Every day at Powerlinx is an exciting one, but these past few weeks have been especially crazy. Ever since our launch into the public beta, it’s been a whirlwind and we couldn’t be happier with the turnout. It’s hard to pick just one great accomplishment, but personally seeing Powerlinx across the front page of VentureBeat as the Top Story was a highlight. READ MORE
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Powerlinx, a new global business-to-business matchmaking company, announced it has closed its first round of seed funding. READ MORE
We were proud to host the New York City Economic Development Corporation and its World to New York – Israel program delegation. Fifteen mature start-ups were selected from an applicant pool of 150+ companies who were vying for the opportunity to be ‘schooled’ by the NYC EDC on the benefits of establishing a corporate presence in New York City. READ MORE
I am happy to say that I have reached a milestone in my life over the past few days. I’m confident that looking back 20 years, I’ll remember it clearly.
Sunday I completed a four week span of world travel. Ten days in Panama meeting with some Powerlinx pilot companies, a few back in NYC, ten in Israel, with our technology team and more Powerlinx members. For the first time ever, I can honestly say that I was able to work seamlessly wherever I found myself, transit included (each plane had an electric outlet in the seat, keeping power and productivity up). READ MORE
I’ve just caught up on back reading so I’m a bit late to the most recent spate of discussions spurred by Judith Warner’s August 7th New York Times Magazine article titled “The Opt-out Generation Wants Back In”. The subject was back in the news this week as New York mayoral candidates sparred over family leave proposals. READ MORE
Here’s my conundrum: I am the owner of a medium sized promotion business and want to create a line of custom chocolates in the shape of my customers’ logos. I’ve heard Europe has high quality, low cost manufacturers, so I use Google and search for “European chocolate manufacturers.” The result –
There are 924,000! READ MORE
How many CEO’s can you list that use social media? Following up on my latest post, I’ve been scouring the internet to find information and research on how often and how efficiently CEO’s are using social media, and what it means for the future of social media for CEO’s. READ MORE
In my last posting for the Powerlinx Blog, I explored the topic of whether or not businesses should be social. In doing so I asked, what benefits could be derived from joining and actively participating in the social sphere? Common answers included: increased customer awareness, interaction and aggregation. Another was enhanced brand positioning. READ MORE
We here at Powerlinx believe, emphatically, yes! Let’s face it: the world we live in has gone social. As a present day business owner, how do you think this social trend affects you? It doesn’t matter whether you run the neighborhood pizza shop, are the prom queen in high school with your own stylist business on the side, a senator with a penchant for photographing himself, or even an accountant, chances are something “social” has touched your life, and in return, you have posted something on the World Wide Web. READ MORE
Over the last decade, we have seen a dramatic shift into digital as a way of conducting business. Now it’s time for businesses to take the final leap. In response to the changing demands of business owners and executives, Powerlinx was created to provide a quicker and more efficient way for business people to discover and filter potential opportunities. READ MORE
