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☆ ‘Mutt,’ ‘Unpregnant’ and More Streaming Gems
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Jason Bailey | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

‘Mutt’ (2023)Stream it on Netflix. Vuk Lungulov-Klotz’s micro-budget New York drama is everything indie movies are supposed to be: keenly observed and modestly executed, telling us a story and showing us a world we don’t usually see in mainstream cinema. In this case, it’s the world of Feña (Lío Mehiel), a transgender man and a semi-desperate pseudo-hustler whose life goes momentarily topsy-turvy when he accidentally reconnects with a former boyfriend from before his transition. This is a small film, but a mighty one. ‘Unpregnant’ (2020)Stream it on Max.

Persons: Mutt ’, Vuk Lungulov, Unpregnant ’, Max Organizations: Netflix Locations: York

☆ The end of workplace loyalty
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Aki Ito | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Do that, and you generate the kind of trust and loyalty that leads to high productivity and low turnover. A world in which the psychological contract is profoundly broken. In the three decades following World War II, as Rick Wartzman documents in his book " The End of Loyalty ," a booming economy made American companies rich. Today, disillusioned workers might assume that the norm of workplace loyalty was nothing but a capitalistic ruse, a way for companies to exploit their employees. But the new loyalty would recognize that employees have to uphold their end of the bargain.

Persons: I've, Gen Xers, Gen Zers, they'll, Rick Wartzman, Wartzman, Denise Rousseau, Rousseau, who's, Mark, —, it's, I'm, he's, quitters, Nick Bloom, Stanford University who's, Anthony Klotz, Klotz, they're, It's, Aki Ito Organizations: Companies, Kodak, GE, Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University, University College London, Employers, Business

☆ No one knows how much they should care about work right now
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

If you're not sure how much to care about work, or what it means to you, you're not alone. Work blurred into life, and life blurred into work, suddenly making my personal errands the same as work. In the wake of our existential reckoning with work, some office workers flipped the script, making life their full-time job and work a part-time pursuit. Lazy girl jobs and a window of opportunityRight now, we're in the "uncomfortable" middle of work, as Klotz calls it. The opportunity to job hop may be dwindling, but that doesn't mean work has to settle into 2019 norms.

Persons: Anthony Klotz, It's, Klotz, " Klotz, Chris Bailey, Bailey, Nick Bloom, Bloom, it's, stayers Organizations: Service, University College London School of Management, Workers, Stanford Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ American CEOs are 'failing' their workers right now, says Harvard expert: 'We're in a crisis of trust'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"We're in a crisis of trust in leadership," Sandra Sucher, a Harvard Business School professor who studies layoffs and trust, tells CNBC Make It. "Leaders of all kinds ... are failing some of the basic expectations that people have for how they should be treated." People just don't want to be led astray or lied to," says Kelly, 28, the CEO and founder of fitness content startup Curastory. Tiffany Kelly, CEO and founder of fitness content startup Curastory. The past two years revealed the leaders who are truly focused on the well-being of their workers, versus the ones who are focused on the bottom line.

Cramer has dealt with a huge number of pitch decks in her time as an entrepreneur and VC. She has shared on LinkedIn her top tips for creating a successful pitch deck. "If you want to build a brand, your pitch deck needs to highlight that brand. If you want to build a tool, you need a pitch deck that shows mock-ups of the product," Cramer wrote. It allows senders much more control over who reads their pitch deck — and who can forward it.

☆ People are over the 40-hour workweek: 'We don't want to waste our time'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

As a result, more people are breaking out of the 40-hour workweek. "People have a much lower tolerance for this, and are less afraid to say, 'We don't want to waste our time.'" "Like, if you're making me come to the office or attend an on-site meeting, it better be good." Time is moneyRising inflation and the overall increased cost of living have made the monetary value of people's time even more salient. In fact, 73% of U.S. workers plan to freelance this year, according to Fiverr, which polled 2,000 workers in December 2022.

☆ Professor who predicted the 'great resignation' says quits will plateau in 2023—here's why
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The "great resignation" will soon grind to a halt. Klotz coined the "great resignation" in May 2021 to describe the sudden wave of people quitting their jobs due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which led many to re-think where, how and why we work. Companies are improving employee retentionTo attract talent in a perennially tight labor market, many employers have introduced flexible work arrangements, increased wages or revamped their benefits. The ripple effects of the "great resignation" prompted more companies to prioritize existing employees' well-being, whether it's through enhanced mental health resources or transitioning to a permanent hybrid model. In 2023, Klotz says he expects employers to double down on their efforts to attract and retain talent.

