Trailblazing Women: Suzanne Biegel, Founder of Women Effect, Catalyst at...
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."Chill...
View ArticleForget the Oscars. Why Aren't We Angry About the Lack of Diversity in the...
The announcement of this year's Oscar nominees has created a great deal of controversy, most of which revolves around the roster's lack of diversity. Conspicuously absent this year are several strong...
View ArticleWhat to Do When You Hit a Content Marketing Plateau
Ideally, content marketing is a strategy of steady, measurable growth over an extended period of time, netting you higher and higher returns with no limit as you develop it over the course of years....
View ArticleSoft Quarter for U.S. iPhone Share
Full Quarter of iPhone 6s/6s Plus Sales Underperforms Earlier LaunchConsumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) released analysis of the results of its research on mobile phone operating systems and...
View ArticleiPhone 6s/6s Plus Underperform Year-Ago Sales
iPad mini Has Largest Share of iPad Sales; Strong Launch for iPad ProConsumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP), today released analysis of the results from its research on Apple, Inc....
View ArticleAT&T Lags in Fourth Quarter of 2015
Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint Post Similar Share Gains, With Varying Retention, SwitchingConsumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) today released analysis of the results from its research on US mobile...
View ArticleAmazon Prime Grew 35% in 2015
US Prime Membership Increases to 54 Million MembersConsumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) today released analysis of buyer shopping patterns for Amazon, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) for the...
View ArticleWhy We Should Care About Financial Inclusion
Households these days aren't doing very well financially. The majority of US households--57%--are struggling, meaning that most of us are barely keeping up with our day-to-day expenses, let alone...
View Article5 Things Nobody Tells You About Chasing Your Dreams
As someone who sold cassette tapes in elementary school, I knew that one day I would be become an entrepreneur. In January 2014, at the age of 33 with a family and two young kids, I decided to chase my...
View Article3 Traits of Extremely Successful People
David Angelo has been extremely successful. He is one of those Mad Men-style advertising icons who has managed to bridge the gap between old school and new winning him numerous awards. His agency,...
View ArticleHigh Turnover Costs Way More Than You Think
Written with A. CrosserI remember almost leaving my company in 2006. I was lying in bed, dejected and upset. My corporate mentor called me and talked me off the ledge. He told me I was highly valued at...
View ArticleOn Romance and Retirement Planning
It's Valentine's Day, and one thing I look forward to just as much as all the flowers and candy is the opportunity to reflect on the lessons I've learned about love -- and how these apply to other...
View ArticleBeating Stress and Burnout at Work
Workplace changes since the economic downturn In my work within the private and public sector, there has been a marked, and almost consistent across the board, change in the way that businesses have...
View Article8 Questions You Must Ask Before Starting a Passion-Based Business
Credit Starting a business comes with truckloads of challenges and commitments, especially on the part of the business owner(s). Little wonder why the legendary Steve Jobs in his interview with Bill...
View ArticleSuper Bowl Advertising - What's Missing?
There's been pretty vocal criticism that this year's Super Bowl buffet of advertising didn't quite cut it. Sure, there was creativity (Puppy Monkey Baby), technology (New Money), and sarcasm (TJ...
View ArticleAmazon the Monopoly: Getting Smart About Books
Who amongst you has not anteed up for a book from Amazon? Admit it, even those of you who dream of publishing your own book have spent money at Amazon buying e-books or printed books for less than any...
View ArticleSenators: Education Dept Should Cut Off Aid To Colleges That Deny Students...
Today, nine Senators, led by Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), called on the U.S. Department of Education to cut off federal student aid to colleges and universities that bar their students...
View ArticleWhat 'Star Wars' Can Tell Us About Political Risk
Global Risk Insights recently spoke with Dr. ​Zachary Feinstein at the Washington University in St. Louis about the connection between science fiction and political risk. The human race has never known...
View ArticleI'm Sorry, I Don't Remember Your Name
I earn a living teaching people how to build relationships. I'm an expert in business development so you would think that I am uniquely skilled at remembering names. You might even imagine that I've...
View ArticleA Valentine for Airline Professionals
Regular readers of this blog will note this post is a departure from my usual commentary on various hard realities of the airline industry. I flew through Kennedy Airport a few weeks ago, and walking...
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