Sixty percent of Americans have a pet of some kind. Dog ownership leads the pack — which we think is a-ok — with 44 percent of Americans claiming canine companionship, 29 percent owning cats for some totally inexplicable reason and 3 percent opting for something else. For...
One of the world’s oldest professions just got a tech-savvy makeover. The professional world of painting has deep roots, dating back to the 13th-century. Whether it’s Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel or a modern painter touching up the local high school gym, there are a...
For the past decade, brand experiences have moved from thinking from a PC-first mindset to a mobile-first mindset. While this certainly took some time as people mentally transitioned into a new and much smaller website format, there’s another shift that’s not just on the horizon,...
Eight years ago, the mobile industry was a very different world. The iPhone was two years old, and the App Store was just getting off the ground. It was also around that time that two guys in the software and tech world recognized that the...
In the late 90s, YapStone’s current CEO and chairman, Tom Villante, was an investment banker looking for his next big thing. Back then online was new — Amazon was a mere toddler, and online marketplaces were mostly Craigslist and eBay. But it was the latter...
The historical relationship between merchants, acquirers and ISOs was fairly simple — it was often based on bundling payments processing around POS terminals. But a funny thing happened on the way to the digital age: merchants wanted more than just payment processing and gear. They...
There’s a reason why companies establish and promote internal referral programs in order to find top talent — it’s a direct pipeline to their employees’ professional and personal networks — and to candidates that may fit the bill. While referred candidates are typically highly...
The health care industry is going through a rapid transformation. Especially when it comes to the growing number of doctors and nurses looking for locum tenen or freelance work. Unfortunately, many of the processes in place to connect these clinicians with the health care...
It’s a situation that is all too familiar to most people who have gone out for dinner or even to grab drinks at happy hour. You’re ready to go, but the waiter or bartender isn’t bringing the bill. Though restaurants and bars have come a...