☆ Fox News meteorologist beaten on NYC subway train
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Uwa Ede-Osifo | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A Fox News weatherman who was on his way home from a bar early Sunday was assaulted by a group of teenagers on a New York City subway, police said. Four teens beat Adam Klotz, 37, after he asked them to stop smoking marijuana and to stop harassing an elderly passenger, New York City police said. After he was first attacked, Klotz said, he tried to evade the group by going to another subway car. Klotz criticized Mayor Eric Adams, saying the city does not adequately address subway violence. "Why is the weather guy on the train trying to stop crime in the middle of the night?"

The Sundance Film Festival has long been known for premiering some of the most original — and ultimately the most award-winning — indie titles of the year. As the most notable international film festivals increasingly feature queer titles in their lineups, it’s no surprise that much of the exciting content premiering at this year’s Sundance Film Festival comes from LGBTQ filmmakers or features queer themes. The Premieres sectionAs usual, many of the year’s most high-profile films, including those from queer creators and featuring queer storylines, are coming out of the festival’s Premieres section. Courtesy of Sundance InstituteEnglert’s film will screen in the world cinema dramatic section alongside queer films “Girl,” from U.K. filmmaker Adura Onashile, and “Mamacruz,” from Spanish director Patricia Ortega. The list of LGBTQ creators and titles doesn’t end there, making this perhaps the most significant Sundance Film Festival for queer cinema yet.

☆ CIOs Nominate Their Favorite Reads of 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Tom Loftus | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +9 min

Chief information officers, ever alert to any development in a field that only hurtles forward, largely reflected that alacrity in their choice of reading during 2022. PREVIEWChris Bedi, chief digital information officer, ServiceNow Inc. Photo: IBM Corp.Ron Guerrier, chief information officer, HP Inc. Photo: Cisco Systems Inc.Fletcher Previn, chief information officer, Cisco Systems Inc. Photo: Home Depot Inc.Fahim Siddiqui, chief information officer, Home Depot Inc.

☆ Stay Flexible, Bosses Are Told, Even as ‘Great Resignation’ Wanes
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Richard Vanderford | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +5 min

Newsletter Sign-up WSJ | Risk and Compliance Journal Our Morning Risk Report features insights and news on governance, risk and compliance. Dr. Klotz: Companies invest in employees, and employees tend to match that investment. When employees feel that companies are underinvesting in them, they start disengaging from work or they engage in deviant behavior. If it feels like you can’t trust workers, then you micromanage them. But most companies can withstand that, and the benefits of building trust with their workers outweigh the occasional bad apple.

☆ Europe's booming startup scene is taking on Silicon Valley. Five German headhunters share which positions and startups offer the best pay.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Nina Anika Klotz | Nathan Rennolds | Business Insider Deutschland | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Insider spoke to five experienced headhunters from Germany's booming startup scene about which startups and sectors are offering the highest salaries. He shared the average salaries he said he had seen for early-stage startup roles:Founder : 60,000 — 75,000 euros: 60,000 — 75,000 euros Software developer : 50,000 — 110,000 euros: 50,000 — 110,000 euros Sales : 60,000 — 80,000 euros: 60,000 — 80,000 euros Operations : 45,000 — 60,000 euros: 45,000 — 60,000 euros Product manager : 60,000 euros: 60,000 euros Business development: 50,000 eurosPay at growth-stage startupsJulian von Blücher advises well-funded growth-stage startups on their recruitment. : 70,000 euros base salary and 40,000 euros variable pay, which is compensation that's awarded to an employee based on their performance. Average variable pay as a percentage of total compensation for C-suite positions is 23.5% across all stages and industries, von Hettinga said. "Of that, about half of the variable pay is company shares or share programs."

