Who wouldn’t want to trade some dirty diapers for $500 million? Well, almost — Jersey City-based Diapers.com and Soap.com, websites that deliver necessities to your doorstep, was acquired by Amazon on Monday. According to the Star-Ledger, (Marc) Lore and his childhood best friend from Tinton Falls, Vinit Bharara, founded the company five years ago after Lore,…
Keep your workforce sharp with employee training
In a perfect world, each new person you bring into your organization has a pre-existing knowledge of the way in which you do things. This is, of course, not the case, and while they may have the background experience you’re looking for, like sales, for example, how that position fits into your company might be…
More New Jersey employees may consider working remotely
Working from home in your fuzzy slippers might sound like a dream to some people, while others prefer the structure an office environment has to offer. But as companies across New Jersey and elsewhere are cutting costs and saving money, the option to allow employees in certain positions to work remotely has become a much…
Focus on the Finish
For better and for worse, I am a student of my own habits. And, fortunately for me, I think I have a fairly good sense of objectivity as I analyze my strengths…and my weaknesses. One of my greatest strengths is that I never lack for ideas. A Model of Inefficiency One of my greatest weaknesses…