Uber Logo Change: Are They Kidding?
Uber just changed its logo. According to Uber, the new logo represents bits and atoms. How does this help customers understand what Uber does, what makes it unique, or why anyone should do business...
View ArticleBig Marijuana Execs Want Young Professionals, Emphasis on 'Professional'
This article originally appeared on Inverse.By Yasmin Tayag Weed has gone legit. Gone are the days of seedy back-alley deals and surreptitious deliveries. (Unless -- do you know a guy?) As legalization...
View ArticleNegative Interest Rates for Savers?
The grandmas are getting restless -- along with all investors who would like to stash some money on the sidelines for safety, but suddenly realize that cash earns no interest! Retirees who counted on...
View ArticleHow to Make Selling Easy on Yourself
So, you're running a business and understand that selling is your lifeline. Without sales, your business has no chance of survival. Still, when you think about selling your product or service -- UGH!...
View Article5 Credit Cards to Help You Pay Off Your Holiday Balances
By Jocelyn Baird, NextAdvisor.com It's easy to go overboard during the holidays, especially when it comes to buying gifts and making travel-related purchases. Whether you've been preparing all year to...
View ArticleTargeting Pensions and Retirement Savings
This is a story to make you weep. Several years ago a Portland, Oregon public schools retiree hired financial adviser Shayne Kniss to help him with retirement planning. The retiree would seem to have...
View ArticleBreak This Presentation Rule: Your Purpose Is to Give a Good Presentation.
"Good" is to a presentation as "Fine" is to a compliment. Your purpose is to make something happen! You have more potential to be an authentically engaging, and impressive presenter than any polished...
View ArticleThe Deceptive Returns of Active Managers
Photo courtesy of Flickr. A colleague related this sad story about the death of his elderly mother. Nearing the end of her life, she was in a coma in the hospital and it was clear to him she would not...
View ArticleWill Italy Prompt a Global Financial Crisis?
The current situation is definitely not pretty. In the turmoil that affects equity markets, banks seem to be taking center stage. Among them, Italian banks have become the center of attention.European...
View ArticleAha!
Don't you love when you have those "aha moments"? The times when you hear something or read something and all of the sudden... everything makes sense. I do. I had one of those recently when I was...
View Article33 Free Social Media Marketing Tools for Small Businesses
Small business owners may find it challenging navigating through the fast-paced world of social media. Their resources are valuable and they don't want to waste any of it. Here's a list of free social...
View ArticleBusiness Lessons From Beyond The Shark Tank
The negotiations end. The deal is struck. Everyone hugs and high-fives. Now what? In my article, In The Shark Tank It's All About Valuation, I discussed how the Sharks arrive at their valuations. But...
View ArticleTo Really Help Syria, We Should Start With a Bold New Humanitarian Vision...
LONDON -- A special humanitarian conference -- the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul -- promises to be a defining moment for the 24 million out-of-school children in conflict zones worldwide, for...
View Article3 Ways To Put Your Strengths To Work
Did you know that developing your strengths -- those things you're good at and actually enjoy doing -- makes it eighteen times more likely you'll describe yourself as "flourishing" at work? Given most...
View ArticleCommunicating: Making Your Case to Employees
Whether you're the President of the United States making an address to the nation or a business manager writing an announcement to his employees, when you have news to deliver there's one key choice at...
View ArticleTrailblazing Women: Katrine Sharp, VP Group Head of Sustainable Development...
This interview is part of a series on Trailblazing Women role models (Entrepreneurs and Leaders) from around the world and first appeared on Global Invest Her. You have to see what you can be."Invest...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Secretary Madeline Albright
An Open Letter to Secretary Madeline Albright. Published on February 8, 2016 | Edit Dear Madam Secretary, I've always been an admirer of yours. I cheered when President Bill Clinton appointed you as...
View ArticleDon't Make the Same Mistake Once
Ideas have remarkable staying power. And it's not just the good ones -- bad ideas can grow like weeds, like the idea of "failing fast." The notion of failing quickly and learning from it has its roots...
View Article6 Surprisingly Simple Ways to Increase Email Signups
While it's certainly an oversimplification, it would be reasonable to say that the number of email subscribers you have is a direct indication of your business' overall health. In other words, the more...
View ArticleFrom Brainstorming to Ideation
Brainstorming, the darling strategic planning management tool that dates back to the late 1930's, oftentimes in today's world comes up short of producing new, exciting and workable ideas. The "tried...
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