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To Be or Not to Be … An Entrepreneur

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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.…
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Most Family Businesses Lack Succession Plans

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Written by Michael Cohn | Featured on AccountingToday Only 23 percent of family businesses have a robust succession plan in place, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, with 46 percent of the family businesses polled saying…

The Biggest Secret to Success: Spend at Least 10 Hours a Week Just Thinking

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By Quora | Found on INC.COM   You've heard of people like Elon Musk and Jeff Immelt (General Electric CEO). Reading about them leads us to assume that business greatness requires little sleep and even less time with loved ones. Immelt,…
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I quit these 3 bad habits and it doubled my productivity

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Article by Ramit Sethi | Found on CNBC Let's start off with an uncomfortable truth: You don't need yet another New Year's resolution. If we're honest, didn't we do the same thing last year? What happened with "writing a blog post every…

25 Inspiring Entrepreneurs to Watch in 2017

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Article by Drew Hendricks | Found on INC.COM Every year I like to look for those amazing stories of entrepreneurs and companies that everyone should be watching. These are entrepreneurs that are changing the world for the better. Keep…
5 Insights Into Venture Capital Entrepreneurs Need to Know Now

5 Insights Into Venture Capital Entrepreneurs Need to Know Now

Article by Lydia Belanger | Featured on Entrepreneur.com Venture capital-backed investment activity peaked in 2015, but analysts don’t expect that 2016 will live up to last year’s record in terms of deals or dollars. In fact, the past…
JPMorgan Settles With U.S. Over ‘Quid Pro Quo’ Hires in Asia

JPMorgan Settles With U.S. Over ‘Quid Pro Quo’ Hires in Asia

Article by Patricia Hurtado, Keri Geiger, & Matt Robinson | Featured on Bloomberg A JPMorgan Chase & Co. intern had poor grades at the Wharton School. His supervisor in Asia told colleagues that “he’s not really built” for investment…
Spending vs. profits: Amazon, short-term investors at odds again

Spending vs. profits: Amazon, short-term investors at odds again

Article Featured on Reuters | Hadrian / Shutterstock.com Amazon.com Inc may be a "buy" for the vast majority of analysts, but it was a "sell" for a lot of investors on Friday. Few of those investors would have been disappointed, though.…
Ransomware Attacks Are Soaring, Says Beazley in Data Breach Report

Ransomware Attacks Are Soaring, Says Beazley in Data Breach Report

Article Featured on Insurance Journal Ransomware attacks against businesses will be four times higher in 2016 than last year, with a growing number of ransom-seeking hackers demanding bitcoin rather than money, according to a report by specialty…
Ransomware Attacks Are Soaring, Says Beazley in Data Breach Report

Ransomware Attacks Are Soaring, Says Beazley in Data Breach Report

Article Featured on Insurance Journal | Ransomware attacks against businesses will be four times higher in 2016 than last year, with a growing number of ransom-seeking hackers demanding bitcoin rather than money, according to a report by…