Most of us are born procrastinators. That’s why we start saving late in life and hope to make up the difference by hitting the lotto or, if we must, by working longer. Neither is a great strategy.
Foreign Auto Ambition: New Plans for Global Domination from Toyota, VW, Honda
These businesses sure do mean business. Honda says it’ll double sales within five years. Toyota plans to push the hybrid market—which it already dominates thanks to the Prius—into the next stratosphere. And Volkswagen has …
LIBOR Lending Rate Gets Overhaul (Sort Of)
UK regulator proposes “reset” of scandal-ridden money market rate system and new regulation, but the way rates are fixed won’t fundamentally change.
Labor Department Finds U.S. Economy 386,000 Jobs Stronger
The Labor Department is constantly refining its estimation of the U.S. Labor Market as new data comes in. Each month, when it releases its employment situation report, it also issues revisions of the previous two months’ jobs …
Capture Your Audience Right Away
A successful presentation relies on an engaged audience, which you need to hook from the start. Open with a comment, question, relevant story, statement, or example that will get your audience’s attention. Then use the rest of the opening to define the purpose of the presentation and briefly preview your main points. You also need to
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Why J.K. Rowling’s New Ebook is $17.99
The Casual Vacancy, the first and much-buzzed-about book for adults from “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling, hits shelves (and the e-readers of those who’ve preordered it) on Thursday. The book, an almost guaranteed …
Study: Posts on Facebook Almost Never Lead to Retail Sales
Social media has been described as having an “enormous influence” on consumer behavior. A 2011 Nielsen study found that roughly one-quarter of all time spent by Americans on the web is devoted to sites such as Facebook, Twitter, …
Protecting Your IP When Outsourcing Work
As a small business owner, odds are you’ll eventually reach a point where you need more IT development expertise than you have in house – but can’t afford a full-time staff person to do it.
Startup Giant Thinkwell Reinvents Itself with Haiku Deck
Haiku Deck promises to do for presentations what Instagram did for photos: Make us all look like creative geniuses.
6 Habits of Extraordinary Bosses
For the past two decades, I’ve been interviewing and observing successful C-level executives to discover the secrets of their success.
In a previous post, I documented the core beliefs of extraordinary bosses. Now it’s time …
Why Those Annoying Robo-Calls From ‘Rachel’ Aren’t Going Away Anytime Soon
Rachel’s back, and this time, she’s brought her friends. Despite ongoing efforts by the Federal Trade Commission, complaints about robo-calls — from “Rachel from Card Services” and other automated telemarketer scammers — have …
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How Columbus, Ohio Bounced Back from the Recession
If you ever wonder what kind of economic development might be accomplished in this country with more bipartisan cooperation, consider Columbus, Ohio. It’s become a celebrity city of sorts lately, talked up in a New York Times Magazine piece about the success of Ohio, and visited over a dozen times by the presidential candidates on the …