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How the Internet of Things Will Transform High-Tech Marketing
It is estimated that by the year 2020, the Internet of Things (IoT) will consist of approximately 50 billion objects, each with its own embedded computing system, and able to interact with the existing...
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Oops, Wrong Theater - How About a Refund?
Arlene Verge's theater tickets are for a performance in the wrong city. They're also nonrefundable. Does she have any chance of getting her money back?Question: I recently ordered tickets to a show...
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Rug Pulled Out From Under South Carolina and Other State Health Insurance...
When building a business plan, identifying a time frame for financing and revenue is essential. Many businesses start up with the expectation of not showing a profit for several years. During this time...
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2,000 Global Crowdfunding Sites to Choose from by 2016: Top 5 Growth Indicators
Crowdfunding is growing at a tremendous rate and shaping the innovation of every S.P.P.I.C.E. (service, product, project, investment, cause or experience), causing a shift in the role of financial...
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Verizon Files a "Me Too" Objection with the FCC: Block Kushnick's Access to...
I didn't know I was so popular until Verizon filed a 'me-too' objection with the FCC to block my viewing of the recently compiled 'special access' data. Last week, AT&T started the trend with the...
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9 Essential Elements of Your Annual Financial Checkup
Every year, you get poked and prodded by your doctor to ensure you're in good health. You should take similar care of your financial well-being with an annual checkup of essentials, such as your...
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Three Personas That Drive Our Big (or Any) Data Needs
I am not a data scientist or an expert in knowing how to build candlestick charts from historical stock prices. I am however a data enthusiast and it fascinates me when I hear people talk about Big...
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Marketing Your Business on the Cheap: These Strategies Won't Cost You...
Image by OTA Photos via Flickr When most people launch a business, they spend all their money creating the perfect product or business concept. Until they have the perfect product to launch, they spend...
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The Reason Introverts Make Better Leaders
Author Susan Cain is probably best known for her breakout TED talk based on her bestselling book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking. Cain is helping people on both...
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Unpaid Interns of the World, Unite! The U.N. and Work in the 21st Century
When I was 16 years old, I went to work for a suit retailer that will remain nameless here. The company was on the lower end of the suit market, the shallow end you could say, where polyester is...
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Authority Begins With Author: Writing the Book on Your Expertise
The best way to be recognized by others as an expert in your expertise is NOT by calling yourself an expert, but rather by demonstrating it via placing yourself in an authority position. Someone in an...
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The Story Behind the Least and Highest Taxed Companies
Every year the media is plastered with reports about the disparity in the amounts of money companies pay in taxes. Recently, WalletHub.com has weighed in on the subject with a report, noting that "With...
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When Companies Send Their Employees to Volunteer Overseas, Everybody Wins
With the launch of the sustainable development goals last month, companies have started to look at ways they can get more involved to help end extreme poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and fix...
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To Be or Not to Be an Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship is very in vogue today. Motivated by the wave of successful tech startups, the younger generations today all want to be their own boss and supersonic themselves into a life full of...
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The Entrepreneur's Guide to Building a Personal Brand from Scratch
You're an entrepreneur, poised to make your mark on the world. And you've heard all about the importance of a personal brand -- its potential for generating income, creating power, and influencing...
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The Secret of Google and Amazon's Most Successful Employees
Google and Amazon have perhaps collected more employee data than any other modern organization. Both have come to similar conclusions about the key to being Purpose-Oriented and thriving at work. The...
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I Hate Those Hearing Aid Commercials
We've all seen them. Ads for hearing aids for $29.95! Sounds like a pretty good deal since Audiologist prescribed hearing aids can be pretty expensive (about $500, up to $7,000) and are not covered by...
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3 Principles for Designing a Meeting Architecture that Works
One of the most common challenges that leaders face is designing a meeting architecture. A meeting architecture is the overall cadence of who meets when and why. Many arise by accident rather than...
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Alternative Investment Funds Get a Second Bite at Prime Manhattan Real Estate
Is this déjà vu all over again? Nine years after the disastrous purchase of the landmark Manhattan rent-regulated apartment complex Stuyvesant Town - Peter Cooper Village by alt-investment funds...
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How To Build A Timeless Brand: 3 Lessons From Hennessy
It's said you die twice. The first time is when you're soul leaves your body. The second time is when someone says your name for the last time. Some experience the latter a lot sooner than others....
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