by an opportunity, seeing where the business puck is headed, or a...

Infographic: How Do You Compare To The Top 1% In World?

Last year, the world’s combined global wealth increased by $14 trillion to a staggering $317 trillion, with the world’s richest 1% owning 50% of that amount. With the average US full-time salary sitting at $56,516 - how much more would the majority of the US need to earn to enter the exclusive 1% club? RS Components have analysed UK and US...

The Costliest Cities To Rent A Co-Working Desk

Co-working spaces are appearing more and more across the world, with the coworking workforce set to skyrocket to 50% by 2020. UK-based Games Room retailer Liberty Games has analysed the number of WeWork offices around the world, along with the average price to rent a hotdesk and a private office, to reveal which cities are the best for co-working. So which...