Millennials have a stronger-than-ever influence on the workplace.
They're starting more and more companies themselves, and expect their workplaces to be as digitally native as they are.
These 10 companies know that, and are completely changing the way we work, start our businesses, hire staff, and collaborate in the 21st century.
Fancy Hands gives every person access to an armada of assistants.
During an incredibly stressful work day, have you ever just wanted to be able to call someone and have them take care of a few of the things you feel like you'll never get to?
That's exactly what startup Fancy Hands does, the company provides an army of on-demand assistants who can do everything from research, to setting up meetings, to walking the dog because you're working late. It was inspired by founder Ted Rodin's own experience of attempting to juggle a book, a job, and a baby.
37 Signals takes web collaboration way beyond shooting a document back and forth via email.
Web-based collaboration isn't something as simple as sharing a spreadsheet or document online. When more and more workers are scattered and working on a freelance basis, that just doesn't cut it.
37 Signals helps fix that with web-based collaboration tools like Basecamp, that create a consistent, intuitive online environment where people, wherever they are, can talk and work together on a project instead of just sending it back and forth. The company helps level the field between freelancers, small businesses, and large enterprises with no setup fees, no termination fees, and no long contracts, which is incredibly important for smaller businesses.
Box is making collaboration outside the office the standard instead of an exception.
With more than 14 million users across 140,000 companies, Box is starting to change the workplace by sheer ubiquity. Box makes it easier than ever for companies and workers to combine the information they already have with existing systems, and helps make collaboration outside the office easier than ever.
The company works to eliminate the big barriers of the past, big files moving slowly, having files stuck on a work computer, and worrying whether you have the latest version of a document. Mobile access and real-time updates keep workers informed and accountable even when they're on the road.
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