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You Can't Build Culture in a Cloud

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  You Can't Build Culture in a Cloud Zooming in can lead to zoning out, or worse: when everyone feels compelled or entitled to share whatever they're thinking. (Please spare us.) Here are four rules to bring some discipline to every discussion.  BY  HOWARD TULLMAN , GENERAL MANAGING PARTNER, G2T3V AND CHICAGO HIGH TECH INVESTORS @HOWARDTULLMAN1 Illustration: Getty Images I've spent a lot of painful time lately in interminable  Zoom meetings  wondering if things will ever get better or whether we're all just forever mired in this  anhedonic rut . Drifting off into these depressing queries is easy when you're stuck for hours in front of a monitor and staring at your company's infinitely less entertaining version of digital  Hollywood Squares . Anyone who suggests that you can accomplish any meaningful interaction with your team or any effective engagement with a group over Zoom or Teams simply doesn't understand how humans interact, or how important body...
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Don't Gamble With Your Tech Security

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  Don't Gamble With Your Tech Security This week's cyberattacks in Las Vegas are yet another reminder that you can't be passive about protecting your network and other digital assets.  BY  HOWARD TULLMAN , GENERAL MANAGING PARTNER, G2T3V AND CHICAGO HIGH TECH INVESTORS @HOWARDTULLMAN1 Illustration: Inc./Getty Watching the hapless victims of a cyberattack as portrayed on  The Morning Show  -- running around like headless chickens while clueless executives demand protection from the just-arrived outside team of white-hat hackers -- I was painfully reminded of just how interconnected we all are by our devices. And how vulnerable every business is to network intrusions by criminals, and the extortionate ransom demands that typically accompany them. When the workforce began returning to the office, people brought with them all the shortcuts, compromises,  simplistic passwords , and other bad habits they'd adopted while working remotely, along with all the c...
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ANOTHER BIG BLUNDER BY CHICAGO'S ROOKIE MAYOR

  Right now, the Democratic mayors of every major Northern city in the country are facing a novel, overwhelming, and complicated migrant challenge aggressively and immorally precipitated and engineered by the governors of Florida and Texas among others who continue to ship busloads of misled, unprepared, and unsuspecting families of immigrants to their cities.   Overnight, they’re expected to address, develop, and implement viable solutions to handle, house, and care for an influx of vulnerable, often ill, and generally non-English- speaking civilians of all ages. In some respects, it’s the kind of entrepreneurial challenges posed by the pandemic all over again. And there are absolutely no easy answers.   But even the newest and least experienced entrepreneur knows that not every step he takes will be productive and move the business forward. Nor will it be the best and most optimal choice possible because no one has yet invented an infallible crystal ball for new...
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