Payfirma has revolutionized the payment process, consolidating mobile, e-commerce and in-store payments under a single solution, much like HootSuite did for social media. Ryan Holmes commerceconsolidatehootsuite Change image and share on social
Landing a million-dollar investment for your startup is exhilarating. But as big as that number sounds, it doesn't go far. Many startups just getting off the ground won't have a CFO to monitor finances. It doesn't take much for spending to spiral out of control. Ryan Holmes bigcfocontrol share on social
Early in my career, I was involved with engineer-led projects, where designers came in late in the game and were expected to put lipstick on an existing code base. This almost never works. Ryan Holmes basecareercode Change image and share on social
I'd like to think my company HootSuite is anything but a stodgy old-boys' club. As a social media company, our employees are by and large young, progressive and open-minded. Ryan Holmes boyclubcompany Change image and share on social
Sales teams use social media to generate leads and track clients as they move through the sales funnel. Operations and distribution teams forecast supply chains, while research and development squads brainstorm product ideas. Ryan Holmes brainstormchainclient share on social
No surprise that, as companies have adopted social media en masse, demand for software and applications to manage and monitor social use has exploded. Ryan Holmes adoptapplicationcompany Change image and share on social
For anyone who devours the web on a daily basis, the biggest problem is too much of a good thing. There's so much extraordinary content - from articles to images, videos and Tweets - that it's almost impossible to keep track of it. Ryan Holmes articlebasisbig share on social
Since social networks gained popularity extremely rapidly, there had been a debate as to whether social media was a fad. There are countless pieces of evidence now proving the contrary, among them the explosion in Twitter growth and Facebook's public listing. Ryan Holmes contrarycountlessdebate share on social
For an older generation of employees, social media often remains misunderstood and underutilized. Ryan Holmes employeegenerationmedium Change image and share on social
As a child, I did what any normal kid who grew up without any electricity would do - I spent countless hours working on a computer wired to my parents' car battery... and learned how to code. This natural passion for computers lead me into the Internet market during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Ryan Holmes 1990s2000sbattery share on social