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The 1994 children's comedy The Little Rascals was a hilarious and heartwarming tribute to the series of short films of the same name. Even though the original shorts aired back in the 1930s and the 1940s, The Little Rascals included a modern setting starring an ensemble of child actors re-enacting some of the funniest gags of the source material. More than two decades have passed since the film's release. So, it's pretty obvious that its leads have gone on to appear in other roles while some others even retired from acting. As of now, Bug Hall and Raven-Symoné are probably the most popular alumni from The Little Rascals. 9 Travis Tedford - "Spanky" McFarland Spanky McFarland is one of the primary protagonists of the film. A self-proclaimed president of a 'women haters club,' he grows increasingly concerned and annoyed when his best friend Alfalfa falls for a girl in their neighborhood. Actor Travis Tedford made his screen debut with The Little Rascals, and he has only appeared in a handful of films since then including A Bug's Life, one of Pixar's first movies. He was last seen in the 2010 horror The Final, following which he took a hiatus from…

Businessman working on laptop getty Lead generation on LinkedIn is popular for a reason. A HubSpot study found it was 277% more effective than efforts on other social media platforms. Although LinkedIn is where most B2B marketers prefer to be, only 10% of all marketers are investing in the social network. A lack of knowledge and time may be to blame. However, LinkedIn automation tools and resources can simplify the lead generation process. With so many tools available, you need to identify those whose features will best fit your unique growth strategies. Here are 10 great options to explore: 1. Castanet Castanet is a great tool for B2B campaigns. The software matches you with users’ profiles based on professional interests and affiliations. It works in the background, so you don’t have to spend hours searching for qualified prospects. Instead, you’ll get people who are interested in learning more about what your business has to offer. They’re ready to take action today, not six months or a year from now. So far, the app has generated 2.7 million new B2B connections for its users. 2. Zapier Posting engaging and relevant content is an effective way to grow your following. The trick…

The University of Phoenix led the list of universities with the most alumni working at the top 20 ... Fortune 500 companies. getty A new analysis of more than 150,000 LinkedIn pages reveals which universities have the most graduates employed at the 20 leading Fortune 500 companies in the United States. The study - entitled Corporate hiring: The most in-demand colleges and degrees by Fortune 500 companies - was conducted for DegreeChoices, a website that offers advice to students about their college and career decisions. Here’s how the study was done. The authors examined more than 150,000 LinkedIn profiles of current employees in a variety of leadership roles at the top 20 Fortune 500 companies (as of 2021) to identify their educational backgrounds. They then tabulated the universities attended and degrees earned by these individuals. It’s important to remember that not all employees in these companies have a LinkedIn profile so the numbers below are not definitive. They are likely to underestimate the number of alumni from a given institution. Furthermore, different companies have very different percentages of employees who maintain such profiles. For example, while 94% of JPMorgan Chase’s 250,000+ employees had a LinkedIn page, only 23% of…

She’s showing off her crown! A North Carolina woman was celebrated after sharing professional headshots with her afro on LinkedIn, Good Morning America (GMA) reports. Koai Martin began her natural hair journey in 2019, loving her hair but not always feeling the most comfortable wearing her afro out, instead choosing to keep it in protective styles like box braids.  “I was the most comfortable this way because I have always been told and taught that straight hair is ‘more professional’ or ‘more acceptable.’ So when I started my professional career and I saw practically none of the Black women I worked with wearing any natural hairstyles, I assumed all the things I had been told were right,” Martin told reporters. Over the last couple of years, her stance and her hair have evolved and Martin has gotten more and more comfortable with wearing her hair in its natural state. When it was time to take new headshots, she thought they should reflect what she looks like on a regular basis. When it was time to get photographed, she continued her routine as usual, steaming her afro out, a tip that she got from her sister, and heading straight to take…

The story is over on LinkedIn. After Twitter, it’s the turn of professional social networks to say goodbye to the story format. In fact, the platform has decided to put an end to these short, temporary videos that didn’t live up to user expectations. The story format is clearly not suitable for everyone. TikTok has announced plans to start taking its own story, but LinkedIn is moving in the opposite direction by removing the format from the platform by the end of September. LizLi, Senior Director of Products at LinkedIn, unveiled this change in platform functionality on August 31st. “As part of this change, we are working on a new experience, so we will remove the current story experience by the end of September.” More persistent video The platform will end the story in its current format, which is still under development on LinkedIn. The expert network says it wants to better adapt the story format to the needs of its users. “We employ mixed media and story creative tools in a consistent manner across the platform and strive to integrate more closely with our professionals. Identity.” In the trial phase after February 2020, story formats are clearly not preferred…

