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Global smartphone sales plummeted 20% in Q1. More dismal numbers confirm what we already knew: Q1 2020 was really rough for an already struggling smartphone category. Gartner’s latest report puts the global market at a 20.2% slide versus the same time last year, thanks in large part to fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Every single one of the global top-five …

Bonusly, a platform that involves the entire organization in recognizing employees and rewarding them, closed on a $9 million Series A financing round led by Access Venture Partners. Next Frontier Capital, Operator Partners, and existing investor FirstMark Capital also participated in the round. Bonusly launched in 2013 when cofounder and CEO Raphael Crawford-Marks saw the opportunity to reinvent the way …

Zoom’s earnings to test hot tech valuations Hello and welcome back to our regular morning view of private companies, public markets, and the gray areas in between. This week, two highly valued SaaS companies will share their Q1 earnings reports: CrowdStrike and Zoom. Both are IPOs in 2019, but these relatively young public companies have seen a strong upswing in …

Amazon: the Indians and the Covid-19 threat In Brazil, the coronavirus advances at an exponential rate: the South American country is the second largest number of infections after the United States (over 350 thousand positive and with 22 thousand dead). Megacities such as Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo are affected, especially in the poorest neighborhoods and favelas, where basic …

Shaquille O’neal himself had an impressive NBA career. The Big Aristotle won MVP honors in 2000, won four championships, won eight NBA first-star team awards, and made 15 All-Star Game appearances. He had his jersey removed by two different franchises: No. 34 with the Los Angeles Lakers and No. 32 with the Miami Heat. Yet O’Neal’s second career as a …

Months in this global pandemic, many questions remain about whether and when companies of all sizes return to their offices and what will be required of the move. The future is so unclear that even people impregnated in the real estate sector don’t have all the answers, even if they are starting to make weighted assumptions about what will happen …

Indian food delivery startup Zomato cuts 13% of the workforce Zomato, an Indian-based food delivery startup is cutting 13% of its workforce as it seeks to reduce the costs and tide of the coronavirus crisis which has made it very cautious when ordering food online. The 11-year-old firm didn’t reveal the exact number of people he was letting go of, but …

Online job interview: how to manage it better When the job interview is virtual. With the coronavirus pandemic that not only changes the way we work but also forces us to reflect on the value of our occupation, the global labor market is ready for a real reorganization. That during the lockdown you noticed your leadership potential, that you want …

Panera Bread Becomes a Grocery Store of Sorts Panera Bread restaurant chain, like many others in the world, has been shut down for everything other than takeout or delivery during to the coronavirus pandemic. About half of the company’s business has been lost due to dining rooms shutting down. Panera has begun a new program to try and get more …

When Will Starbucks Reopen Closed Stores During COVID-19 Pandemic? Unlike other restaurants that switched to collection services only during the COVID-19 pandemic, Starbucks made the decision to close some of its cafes in crowded cities and places where social distancing had become a priority. Most Starbucks locations have pivoted to the drive-thru and have also offered home delivery, but customers …