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Apple Acquires Personal Health Data Startup Gliimpse

In the last three years, Gliimpse has built a secure platform where consumers can manage and share their own medical records and info.

In the last three years, Gliimpse has built a secure platform where consumers can manage and share their own medical records and info.

Apple’s ambitions in the health sector continue to expand, with its digital health team making its first known acquisition—personal health data startup Gliimpse, Fast Company has learned.

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How To Recruit Talent For A Startup Nobody’s Heard Of Yet

Starting from zero can actually be a recruiting advantage.

Starting from zero can actually be a recruiting advantage.

You’ve got a great startup idea, you’ve tested it out to make sure it’s viable, and now you’re ready to hit the ground running. You just need the right people to come along for the ride. The tricky part here, of course, is that barely anybody has ever heard of your brand-new company. Here’s how to recruit the great talent to join a startup or growing business that hasn’t had time to gain much name recognition in the job market yet.

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How To Avoid Getting Sucked Into More Work After Doing A One-Time Favor

It’s nice of you to help out, but you may not want to set a precedent. Here are three ways to draw some boundaries.

It’s nice of you to help out, but you may not want to set a precedent. Here are three ways to draw some boundaries.

You did it: You were a good friend, or coworker, or contact, and took time out of your day to read a resume, listen and advise over coffee, or provide notes on an upcoming project. In fact, you did such a good job that the other person has already followed up to ask if you can help again (and then again).

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How To Deal With A Boss Who Plays Favorites

When you get the sense that your boss appreciates your coworkers better, it’s time for a gut check on your own performance.

When you get the sense that your boss appreciates your coworkers better, it’s time for a gut check on your own performance.

You see your coworker hanging out in your boss’s office almost every day. They laugh, make inside jokes, and seem more like longtime buddies than employer and employee. Any time you try to join the camaraderie, they don’t exactly embrace your contributions to their little social circle—it’s more like they tolerate you. And coincidentally (or not), the high-profile projects always seem to go to this particular coworker.

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There Are Actually 3 Kinds Of Listening–Here’s How To Master Them

Here’s a quick primer on “physical,” “mental,” and “emotional” listening, and how to put them together.

Here’s a quick primer on “physical,” “mental,” and “emotional” listening, and how to put them together.

We associate listening with our ears. The Stoic philosopher Epictetus observed, “We have two ears and one mouth so we can listen twice as much as we speak.” But there’s lots more to listening than opening our ears and hearing what somebody says. It involves our full being—good listeners have a physical, mental, and emotional presence, and they know how to integrate all three. It’s not as difficult a balancing act as you may think, but it does take a little more deliberate thought than most of us bring to the activity. Here’s how to brush up.

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This Underused LinkedIn Tool Can Boost Your Networking Game

“Tap into your alumni network” is good but vague advice, but a great way to put it into action is hidden in plain sight.

“Tap into your alumni network” is good but vague advice, but a great way to put it into action is hidden in plain sight.

How many times have you heard the saying, “It’s not what you know but who you know?” Hundreds, right? Whether or not that’s your go-to philosophy, tapping your network can help you land a job. (It’s a fact.)

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