Archive for the ‘human resources’ Category
Monday, March 30th, 2009
Media companies are all about teams. A group of people comes together to create the website, fill it with content, spread the word about how great it is, and then sell like crazy. No media company is a one person project (at least not one that makes serious money), and ...
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Sunday, March 29th, 2009
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We are wrapping up a busy month at RightSite and the focus this month has been on team-building. We've added three new team members and interviewed more than 60 people. But as always, we have tried to do all of ...
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Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
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Hi Gang! I've been absent from Mingtiandi again, but this time it's been for a good reason - because we've been working all hours to launch RightSite.Asia into public beta. We were in private beta for ...
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Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
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Its a new year (at least it's a new Chinese year) here at RightSite.Asia, and we are getting ready to tackle one of our major priorities for the next few months -- recruitment.
While economic downturns suck for those of ...
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
This is maybe the only metric that we don't use in RightSite's performance appraisalIt's January, so not only are we suffering from chilly toes here at RightSite, but we are struggling through our semi-annual performance appraisals for staff.
Actually, I shouldn't complain. Although administering the performance appraisal process is a pain ...
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Thursday, January 8th, 2009
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There are a lot of "I's" in RightSite, but that doesn't mean we are not all about team. And since building our team and managing our staff effectively is out top priority at RightSite, we put ...
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Thursday, June 5th, 2008
It's been nearly a week since our last installment here on Mingtiandi, but there are some good reasons for this. We've been especially busy trying to take care of all of the last minute details before Mike's big trip to America. And here are our proud accomplishments of the week:
Hired ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Damn all this prosperity! Overly optimistic fools drive up the cost of office space, you need to book a table even at bad restaurants, and even the dark blue taxis are hard to catch. For any business owner in Shanghai right now, however, the biggest shortage seems to ...
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
Another week begins.
Another milestone reached.
It was a big day in Rightsite history today as we received a copy of our business license from the Commerce Office here in Shanghai. This means we have a company. We are real, and we are legal. Next milestones coming up:
Receive our ...
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Today was another big day at RightSite as we hosted our first focus group meeting. Right here in Mike's living room.
Since our little company still lacks understanding in some critical areas of our business, we are relying on input from friends through these focus groups to help fill in the ...
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