How to Grow the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs
The past few years have seen an explosion of accelerators and incubators around the world. Will all of this activity lead to more successful startups and entrepreneurs? Recent research says yes....
View ArticleThree Lessons Food Start-ups can Teach the ‘Big Guys’
Food technology is one of the hottest sectors for venture capitalists in recent years. According to research from CB Insights, in 2015 alone, more than $5B was invested globally in tech-enabled...
View ArticleListen now! The Nerd Spotlight Series: Meet Dave H.
We are incredibly excited to launch the Nerd Spotlight Series podcast. The series will feature some of HourlyNerd’s top performing consultants giving our listeners the chance to get to know...
View Article5 Tips for Managing Millennials
5 Tips for Managing Millennials The American workforce is going through a systemic change with millennials accounting for the majority of the workforce. The estimated 53.5 million millennials in the...
View ArticleCan Big Corporations Successfully Innovate? Yes – Here’s How
We’ve all heard the complaints about big companies vs. smaller startups. Big companies are too slow, startups are more nimble. Big companies stifle creative thinking, startups foster an open mindset....
View ArticleFive Things to Avoid When Developing a Pricing Strategy
Pricing products and services appropriately is an ongoing business challenge. I’ve worked with a variety of clients from professional services firms to a technology start-up to a major retail bank to...
View ArticleTomorrow’s Industrial Podcast – Episode 1: How to prepare your company for...
We’re excited to announce the launch of a new podcast series, Tomorrow’s Industrial. Hosted by the head of HourlyNerd’s industrial practice, Pat Mascia, Tomorrow’s Industrial focuses on companies...
View ArticleEY announces HourlyNerd co-founders Rob Biederman, Pat Petitti, and Peter...
2016 marks 30 years of ingenuity in America BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, June 23, 2016 – EY today announced that HourlyNerd co-founders Rob Biederman, Pat Petitti, and Peter Maglathlin, have received the...
View ArticleHourlyNerd Closes $22M in Series C Funding to Redefine How Talent Finds...
Capital will fund continued development of HourlyNerd’s proprietary enterprise software solutions and educate the market on the future of flexible business talent BOSTON – July 5, 2016 – HourlyNerd,...
View ArticleDon’t Ignore Your Passive Shareholders
They may help your swim more confidently with the activist sharks The Changing Face of Institutional Shareholders In recent years two broad-based trends have influenced the composition of...
View ArticleHourlyNerd Adds User Experience Master Brian Kalma as CXO
Kalma joins as the Chief Experience Officer to develop an exciting and inventive user experience for HourlyNerd BOSTON – July 14, 2016 – HourlyNerd, the leading technology platform for business...
View ArticleHow BASF Innovates Through Co-Creation
Last Year marked the 150th anniversary for BASF, a chemical company. To celebrate 150 years in business, BASF launched a corporate social responsibility program aimed at solving some of the world’s...
View ArticleTalent Management for the Future of Work
Sourcing, Engagement, Augmentation, Training & Supplementation [S.E.A.T.S.] Increasing Complexity of Work: The job of anticipating what’s around the corner, “frontiering,” is difficult, to say the...
View ArticleA World Powered by Catalant
On the heels of our Series C funding announcement with General Catalyst Partners, we’re stepping out today with a new name, brand and identity. We’d like to introduce you to Catalant: we believe that...
View ArticleHourlyNerd Rebrands as Catalant
Leading Technology Platform Delivers a Streamlined Solution for the Talent Gap, Providing Global Enterprises On-Demand Access to Human Capital BOSTON – July 26, 2016 – HourlyNerd, the leading...
View Article3 Critical Questions to Consider Before You Re-Brand Your Company
Sometimes it feels like re-branding is the new cool thing – a trendy, fad that companies dive into whenever they feel a little shaky about how their market is reacting to their services or products....
View ArticleUnderstanding Incubators and How Corporations Can Access Innovation
Tweet Incubators have become an important part of any entrepreneurial ecosystem. Are they doing enough to help founders connect with customers? Should big corporations be taking a more active role? I...
View ArticleWhy Big Companies Stagnate
Tweet As someone who runs a 75 person company (Catalant Technologies) that works closely with hundreds of large enterprises, I get a first-row seat to the challenges of operating at scale. Our...
View ArticleWhen to Use a Freelancer: A Simple 3×3 Methodology
Tweet Businesses are reconfiguring their talent supply chains to include a larger role for freelance labor. With 40% of the American workforce projected to be freelancing by 2020, more enterprises...
View ArticleExpert Perspectives – Preparing for the Client Interview
Tweet It’s an exciting moment when your bid on a Catalant project gets to the next round: an interview with the potential client. The interview is a key step in learning more about the client’s...
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