When you browse select posts from those brands, you’ll now see a blue “Checkout on Instagram” call-to-action. Click it, and you can select your size, color, billing and shipping details. Instagram will take an undisclosed cut of sales. Makes a whole lotta sense: For fashion brands in particular, Instagram shopping adoption has jumped from 12% to 42% year-on-year, proving that the industry is ready to leap at the opportunity to link content and commerce.

When you browse select posts from those brands, you’ll now see a blue “Checkout on Instagram” call-to-action. Click it, and you can select your size, color, billing and shipping details. Instagram will take an undisclosed cut of sales. Makes a whole lotta sense: For fashion brands in particular, Instagram shopping adoption has jumped from 12% to 42% year-on-year, proving that the industry is ready to leap at the opportunity to link content and commerce.

With all the money sloshing around looking to find a home, startup funding might be a bit of a sellers market: Venture capitalists are now relatively less in the business of choosing the best startups in which to invest, and relatively more in the business of getting the best startups to choose them as investors. Money is plentiful and good startups are relatively (relatively!) scarce, and so the startups can be picky.

With all the money sloshing around looking to find a home, startup funding might be a bit of a sellers market: Venture capitalists are now relatively less in the business of choosing the best startups in which to invest, and relatively more in the business of getting the best startups to choose them as investors. Money is plentiful and good startups are relatively (relatively!) scarce, and so the startups can be picky.

These US-based layoffs are part of a broad round of job cuts around the globe this month, said to range from 500 to 14,000 at the database giant. The biz employs about 140,000 worldwide. All the articles say it’s in the cloud business. Source: Oracle swings axe on cloud infrastructure corps amid possible bloodbath at Big Red

These US-based layoffs are part of a broad round of job cuts around the globe this month, said to range from 500 to 14,000 at the database giant. The biz employs about 140,000 worldwide. All the articles say it’s in the cloud business. Source: Oracle swings axe on cloud infrastructure corps amid possible bloodbath at Big Red

An impressive 72% of millennials are more likely to be loyal to a brand that responds to feedback on social media. As an old, I too would like to not use the phone. Source: Please Hold

An impressive 72% of millennials are more likely to be loyal to a brand that responds to feedback on social media. As an old, I too would like to not use the phone. Source: Please Hold

The best board meetings are discussions and debates about the business yet many executive teams spent their time wanting to walk through hours of slides on how great they’re doing. Humans do much better when they’re participating than when they’re being lectured to. The most value you’ll get out of your board is when they’re speaking and offering you feedback and experiences from others companies in which they’re involved. I recommend that executive teams send materials out 72 hours in advance.

The best board meetings are discussions and debates about the business yet many executive teams spent their time wanting to walk through hours of slides on how great they’re doing. Humans do much better when they’re participating than when they’re being lectured to. The most value you’ll get out of your board is when they’re speaking and offering you feedback and experiences from others companies in which they’re involved. I recommend that executive teams send materials out 72 hours in advance.