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January 2 · Issue #25 · View online
Technology, Startups & the Future. I'm lucky when it comes to finding amazing content written by others and want to share that luck with you. Find me at http://twitter.com/bryceadams š
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The year just started and all of you are likely still on holiday or slowly getting back into the swing of things, but I missed last week, and have yet to miss 2 weeks in a row since starting this back in June 2016, so Iām both obligated (and truly want) to start the year of with Pivoting Issue #25 šŗ
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If Your Boss Could Do Your Job, Youāre More Likely to Be Happy at Work
āPeople donāt quit bad jobs, they quit bad bosses,ā according to an old saw. Our research suggests thereās truth behind this saying: bosses matter far more for employee job satisfaction than any other factor we measured. But what makes someone a great boss? Recently Iāve been thinking about hiring and managing a team on an almost daily basis. Metorik is still so young and new, but if things go to plan, Iāll likely be making my first hire in around 6 months. Thatās a very scary thing to face when youāve never hired anyone before. Fortunately, I do have some experience managing small teams and projects, so Iām not going into it completely in the dark. But thereās still so much to learn.
This article really spoke to me. Iāve had team members/leaders that Iāve admired because I know they could do the same work far better than me, and others that I hated working under because I knew they couldnāt.
Of course itās unfair to expect a CEO to be able to carry out the duties of every single employee, but I think itās important to only put managers in place that can do the work of those below them. Iām interested to hear how those of you in management/CEO positions feel about this and what youāve experienced!
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Behind the Scenes | Metorik
For a long time, Iāve demanded and admired company transparency. From Bufferās transparency pageĀ to Baremetricsā collection of Open Startups, I always watched from afar and thought to myself āif I ever have the chance, Iāll do the sameā. Of course, the actual level of information shared is up to each company. I donāt know if Iāll ever go as far as Buffer in terms of sharing employee salaries with the world, but I do plan on sharing employee salaries within the company. I donāt know if Iād post exact profit numbers, but I do plan on sharing revenue numbers. It definitely comes down to how comfortable you are as a founder and CEO, and a myriad of other factors like your competitors, company size, employee wishes and future plans. But I am confident that the benefits of being transparent often outweigh the negatives, especially for startups, where the experience of building a company can often be quite lonely and scary. Having an audience helps, far more than most people probably believe.
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How China Built āiPhone Cityā With Billions in Perks for Appleās Partner
A hidden bounty of benefits for Foxconnās plant in Zhengzhou, the worldās biggest iPhone factory, is central to the production of Appleās most profitable product.
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How Warren Buffettās Son Would Feed the World
Howard G. Buffett has spent most of his life as a farmer, with little financial support from his fatherāuntil recently. Now he runs a multibillion-dollar foundation dedicated to ending global hunger.
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Remember Peach? The Afterlife of a Forgotten App
Who uses an app after itās been declared deadāand why?
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When You Fall in Love, This Is What Facebook Sees
āDuring the 100 days before the relationship starts, we observe a slow but steady increase in the number of timeline posts shared between the future couple.ā
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Amazon Bubblewrap Is Making Lots of Money
As the appetite for online shopping grows, companies that protect packages in transit are profiting.
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Insurance firm to replace human workers with AI system
Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Co. is planning to slash nearly 30 percent of its payment assessment departmentās human staff after it introduces an artificial intelligence (AI) system in January 2017 to improve operating efficiency.
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A robot is coming for your job
The gold rush for artificial intelligence (AI) is officially in full swing. Big players like Google and Facebook and small teams alike are in an all-out sprint toward the goal of creating the next generation of AI assistants that will fundamentally change how we live and work.
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