Entrepreneur Magazine editor-in-chief Amy Cosper talks with Mondelez International vice president of global media Bonin Bough about what the word "entrepreneur" means today. Once the term conjured images of snake-oil purveyors and out-of-work scamsters. In the popular lexicon, entrepreneurs have become known as people who create businesses in markets where there were none before. - See more at: http://www.entrepreneur.com/video/226837#sthash.NuoXz3VU.dpuf
Pennsylvania's unemployment rate dropped in April with the third-largest monthly decline on record. The jobless rate is 7.6 percent, down three-tenths of one percent compared to March, according to data released Friday by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry. There were 13,000 more jobs added in the month statewide. "April was a tremendous month for job growth and the state’s employment situation," Labor & Industry Secretary Julia Hearthway said in a prepared statement.
Six Pittsburgh-area startups operating in redeveloping neighborhoods are receiving grants from the economic development group Urban Innovation21. The group dolled out a total of $100,000 to companies under the Pittsburgh Central Keystone Innovation Zone (PCKIZ) program. The awards do not include dividends or equity but are part of the group’s mission to ensure that the growing technology scene also benefits traditionally underserved communities.
The following grants were awarded to:
Rubitection Inc. for $25,000Click to Read More
Embedded Energy Technology LLC for $25,000
ActivAided Orthotics for $15,000
Community Elf for $15,000
HeadRight Games LLC for $15,000
Trincula’s Attic for $5,000
At a time when one-click LinkedIn endorsements are stacking up faster than rush-hour traffic, obtaining sincerely worded recommendations is a lot like pulling into the carpool lane. You have to invest upfront in planning, personal contact and collaboration, but the effort is rewarded by access to a less-crowded environment and a quicker route to building credibility and trust.
Sit back and collect endorsements LinkedIn endorsements verify what you do (though most of us on LinkedIn have been endorsed for some skill we don't possess), while recommendations detail how you do what you do and the unique value you deliver.
LinkedIn endorsements are what social networkers call "lite" recommendations and what Forbes writer Eve Mayer likens to a "Stove Top stuffing version," with less "meatiness than Grandma's homemade stuffing."
Endorsements are easy to give and even easier to get. With no input beyond LinkedIn-provided prompts, your LinkedIn contacts simply click endorsement buttons -- at a reported rate of 10 million times daily. And while the endorsements, in the words of detractors, may serve as little more than "eye candy," they require no energy on your part, leaving you free to steer your efforts toward developing thoughtfully worded recommendations instead.
The Business Journals has come up with a list of the 100 highest-paying job markets -- and Pittsburgh is about halfway down the list.
An On Numbers analysis of the annual pay of all employees in major markets ranks Pittsburgh at No. 48 with an average salary of $44,270. That's well below No. 1 on the list, San Jose, Calif., which had an average annual pay of $69,670, as well as the highest-ranked region in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia ($50,310). It also was slightly behind another Pennsylvania metro region, $44,750 for No. 42 Harrisburg.
Here are the top 10 highest-paying markets for employees in all jobs.
San Jose, $69,670
Washington, $63,750
San Francisco-Oakland, $62,680
Bridgeport-Stamford, Conn., $60,720
Boston, $58,940
New York City, $56,940
Seattle, $55,890
Durham, N.C., $54,500
Hartford, $54,290
Los Angeles, $51,990
