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Cybercurrency is Slowly Making its Way Around the Globe“Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its 5-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.” Capt. James T. Kirk, “Star Trek,” Desilu, 1966-69 Standing in the Starbucks line the other day I watched […] Your First Business Loan – 7 Important Things To KnowBudding entrepreneurs need more than just inspiration, drive or hard work to make it in their very first business. Money plays a vital role! In this regard, knowledge on getting a business loan is everything, especially if you’re in on this route for the first time. Once you think you’re all set, it’s easy to […] 4 Ways To Rehire Employees Who Have Left Your BusinessWelcoming new workers who aren’t exactly new – those have left the company and have come back – is increasingly becoming a more common phenomenon in businesses. Entrepreneurs are seeing the value of getting boomerang employees back on board, particularly those who have spent a considerable time and earned significant experience working in the company. […] Boomers Set to Control 70% of Disposable Income – Who Are You Marketing To?Baby Boomers represent 44% of the US population and by 2017 are estimated to hold 70% of US disposable income. Combine their buying power with their fast adoption of technology – one-third of Boomers say they are heavy internet users, with more than 8 million Boomers spending more than 20 hours a week online – […] Social Networking is Loads of Fun … Just Watch Your Step“That’ll teach you to lecture me. Get me another anger management therapist.” – Colonel Moon, “Die Another Day,” MGM, 2002 Just as the Internet turned 40, a “Wall Street Journal” article suggested email was “over the hill.” Today’s online tools enable folks to instantly reach a wider audience (Facebook, LinkedIn, other social networking sites, Twitter). […] Franchise Stats – Franchising Expected to Skyrocket in 5 YearsFranchising across all industries is set to boom over the next five years, two separate groups of business and financial analysis firms say so. FRANdata, a franchising activity analysis team found in a recent study that in 2014, franchise unit demands are expected to go up by about 12%. IHS Global Insight concurs, adding that […] Business Owners: 5 Tech Tools To Manage Your Business On VacationTaking time off is one of the most important ways for any business owner to recover lost energy and relax from work pressure. In fact, vacationing is recommended for hardworking entrepreneurs for a chance to take a much-needed break and recharge. Taking a short or lengthy retreat from your business – depending on your need […] Marketing Just Got Turned Upside Down“For the last six months, he’s gone to Harvard and Berkeley. I’m betting he can get a passport.” Carl Hanratty, “Catch Me If You Can,” Dreamworks, 20002 Years ago, the CEO of a very successful client announced he was going to spend a week with the sales people and visit customers, prospects. After the third […] Big Data Can Help, But Never Underestimate The Individual“Man who catch fly with chopstick accomplish anything.” – Miyagi, “The Karate Kid,” Columbia Pictures, 1984 I really like the word innovation it sounds so … progressive. And with all of the data Facebook and Google gather and sell about you, you’d think we’d really see some innovative products emerge. You know, really different, really […] Smart Strategies to Select a Successor for Your Family BusinessAdmit it or not, family-run businesses constitute the majority of the enterprise pie. Most of these businesses start small and has expanded dramatically over the years. Now the problem is, the heads of the companies, be it the patriarch or similar to that does not live forever. Sooner or later, they are bound to choose […] Selling a Business to a SoldierI am a Business Broker based in the Jacksonville Florida area. Most of the business I represent to Sell are in the state of Florida and many businesses I represent for Sale are in the Jacksonville Florida area. Buyers of businesses come from everywhere. Prospective business buyers come from right down the street and from […] When the Dust Settles OTT TV Could be Good for Everyone“We’re more like treasure protectors.” – Ben Gates, “National Treasure,” 2004, Disney While cable, telco, wireless, even social sites fight over the “ownership” of the choke points of the internet (infrastructure/spectrum), the M&E industry is running hard to learn exactly how they monetize the stuff they put on your screen. The one thing they all […] Customers Are Lost When They Think You Don’t Care“Well, when you guys tell her, she’s not just finding out about the accident. She’s finding out that her life is basically a setup.” – Henry, “50 First Dates,” 2004, Columbia Pictures Despite what Amazon, Google, Yahoo and Facebook do to convince companies that they represent the pathway to the future; the success/failure of a […] The Perfect Place to Work With Irritate Customers“I had this guy leave me a voicemail at work, so I called him at home, and then he emailed me to my BlackBerry, and so I texted to his cell, and now you just have to go around checking all these different portals just to get rejected by seven different technologies.” – Mary, He’s […] A Lot of Factors Go into Male, Female Pay Disparity“You’re the first woman I’ve seen at one of these things that dresses like a woman, not like a woman thinks a man would dress if he was a woman.” – Jack Trainer, “Working Girl,” 20th Century Fox, 1988 A few months back, enough U.S. Senators pooled their votes and defeated the equal pay bill […] World Cup is the Global Test of 4K StreamingTwo things drive OTT/IPTV (Over the Top/Internet Protocol TV) streaming content and the demand for bigger, better TV screens. Sports is one of them. To emphasize that fact, Cisco reexamined some of their numbers in their annual Visual Networking Index Global Forecast. The FIFA World Cup runs through July 13 and millions of people around […] Every New Idea Has its Foundation Somewhere in the Past“I don’t know. Just trying to understand why we keep making the same mistakes … over and over.” – Luisa Ray, “Cloud Atlas,” Cloud Atlas Productions, 2012 The more the IT (information technology) industry advances, the more it treads over old ground. It wasn’t quite back in Lady Lovelace’s day, but there was a time […] 12 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Buy a BusinessGoing into business has so many advantages over being employed. It is challenging, that’s no doubt, but the benefits are worth every challenge. You experience financial freedom like never before, you become your own boss and most importantly, your life becomes one of learning and experiencing new things every day. You may decide to start […] Advice to Business Owners: Think Before You SpeakIn American Express Open Forum Rieva Lesonsky wrote about Chick-fil-A president’s view on same sex unions. Dan Cathy first spoke of his anti-gay union in The Baptist Press and again, over radio where he reiterated his position. Although his comments are his personal opinion, gay rights groups and some customers sought to boycott his company, […] Video Pros Struggle to Deliver their Content Everywhere“Before you opened your pocketbook, you tried to make this a personal enterprise. This project was started by real humanitarians. They gave me their money with no strings attached.” – Dr. Cole Hendron, “When Worlds Collide,” Paramount, 1951 You probably never thought much about why Google bought YouTube or why they’re building out fiber in […] |
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