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Are You Getting a Return on Your Investment in Employee Training?

Zenefits

SMBs must weigh the benefits of training against time and money to get a return on investment, or ROI. Simply put, ROI is the gain from an investment measured against its cost. ROI usually is calculated in percentages using this basic formula : ROI = Net Profit ΒΈ Total Investment x 100. Can training guarantee ROI?

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Unleashing Predictive Power| Eric Siegel

Peter Winick

and thinking, oh, this isn’t really a hack, but like, tell me how to integrate this into X, whatever that is, accounting, finance, marketing, etc. Second edition 2016. Because the exponential impact or ROI of getting in front of that room is, could potentially be huge to you. So I like starting with the business piece.

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Writing a Book As an Extension of Your Business | Becky Robinson

Peter Winick

Our conversation begins with the difficult topic of measuring the ROI of a business book. What do you say we have an accountability deal and we keep each other accountable to get the book proposal written and the book out. Becky shares how that equation held her back from starting a book – until the pandemic hit.

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The Adjacent User Theory

Andrew Chen

When I joined Instagram in 2016, the product had over 400 million users, but the growth rate had slowed. At first, we didn’t know why, but we eventually discovered people had 2nd and 3rd accounts that they were logging back into. One account was public-facing, and one was more private for friends. Is that meaningful?

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The Adjacent User Theory

Andrew Chen

When I joined Instagram in 2016, the product had over 400 million users, but the growth rate had slowed. At first, we didn’t know why, but we eventually discovered people had 2nd and 3rd accounts that they were logging back into. One account was public-facing, and one was more private for friends. Is that meaningful?

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis (Guest essay by Li Jin)

Andrew Chen

New devices made it easier to listen: Alexa launched in 2015, Google Home and AirPods in 2016. Spotify β€” which has made a big push into podcasts in just the past couple years β€” now accounts for almost 10% of listening. A small number of publishers account for multiple top shows, including Wondery and NPR.

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis

Andrew Chen

New devices made it easier to listen: Alexa launched in 2015, Google Home and AirPods in 2016. Spotify β€” which has made a big push into podcasts in just the past couple years β€” now accounts for almost 10% of listening. A small number of publishers account for multiple top shows, including Wondery and NPR.