☆ VCs say successful founders work as 'founder associates' first. Here's how to land the job, how much it pays, and why it's in demand.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Nina Anika Klotz | Nathan Rennolds | Business Insider Deutschland | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A founder associate is a relatively new job open to career starters and young professionals. VCs help startups find founder associatesSandow said Atlantic Labs felt that, given the demand of founders, the fund should create a "structured work experience" for founder associates. Niklahs added that "most founders understand that a founder associate is not an executive assistant — they're far too expensive." "Candidates have to be hungry and have the drive to learn and go through everything with the founders," Sandow said. Salaries and exit opportunitiesAt VC firms, a founder associate is a full-time entry-level job.

☆ Why does work feel so dysfunctional right now? A psychologist, labor expert and CEO weigh in
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

"I'm not sure that work is any more dysfunctional now for many workers than it's been in the past," she tells CNBC Make It. Work has always been dysfunctional, our tolerance for it just got lowerWorkers are still quitting in droves during the Great Resignation. The discord we're seeing, then, is vocal pushback from employees — emboldened by a tight market and, yes, social media fervor — not wanting to return to traditional models of work, Klotz says. "Everyone is making money off of their work, and they're not getting return on the investment of their labor. To call that out and say, you know what, I don't necessarily need to go above and beyond if that effort isn't going to be valued — that's not quiet quitting.

☆ Chief revenue and sales officers can earn up to $290,000 in a startup. Here's what the roles involve — and the key skills you need to land them.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Nina Anika Klotz | Nathan Rennolds | Business Insider Deutschland | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Chief revenue and sales officers are C-suite executives who are in charge of sales and marketing. Simon Vogt is a cofounder and the chief sales officer, or CSO, of &Charge, an electric-mobility startup. "I've always liked working with people," Sascha Koppe, the chief revenue officer, or CRO, of 1Komma5°, a climate-technology startup, said. She told Insider that CROs focus on sales, marketing, and customer service. Salaries"Regardless of the title, revenue board roles in sales, marketing, or growth are compensated much like CEOs and COOs," van Hettinga said.

It recently raised 6.5 million euros in a second seed round. Insider has an exclusive copy of the pitch deck it used to raise the funds. The founders launched the software in August 2021, quickly raising 3.5 million euros, or around $3.42 million, in a seed round. The company has just increased their total funding to 10 million euros, which is around $9.77 million, through a second seed round of 6.5 million euros, or around $6.35 million. Insider has an exclusive copy of the pitch deck that Paretos used to raise the funds.

☆ A VC partner names the 4 key elements to a successful startup pitch — and one crucial thing founders should avoid
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-15 | by ( Nina Anika Klotz | Nathan Rennolds | Business Insider Deutschland | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

He said too many founders present "short pitches of five to eight minutes." He said he was particularly annoyed by "short pitches of five to eight minutes." Have 2 decks — one short, one longer"You should have two versions of your pitch deck," Goeldi said. "We need a pitch deck that gets our attention in the first two to three minutes. "More in-depth questions will follow in further discussions, and a prerehearsed short pitch doesn't work."

☆ The red-hot labor market might be coming off its boil. Here's what jobseekers need to know about looking for work in an economic downturn.
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-23 | by ( Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Experts recommend making a few key adjustments to your job search during a downturn. Are you out of your mind to even consider quitting your job and looking for a new one right now? Set a strict schedule for how much time you spend on your job search each day. Expand your target list of employersIn a tight labor market, employers do what they can to widen their potential pool of qualified applicants. But the dynamics shift in an employer's market.

☆ A VC associate breaks down what it's like to work in venture capital: 'Our business model is to make piles of money into bigger piles of money'
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-11 | by ( Nina Anika Klotz | Nathan Rennolds | Business Insider Deutschland | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Generation Z has already produced many founders, but it's still underrepresented in venture capital, Lawrence said in an interview with Insider. "Our business model is to make piles of money into bigger piles of money," Lawrence said. Lawrence said she got into venture capital because she wanted to help founders with visions she believes in. Her LinkedIn profile said she started in the operations team and then moved to the funds team. In Berlin, everyone is looking, and some funds work together, leading to everything becoming overpriced, she added.

Charlotte Pallua and Estelle Merle studied at Harvard and had successful corporate careers. "You can make more of a difference as a founder," Merle said. a small to medium-sized company, can use directly with just a few clicks. "We see ourselves as an enabler for retailers and as a supporter of medium-sized companies," Pallua explained. But we think it will actually be most helpful for small and medium-sized businesses," said Estelle Merle.

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