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Ryan Holmes

Ryan Holmes

CEO @hootsuite, Founder @invoke. I like social, startups, grownups, cycling, am learning to walk on hands and addicted to yoga.

October 24, 2019

Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes shares 13 guerrilla networking hacks ‘that actually work’

If you are anything like me, your email inbox is probably a mess. I get at least a few hundred emails a day. The ones from…

Employment
December 11, 2018

Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes shares the two incompatible skills leaders need to get right

I started my first digital agency out of my apartment — building web and marketing tools for other companies. Initially,…

social media
October 22, 2018

Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes: for democracies, can social media be a blessing (not a curse)?

If you haven’t seen Yuval Noah Harari’s recent TED Talk on the allure of fascism — and why now, more than ever, it’s…

entrepreneur
September 28, 2018

How Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes beat imposter syndrome

Recently, I was called up on stage at a prestigious university — after dropping out of college nearly 20 years ago — to…

high demand tech
May 28, 2018

Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes on the high-demand tech job no one talks about

Mention “tech jobs” and thoughts typically turn to developers — the programmers and engineers who translate great…

tech background
May 7, 2018

Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes on why founders should have a tech background

Just before the tech bubble burst, back in 2000, I worked as a developer at dotcoms. Big paydays were luring all kinds of entrepreneurs…

ai religion
February 2, 2018

Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes: We need to get religious about AI before it’s too late

In a memorable scene in Ex Machina, the 2015 thriller on lifelike robots, the CEO of a Google-esque monopoly describes how…

usain bolt
December 18, 2017

Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes debunks the “first-mover advantage” myth in business

If you’re not first…you’re last. It’s the rare saying echoed by both Ricky Bobby and startup founders everywhere.…

3 t's
December 11, 2017

Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes on the ultimate test for business ideas

Tech to remove CO2 from oceans. Spent coffee grounds repurposed as body scrubs. A peer-to-peer toilet marketplace. Glucagon-injection…

rocketship
August 18, 2017

Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes shares a dummies’ guide to startup growth vs. profit

Growth or profit? For tech startups, it’s the million-dollar (and sometimes billion-dollar) question. If you want to expand…

ceo
August 17, 2017

Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes says 90% of CEOs lack this basic leadership skill

If your profile on LinkedIn looks anything like mine, you’ve probably racked up plenty of endorsements for your professional…

passionate employee
April 18, 2017

Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes on the best way to keep passionate employees from leaving

A new analysis of LinkedIn data confirms what HR managers have long suspected. Millennials change jobs, a lot: an average of…

social media
March 31, 2017

Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes says social networks have an “algorithmic responsibility” to users

If you’re reading this article, it’s probably because an algorithm picked it for you. Facebook, for instance, factors in…

invoker
February 24, 2017

Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes on whether stealing ideas is the best way to innovate

Is stealing ideas the best way to innovate? “Talent imitates; Genius steals.” Variously attributed to T.S. Eliot, Oscar…

November 17, 2016

Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes shares five signs that you may be a unicorn employee

Unicorns are hard to catch. Back in the 1500s, it was believed that only fair young maidens could gain the trust of these elusive,…

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