So you’ve decided to run a WordPress site but have no idea where to start? This tutorial is aimed at absolute beginners. Some IT knowledge will help but I presume you want to learn the essentials within a few hours. Let’s get started. Step 1: What Do You Want to …
London is still the world’s top destination for investment in commercial real estate despite ongoing uncertainty about Brexit, well above both Manhattan and Paris, the next two biggest markets, new research claims. Around£16.2 billion was invested in central London’s commercial offices in 2018 compared with £14.3 billion in Manhattan, £12.1 …
The world of work is changing rapidly and profoundly in a way that we haven’t seen since the time of the industrial revolution. Yet even as we stand at a momentous, game-changing inflexion point, the 21st century workplace strategy sector is still dithering about whether to join in the revolution. …
What happens when you get behind the garage doors? Many rise from the garage to the top of Wall Street! It is quite ironic that some of the world’s largest companies have started in the same environment which seems to have a special creative spirit about it, the humble garage. …
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As an eCommerce business owner, you already have a lot on your plate — from making sure orders are fulfilled to managing day-to-day operations. On top of that, you also have to take care of common headaches associated with running a website, so it’s no wonder that you want to …
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Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week we had the excellent Connie Loizos on the air, we had Danny Crichton on the horn from New York, I was in the studio mostly hacking up one lung or the …
When starting up a new eCommerce business, one of the most difficult and confusing aspects is establishing domestic shipping costs. This is a substantial overhead expense that typically gets passed onto the consumer but has become a common sales marketing tool by offering free shipping. That makes understanding the best …
Editor’s Note: This article on the WordPress theme structure was first published on October 5, 2015. It was updated on October 24, 2018. Understanding the WordPress theme structure is an important part of the front-end development process. The files of a WordPress theme work together to create the design and …
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What’s one thing that all professionals can learn from the success of unlikely brand stars like YouTube celebrities? Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) is an invite-only organization comprised of the world’s most successful young entrepreneurs. YEC members represent nearly every industry, generate billions of dollars in revenue each year and have …
Sherpa, a personal assistant startup that has carved out a niche for itself by focusing on the Spanish-language market (alongside English) and predictive suggestions, is expanding. The company is launching a set of APIs called the Sherpa Platform, which will let other businesses tap into its predictive recommendations and use …
You know when you’re watching a 70-minute Apple ad and you’re like, I really wish I could burst into tears right now? Lana Del Rey made dreams come true on Tuesday. The singer closed out Apple’s special event in Brooklyn, performing two songs from her upcoming album Norman Fucking Rockwell. …
Just a few days after somebody won the highest Mega Millions jackpot ever of nearly $1.6 billion, another enormous lottery grand prize is on the line: The Powerball jackpot is up to $750 million. No one had the winning Powerball numbers on the last drawing on Wednesday, when the jackpot …
REVIEW: Forza Horizon 4 is a gorgeous spectacle. It is varied, challenging, and fast. In other words, it is everything you want from a racing game. The biggest hurdle for developer Playground Games is that you could say all of that about Forza Horizon 3 or even its predecessors. This …
WordPress 5.0 is on the horizon. Yes, we’ve been saying it for months. But now we really are on the brink of its full release. The journey to get to this point has been quite a wild ride. During the buildup, we’ve heard just about every argument for and against …
Hiring more women for roles in technology companies — especially in leadership positions — is a positive step forward for our culture and society … and a smart business decision. In this article we’ll look at why we need more women in technology, some obstacles faced by females in the …
If you find yourself always cash-strapped before the next payday, your problem is cash-flow. In times like the post Brexit and Trump financial administration, it is best to practice managing your cash flow more effectively, when there are lots of business expenses such as travel, property, rent, taxes and investments …
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While working at a Viennese Obstetric Clinic in the mid 1840s, a Hungarian physician named Ignaz Semmelweis noticed that mothers were far less likely to succumb to a potentially fatal infection called puerperal fever when the medical staff treating them washed their hands. When he started collecting data to confirm …
In 2013 LoopMe was a start-up which started out trying to solve the problem of intrusive ads on a mobile screen by consolidating them into an “ad inbox”. In 2014 they dumped that idea to become a mobile video ad business, using AI to retarget ad campaigns instead of ad …
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Flexible working is supposed to be a boon to working parents, but it seems it’s not without its disadvantages, as a new academic study has found that part-time working mothers who have the ability to control their own schedule often end up working an increased amount of unpaid overtime. The …
Businesses are always looking for ways to grow and improve, whether that’s through their bottom line or through the people they hire. Lately, companies have been discovering the bottom line benefits of diversifying their staff, but have you ever thought about people with disabilities as a key diversity group to …
As website professionals, we function mainly as a service-based business. And like any service based business, customer service is critical to our growth. It’s also critical to manage a client list that doesn’t drive you crazy. As some would say: happy client, happy web pro! Since we are our own …
Some might be looking to create multiple revenue streams to diversify their monthly incomes. Others may be looking toward retirement and realizing they’ve saved too little. Whichever the reason, creating passive income is one of the most important steps towards financial freedom. With passive income, you possibly could live the …
When tech companies explore diversity and inclusion initiatives, there’s a risk that marginalized groups may feel “othered” and reduced to a number. That’s what Square has found, the company revealed in the first of a series of posts on Square’s diversity and inclusion efforts. So instead of emphasizing demographic data, Square is …
