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Merry Monday Market Moves -- Short Week Ahead!
3.5 days. That's all the time we have left as the U.S. markets (and who cares about any others?) close at 1pm on Thursday for Christmas though that doesn't stop us from cramming in a whole lot of...
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The Art of a Climate Deal
This article first appeared as an op-ed on my column in The Indian Express. The Paris conference on climate change was quite the cliffhanger. Even till the last minute, we were left wondering: Will...
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Let's Make a Deal: Doing Business in Cuba
By the first anniversary of President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro's decision to normalize relations last December 17, much had been achieved on the diplomatic front. But progress on...
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10 Lessons for Starting a For-Purpose Organization
Congratulations! You’ve got your cause, and now you’re ready to start your for-purpose organization. Here are some of the lessons I’ve learned from building my organization, Inclusion. We are a...
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B Corp Dharma Merchant Services Brings Transparency to Credit Card Processing
Launching a community-minded, transparency-focused business in an industry he describes as “rife with deceptive business practices, outrageous fees and disadvantageous contracts,” Jeff Marcous thought...
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15 Ways to Make More Money in 2016
Having multiple revenue streams is a key component of financial success. There are very few multi-millionaires and no billionaires who made their profits through one or even two efforts or entities....
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3 Advantages of Monthly Recurring Revenue (Versus Project-Based Billing)
Brandon Dempsey is a managing partner at goBRANDgo!, a Saint Louis, MO-based marketing firm. He has been a featured expert in numerous online and print outlets, and his thought leadership often...
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How Did Mark Zuckerberg Retain 26% Of Equity In Facebook After Raising So...
In general, my observation is that entrepreneurs retain a much higher percentage of equity if they can bootstrap their way to showing real traction, and then keep delivering solid performance metrics....
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Meetings - The Best and Worst from 2015
CO-AUTHORED BY RENEE CULLINAN Is it possible to do a Best and Worst list for meetings? While most people would argue that there is no such thing as a good meeting, I spend my days (many of them with...
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Are You Treating Your Employees Like People Or Processes
Stephen Covey, business author and successful entrepreneur, has said that businesses must "always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers." If we accept that this is...
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American wind power sees long-term stability while hitting 70 GW milestone
American wind power now has its longest policy certainty in decades just as it reaches new heights, surpassing 70 gigawatts (GW) of installed capacity in the U.S. This can provide enough energy in one...
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In Venezuela, the Opposition Is on the Right Side of History
A man waves the Venezuelan national flag after hearing the results of the national congressional elections in Caracas, Venezuela, on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015. (Carlos Becerra/Bloomberg via Getty Images...
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Take Your Life Back in 3 Simple Steps
Being overwhelmed has become an epidemic -- at least it seems that way. As an Executive Coach, I hear many stories from my private clients about their lives in the trenches. Does any of this sound...
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Finland Is Turning a Big Negative Into a Bigger Positive
Anyone that has been watching Finland over the last few years knows that what started as one big disaster is turning into many opportunities that promise a bright future for this Nordic country. The...
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Top Three Email Marketing FAQs You've Been Dying to Get Answered
In today's world full of countless resources and tools for becoming a successful entrepreneur or business owner, many people are becoming marketers for their own brand. In recent months, I've talked...
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Management's Big Secret
Whenever American businesses come under attack by labor unions or watchdog organizations for not providing employees with a livable wage, or not paying their "fair share" in taxes, they respond with...
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The Federal Reserve Board and the Presidential Candidates
Some of the folks watching the Republican presidential debates were struck by the fact that Donald Trump was apparently unfamiliar with the concept of the nuclear triad: that the United States...
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THE BENEFITS OF IGNORANCE
"Almost always the men who achieve fundamental inventions of a new [scientific] paradigm have been either very young or very new to the field whose paradigm they change." This remarkable finding of...
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Bouncing Back After Entrepreneurial Failure
Failure: it's a (not so wonderful) fact of life. And if you're an entrepreneur, you're intimately familiar with it. I should know. As CEO and Founder of Mom Corps, I've experienced as many "uh oh" as...
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Testy Tuesday - Danger at S&P 2,000 - Again
Well, here we are again. This will is the third serious test of the 2,000 line on the S&P since October from the top and before that we failed it spectacularly in August and then it acted as a...
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