How to Be Financially Confident
When you're struggling with money, financial confidence is usually nowhere in sight. This could very easily lead to spiraling out of control and getting yourself into a worse position with your money....
View ArticleRisks to U.S. Economic Growth and Implications for the Fed
China's weight in the world economy has been rising and was made excruciatingly apparent by the turmoil in U.S. equities markets over the past few weeks. Much of current stock market anxiety was at...
View ArticleTransgender Awareness Training: A Business Essential
We have already reached the tipping point for transgender people in society and are quickly moving beyond it into new, uncharted territory. One seemingly cannot read a newspaper or magazine or turn on...
View ArticleBeware eLiquid Sharks: The Uncertainty of Vaping Is Real
I want to start by saying that I was guilty of falling into the vaping trap and there is no shame in acknowledging that I caught the vapors. Vaping has become big business, but not all business is...
View Article5 HR Solutions for Recognizing Employees That Won't Break the Bank
All right, so you want to do some employee recognition and make sure people who work hard get properly rewarded -- that's a great idea. Most employees want to know that their efforts on your behalf...
View ArticleThe China Syndrome: Bubble Trouble
The financial markets have been through some wild and crazy times over the last two weeks, although it appears that they have finally stabilized. The net effect of all the gyrations is that a serious...
View ArticleSilk Road Key to China's Next Move
China's recent market meltdown has raised significant questions about the country's transition to a consumer-led economy. As the Chinese economy slows, the question is not if, but how will the Chinese...
View Article59 Twists and Turns to Verizon's Calculated Play to Go Wireless and Dismantle...
A wireless phone is really a wired phone with an invisible extension cord. Every time you make a wireless call walking down the street, within a few hundred feet there's a 'cell site' that is attached...
View ArticleClimbing a Mountain - Career Advice from Simon Z, CEO of Rantic.com
This is part of the #CareerAdvice series - featuring successful professionals who share their advice to people who would want to take their career to the next level. If you have ever climbed a...
View Article3 Unexpected Tips For Finding A Job You Love Online
There's an exhaustive supply of advice out there about how to use LinkedIn for your job search. But what about other online tools for landing a job you love? As a professional career coach, I am always...
View Article5 Things Unhappy Employees Want Their Company To Know
The average workweek is even longer today. A recent Gallup poll tells us we now work 47 hours a week on average. That is a significant portion of our week spent doing a job we either love or hate. One...
View ArticleTalk It Up
It's frightening to look to the business future and know that there are endless upheavals ahead but it's the way things are; volatility is the new certainty. This is worldwide. It is across...
View ArticleRebuilding the Upstate Economy
For many years, Upstate New York was treated like a second class citizen, forced to watch Downstate thrive as the Upstate economy dwindled. Upstate was literally losing population and jobs - and maybe...
View Article5 Reasons Why You Should Network
These five business networking tips provide pretty compelling reasons to sharpen your ability to meet the right people, go to the right places, and say the right things. In some cases, it could save a...
View ArticleThe Next Generation Retail Mobile Consumer -- Wait 'til You See This!
Photo Credit: UnSplash - Anna Dziubinska Imagine, mobile takes over retail... completely. Customers research, compare and even purchase while they are standing at the merchandise rack in the store....
View ArticleThese 15 Rockstar Entrepreneurs Built Lucrative Businesses on Social Media
This post was originally published on Buffer Have you heard this advice before: "Follow your passions!" "Do what you love!"? And have you thought, what if my passions are my hobbies? Things that I...
View Article3 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Just Utilize Bloggers Around the Holidays
Every year, the countdown to holiday shopping seems to come earlier and earlier. In July, Amazon's Prime Day, while not a hit with consumers, kicked off Black Friday-style price cuts on thousands of...
View ArticleRoyalty Capital: A New Solution to an Old Problem
As a student at Harvard Business School, I wrote a paper questioning a basic idea: are debt and equity the best forms of capital for entrepreneurs? The answer, I concluded, was "not always." In doing...
View ArticleWhat CNBC Won't Tell You
In May 2009, during an appearance on CNBC, I suggested that the network could do a major service to investors by abandoning its slogan "In Cramer we Trust" and substituting "In Bogle we Trust." Cramer...
View ArticleBusiness Owners: Do You Have Proper Insurance Coverage?
As a business owner, I have always been concerned about making sure that I have the insurance coverage my family needs to remain protected. Without a traditional employer to offer access to discounted...
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