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4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 19,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 4 Film Festivals

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☀ | Blue: Oh! Oh ! Missed a deliverable, no big deal.

☀ | Grey: Missed five deliverables. We have enough time, no worries..

☀ | Yellow: Dong! We may be in trouble…( you are already in trouble)

☀ | Pink: Time to tell my manager…( let’s share the panic)

☀ | Orange: Everyone knows we are in trouble except our sponsor.

☀ | Red: Sponsor needs to know today morning!..( should’ve known when you were in Grey)

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For two months last fall, Eric Simons secretly took up residence inside the Internet giant’s Palo Alto, Calif., campus, eating free food, enjoying gym access, and building a startup in the process.

via Meet the tireless entrepreneur who squatted at AOL | Bootstrap – CNET News.

Eric Simons
(Credit: Eric Simons)

In two days, I will leave my cushy life in Los Angeles to live from my car in Silicon Valley. Yep, that’s right. From my car. It’s going to be one of the most adventurous things I’ve ever done, and will be a challenge to say the least.

Why am I doing it? Trust me, a lot of serious thought went into this decision. The main reason being that the Bay Area is the center of the startup universe, and I know that locating there is best for both my startup and me as an entrepreneur. That being the case, I’m going to do whatever it takes to be in that environment.

The annual performance review will live on. But managers and employees now have a slew of new tools to chart and reward workers progress.

Virtual Rewards

The adult equivalent of scout merit badges. Managers can create awards such as “most deals closed” or “products shipped”, posting them to the employees profile.

Real Awards

The old bonus is being reimagined. Salesforce, for instance, partners with amazon.com to reward high perfomring employees with gift cards.

Year-Round Goals

Instead of scrambling to come up with goals at the end of the year, workers can create them with their teams on a rolling basis as projects dictate.

Quicker Feedback

Instead of logging in to cumbersome HR software, users give and receive feedback inside the applications they use every day, like posting a comment on a website.

Status Updates 

Think Facebook’s status updates. But instead of posting daily musings, or funny photos, employees can request feedback from their managers and peers.

Source: Fortune Magazine, October 29th, 2012

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