Roblox and Forever Games

THIS WEEK IN VC Roblox: The Next Great Social Network? Roblox, released in 2006, has 43M daily active users, making it one of just a few ‘forever games’ Roblox CEO Dave Baszucki is looking to expand into a full-fledged social network with a new advertising play and more complex user generated content. The game has hosted…

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Content should drive leads

Within five days of me joining the content team at BigCommerce in 2014, the founder and then-CEO laid everyone on that team off except for me. I was convinced he didn’t know they had just hired me. I didn’t even have the Wordpress password yet.  It was viewed as a harsh move by the larger…

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FTT Expert Q&A With Rippling’s Rishab Hegde

1. You’ve been at Rippling for a few years now, and we’ve chatted a bunch on fintech in the past. When did you guys start thinking about how to embed fintech into the Rippling platform?  A: Finance has always been in Rippling’s future – our mission was never to be just an HR or IT…

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Leadership is influence, don’t miss this step

Don’t miss this advice. Unfortunately, most companies still need to give gratitude the time and attention it deserves. Many don’t even realize how bad they are at showing people they appreciate them. Making appreciation and gratitude a big deal in your workforce will lead to a happier team who stays longer and gets more done…

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