Article Found on Knowridge Science Report Today, more and more self-employed business owners may call themselves entrepreneurs, a label that connotes creativity, innovation, and success. But not all business owners are alike. Prof. Ross Levine found evidence that a company’s legal status–incorporated or unincorporated — can be used as a reliable measure to distinguish entrepreneurs from […]
Article by Ilana Polyak | Featured on Journal of Accountancy Home is where the heart is. And it can also be where the assets are. As of 2011, home equity made up about three-quarters of the average American’s net worth, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Despite this high figure, the home doesn’t always factor into […]
Article by Andrew Josuweit | Found on Forbes When Adam Reres was in high school, he decided to take a different route than many of his peers. Rather than go straight to the four-year school of his dreams, he decided to start his education at a community college. “My decision to go to community college was […]
Article by John Taft | Featured on Inc.com Individual and corporate savers: It’s time to pay more attention to where you invest your cash. The Federal Reserve Bank’s decision yesterday to raise interest rates this week, for the third time in the last 15 months, is good news for savers tired of earning next to nothing […]
Article Featured on INC.COM People who have an entrepreneurial spirit simply think and act differently. They aspire to rethink traditional business means and models to create unique, enhanced, and futuristic forms of commerce. In this mindset, such individuals tend to employ critical questioning, take calculated risks, and are relentless in executing their creative imaginings. Which country […]
Article by Beth Kobliner | Article Found on INC.COM When my friend Cassie was a senior in high school, she cashiered at a local supermarket. She earned enough money to go out with friends without asking her cash-strapped mom for a handout. A couple shifts a week ringing up groceries was a small price to pay […]
Article by Maya Kachroo-Levine | Found on Forbes Early retirement is a goal most people talk themselves out of before ever starting. It involves making lifestyle changes in order to accommodate hard-to-reach savings goals, and often going to extreme lengths to pay off debt quickly. The upside, of course, is shaving 10-30 years off your workload. […]
Article by Laura Shin | Found on Forbes Fueled by speculation that a bitcoin ETF could be approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission in the next week or so, the price of bitcoin has risen steadily, finally surpassing the cost of an ounce of gold on Thursday. As of press time, one Bitcoin was worth […]
Article by Melanie Curtin | Found on INC.COM Prioritizing what’s important is challenging in today’s world. The split focus required to maintain a career and a home, not to mention a Facebook feed, can feel overwhelming. Enter the science of what to prioritize, when. For over 75 years, Harvard’s Grant and Glueck study has tracked the […]
Article by Bruce Kasanoff | Found on Forbes Intuition, argues Gerd Gigerenzer, a director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, is less about suddenly “knowing” the right answer and more about instinctively understanding what information is unimportant and can thus be discarded. Gigerenzer, author of the book Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious, says […]