Stephanie Mehta

8 tips for starting to build your first board of directors

The right board can help a startup soar, writes Farmer’s Fridge founder Luke Saunders.

8 tips for starting to build your first board of directors

In Armenia’s biotech boom, remarkable women are leading the way

Talent, education, connections to research centers—and access to post-Soviet Union centralized health data—have made the country a burgeoning tech dynamo.

In Armenia’s biotech boom, remarkable women are leading the way

Healthcare workers continue to burn out. Can technology help?

A nurse and a software executive suggest that better staffing-management tools coupled with new funding sources for nurses and aides can alleviate stress and boost morale.

Healthcare workers continue to burn out. Can technology help?

How I learned to stop worrying and embrace my imposter syndrome

Restaurant entrepreneur Kevin Boehm says professional insecurity has haunted him his entire career. And it hasn’t always been a bad thing.

How I learned to stop worrying and embrace my imposter syndrome

Earth Day surprise: Financial regulators want your climate data, and you can’t ‘greenwash’ it

Three actions companies can take now to prepare for the SEC climate-disclosure rules.

Earth Day surprise: Financial regulators want your climate data, and you can’t ‘greenwash’ it

3 ways to make sure tomorrow’s workforce is future-proof

We need to teach students to think like entrepreneurs.

3 ways to make sure tomorrow’s workforce is future-proof

I let my guard down with a business rival. You’ll never guess what happened next

How the author and Chef Michael Solomonov brushed off their pandemic despair to embrace an ‘Ocean’s 11’ approach to business.

I let my guard down with a business rival. You’ll never guess what happened next

Dear Reader: Our advice columnist signs off

After more than three years of practical advice to founders and executives at fast-growing companies, Maynard Webb signs off.

Dear Reader: Our advice columnist signs off

I’m an advocate for inclusive capitalism. Here’s why I’m intrigued by Web3

The global managing partner of Flourish Ventures, backed by Pam and Pierre Omidyar, shares his perspective on a digital future that could expand economic opportunity—if innovators and society can harness its potential.

I’m an advocate for inclusive capitalism. Here’s why I’m intrigued by Web3

Dear Founder: Here’s what to do when your board wants to replace you as CEO

Stay professional and make the case for why you should remain CEO, advises Maynard Webb.

Dear Founder: Here’s what to do when your board wants to replace you as CEO

My pre-IPO company is hiring fast. Should I still worry about the Great Resignation?

Attrition, even in small numbers, is a strain on a company. Ask yourself (and your employees) these 7 hard questions, says Maynard Webb.

My pre-IPO company is hiring fast. Should I still worry about the Great Resignation?

‘I’m getting invited to fewer parties,’ says a tech insider turned critic

Superset’s Tom Chavez is trying to make tech more ethical. Is he biting the hand that fed him?

‘I’m getting invited to fewer parties,’ says a tech insider turned critic

Dear CEO: Here’s how to cope with ever-changing return-to-work plans

Maynard Webb says ask these three questions to help make decisions about returning to work (again).

Dear CEO: Here’s how to cope with ever-changing return-to-work plans

How Nike turned its brand into a $35 billion cognitive ‘shortcut’

In an excerpt from his new book, Jeff Rosenblum explains why the ad world has ditched brand image for brand behavior.

I told Maynard Webb what worried me, and he predicted what would happen next

Our columnist counseled a founder feeling anxiety before the company’s IPO to think about control.

I told Maynard Webb what worried me, and he predicted what would happen next

Some people think innovation is creating something from thin air. We proved them wrong

How the author and his team built on what already exists to make something better.

Some people think innovation is creating something from thin air. We proved them wrong

You already track productivity—now is the time to measure sustainability

The CEO of SAP urges leaders to apply the same rigor to managing carbon emissions as they do to managing their workforce.

You already track productivity—now is the time to measure sustainability

Why embracing subcultures inside your company is critical to scaling your business

If your culture is foundational, it can withstand different working styles, says the CEO of one of the best-performing stocks of 2021.

Why embracing subcultures inside your company is critical to scaling your business

Trouble managing your time? Try focusing on your ‘anchor tenants’

You can’t do everything, says Maynard Webb, but you can do more than you think.

Trouble managing your time? Try focusing on your ‘anchor tenants’

Tech company Bolt is permanently embracing a 4-day workweek

In an exclusive interview, founder and CEO Ryan Breslow says he thinks other fast-growing companies will follow suit.

Tech company Bolt is permanently embracing a 4-day workweek

Impact

An oil-company spinoff wants to help build 70 direct air capture plants by 2035

Many CEOs are now making 670 times more than their company’s median-wage workers

These are the five books Bill Gates says you should read this summer

News

What is stagflation? The World Bank issues a warning about the economy

Arianna Huffington wants employers to take mental health and wellness more seriously

Why is Target stock crashing? TGT shares slump after inventory surplus

Co.Design

Why this see-through factory was built in the middle of a forest

How brands like Nike and Prada are using NFTs—and why it could go terribly wrong

The rise of ‘supertokenism’—and what organizations get flat wrong about DEI

Work Life

5 lessons for marginalized employees to reclaim the workplace

How to use tech to help recruit better candidates

The ultimate cover letter checklist