A FINANCE industry worker whose experience of a heart attack moved people around the world has told how the episode changed his life. In a LinkedIn post that went viral at the end of April, Jonathan Frostick said his first reaction to being taken ill while working at home was: “This isn’t convenient.” The emergency led to him vowing no longer to spend all day on Zoom and to change his attitude to work. Mr Frostick’s post garnered 298,000 reactions on LinkedIn, along with 15,550 comments, and was picked up by the New York Times, Bloomberg, CBS News and others. READ MORE: Manager's heart attack sparks work stress concerns “It was humbling, actually,” the 45-year-old father of three told the Daily Echo. “It was humbling that it resonated with so many people. “I’ve still got messages via LinkedIn that I haven’t even seen. People said ‘I’m reading your post, I’m changing my life’. People were writing to say ‘I have to quit my work, life is too short’. It had an impact.” Other people gave positive examples of how their employers were supporting people through the pandemic. “Where I work, there was already a policy of safeguarding in place, there…

LinkedIn usage is soaring, with the platform seeing ‘record levels of engagement’ for the last five quarters, and as economic activity begins to ramp up once again, in the gradual recovery from the pandemic, those usage rates are only going to increase, as professionals seek new opportunities, and brands look to connect with new talent to cater to demand. But LinkedIn can also be a powerful platform for selling too, with many key decision-makers highly active in the app. If you’re a B2B business, in particular, LinkedIn offers strong potential in this respect – but it can also pose challenges in approaching users the right way, and pitching your products and services to the right people in the app. LinkedIn offers solutions like its Sales Navigator platform to assist with this, but it does cost money, and it can be difficult to know whether it’s worth the investment for your business, and what sort of value salespeople can glean from the platform in this respect. So how should salespeople be using LinkedIn, and should you be signing up to a Sales Navigator subscription to optimize your approach? We recently put these questions to Mitali Pattnaik, the Director of Product Management…

+ more The cut throat world of social media, is always looking for the next feature that will catch fire with their demographic. Each platform has tried to replicate the success of short stories the element that made snapchat and instagram so popular. Twitter tried fleets which failed, and LinkedIn tried stories which failed. The failure of the latest feature on LinkedIn poses an interesting question, is the B2B world willing to embrace quick short form content to engage their audience or are they scared to have anyhting other than a polished sales brochure? We tossed the question to Craig Civale, the senior content manager at DFW Airport. Follow us on social media for the latest updates in B2B! Twitter – @MarketScale Facebook – facebook.com/marketscale LinkedIn – linkedin.com/company/marketscale

Jonathan Neman, co-founder and co-CEO of sweetgreen.David A. Grogan | CNBCSweetgreen CEO and co-founder Jonathan Neman wrote a LinkedIn post Tuesday connecting obesity to the ongoing pandemic, saying "no vaccine nor mask will save us" and proposing taxes on processed food and refined sugar.The post was deleted Wednesday, several hours after Vice published a story about it. Even before Vice's article, commenters on Neman's original post were calling his argument "fat-phobic."Sweetgreen confidentially filed for an initial public offering in June, making this an inopportune time for controversy surrounding the company. Consumer backlash could hurt both its reputation and sales, turning off investors.Neman's commentary comes as the U.S. battles another wave of new Covid-19 cases, leading some localities to impose vaccination or mask requirements. As of Aug. 31, the seven-day average of daily new U.S. cases reached 160,455, up 6% from a week ago, according to a CNBC analysis of Johns Hopkins University data. Health officials have pointed to the highly contagious delta variant as the culprit, particularly in regions with low vaccination rates."78% of hospitalizations due to COVID are Obese and Overweight people," Neman wrote in the post. "Is there an underlying problem that perhaps we have not given enough attention…

Australia’s QIC has appointed a new chief investment officer as its current investment head, Jim Christensen, is planning to retire.  Allison Hill, who had been the deputy CIO, will succeed Christensen, taking responsibility for managing QIC’s state investments team and about A$58 billion (US$42.8 billion) in assets for the state of Queensland, according to a Wednesday announcement.  “QIC State Investments is fortunate to have Allison, an investment professional of high caliber and experience, to manage the investments of the state,” QIC chief executive Damien Frawley said in a statement.  The A$93 billion manager, which is owned by the Queensland government in Australia, manages the state government’s assets, as well as investments on behalf of other institutions. Hill will specifically manage Queensland’s investments, according to the announcement.   Her predecessor Christensen has been with the fund since 2016 and is now retiring, according to the announcement. He had been the state CIO since March 2020, and prior to that was managing director of the fund’s global multi-asset portfolios, his LinkedIn profile shows.  Christensen had worked for QIC previously, from 1997 through 2009, most recently as a managing director in the active management division. He left the fund for five years to serve as the CIO at…