Why Cash Bonuses Make No Sense in Startups
It’s tough competing for candidates with the likes of Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook. In the past 6 months, we’ve lost bids for half…
My Favorite Board Meetings
When we first raised an investment round in 2007, SEOmoz’s board of directors (consisting of Michelle Goldberg from Ignition, Gillian & myself from Moz,…
One Bad, “Policy Change” Email Can Kill Company Culture
We’ve all received a work email that made us cringe – the ones that sound formal and threatening or vaguely like a punishment for…
How We Cheat at Conferences (and why you should, too)
Every year for the last 7, we’ve held a customer event in Seattle during the summer (and only been rained on 3, maybe 4…
Domain Bias: Why Branding & Search Marketing Cannot Be Separated
Let’s say you’re visiting Phoenix, AZ for the first time. You head to Google and type in a search query for “best restaurants Phoenix,”…