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5 mistakes to avoid when opening a business after retirement

If you’re retired but thinking about getting back into the working world by starting a part-time business, there are some potential pitfalls to steer clear of. Forbes reported there are five ...

Want to Be An Entrepreneur? Focus on What Gives Your Life Meaning

Are you trying to find the inner drive and inspiration to be become an entrepreneur? We surveyed over 1,200 American adults from diverse backgrounds all over the country, seeking to understand the ...

4 small business tips for adapting in a crisis, from an entrepreneur | Venture

Turning your passion into a vocation isn’t something that happens overnight. Felix Böck, a wood engineer and the founder and CEO of ChopValue knows this well. “Launching a circular economy ...

Bill Gates on how to defeat 'the first modern pandemic' - Chinadaily.com.cn

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates discussed the possibility of a viral pandemic in a TED talk five years ago and recently shared his views on the worldwide coronavirus outbreak and why he believes the ...

Driving digital change during a crisis: The chief digital officer and COVID-19 | McKinsey

Amid the humanitarian crisis that has upended lives and cast a veil of uncertainty over the future, one thing is clear: we are living in a much more digital world. As governments around the world ...

Innovating in a Crisis

The COVID-19 pandemic has radically disrupted business as usual, but that doesn't mean an end to innovation and new opportunities. In fact, one of the hallmarks of the entrepreneurial mindset is ...

Mistakes People Make While Finding An Angel Investor - SPORTDA

Today, almost all entrepreneurs approach angel investors to get funds for their startup. Angel investors are individuals that provide seed capital for new businesses. For securing an angel investor, ...

The Wonderlic test can predict long-term success for NFL quarterbacks - Business Insider

The Miami Dolphins selected Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa with the fifth overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. Like all top prospects, Tagovailoa has been subjected to months of evaluation, with teams' ...

The COVID-19 chronicles: How venture capitalists are adjusting to our new normal

Much like everyone and everything else, Michigan's growing venture capital community has gone inside as COVID-19 continues to pound the state and country. But still, work and life must go ...

Guide to support measures for startups affected by coronavirus | Sifted

As the coronavirus pandemic forces Europeans to stay at home and leaves companies fretting about economic consequences, startup founders across the region are wondering what to do about cash, debt ...

10 Strategies To Make You A Lucky Winner In Business - Startup Professionals Musings

Did you ever wonder why some entrepreneurs always seem to have all the luck and success, while others never seem to catch a break? As an angel investor, I quickly learned that luck has very little ...

Innovation Is America’s Greatest Asset – InsideSources

The coronavirus has sufficiently disrupted life that it has our closest attention. And the private sector’s response — initiative, innovation and intrepidity — is inspirational. Private-sector ...

Dr. Anthony Fauci 'Not Overly Confident' With US COVID-19 Testing | TIME

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, says “we are not in a situation where we can say we ...

UK, France, Germany commit $8.1 billion for startups | SSTI

Earlier this week, the United Kingdom announced a £1.25 billion ($1.6 billion) initiative to support the country’s startups. One program within the initiative provides £500 million in the form ...

How Working Parents Can Support One Another

As working parents, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by our less-than-ideal options. We’re all hungry for inspiration, connection, and a genuine response during these uncertain times. Many working ...

Digital strategy during the coronavirus crisis | McKinsey

If the pace of the pre-coronavirus world was already fast, the luxury of time now seems to have disappeared completely. Businesses that once mapped digital strategy in one- to three-year phases must ...

5 Tips for Aligning Your Remote Team's Goals

With 52 percent of the global workforce already working remotely at least once per week before the current situation, it is becoming essential for businesses to cultivate a productive and engaged ...

How Corporates Can Leverage Start-ups Against COVID-19 | INSEAD Knowledge

Top start-ups may be a critical resource for recovery, providing quick solutions where they’re needed most. The coronavirus outbreak has led to massive disruptions in all industries, with travel, ...

Learn to pivot like a dolphin

Sometimes, in my work with teams all over the world that are struggling with fractious social and political issues, I have found inspiration in unexpected ways. One wouldn’t think that ...

7 Steps to Turning Your Idea or Invention Into Cash

Goofy cat photos, pet rocks and a “gas-passing” app: All are simple — and dare we say dumb? — ideas that reportedly made their creators millions. Do you have a fabulous idea? Great! But that ...

14 Popular Crowdfunding Platforms - Business 2 Community

There is a wide array of crowdfunding platforms, each with its own unique spin on raising funds. Some platforms support charitable or creative campaigns, others reward-based campaigns, while still ...

InsideWis: Longer-term economic recovery may depend on how science can help | Wisconsin Technology Council

MADISON, Wis. – Whether it’s called a modern “Manhattan Project,” or a medical moon shot, the concept of long-term economic recovery rests on how confident people are they won’t risk ...

How professors changed their teaching in this spring's shift to remote learning

It will be some time before we know the full impact of the COVID-19-induced shift to remote learning this spring -- how it altered the arc of students' academic careers, for example, or affected the ...

How to reopen the US, according to Johns Hopkins and Harvard - Business Insider

Most Americans are still stuck at home, but a trio of reports, out from Harvard, Johns Hopkins, and former US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, are starting to lay a ...

What Is Contact Tracing? How It Will Be Used for COVID-19 | Time

In the coronavirus era, a host of epidemiological terms have entered common public use. There’s the now-ubiquitous “social distancing,” and the newly politicized “flatten the curve.” And as ...

What Might the Post-Pandemic World Look Like? | Time

How might a post-pandemic world look and feel? Let’s imagine a creative team at a New York City advertising agency pitching a campaign in 2050 for a new perfume (more than most products, perfumes ...

10 inventions that are helping to save our planet - Business Insider

Narrator: #1 This bin collects garbage from the sea. Seabin has a pump that creates a flow of water. The garbage is caught in a bag, allowing water to flow out back to sea. #2 This machine crushes ...

The Decline of Moore’s Law and the Rise of the Hardware Accelerator

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In 1965, the world’s first commercial minicomputer was introduced, the first human walked in space and a prediction was made that would ...

How the Coronavirus Crisis Is Redefining Jobs

The outbreak of Covid-19 has forced organizations into perhaps the most significant social experiment of the future of work in action, with work from home and social distancing policies radically ...

Why You Miss Those Casual Friends So Much

The iPhone on the table buzzed. Ashley sighed. After three weeks of putting out fires while working through feelings of grief and stress, her first thought was, “Now what’s wrong?” Except, ...

5 trends in venture capital (beyond the pandemic) | MIT Sloan

Even prior to COVID-19, change was afoot in the venture capital industry. Machine learning and algorithms were emerging as new ways to spot winners, and cities like Boston staked out turf as VC hot ...

10 Keys To Being A Thought Leader Across Social Media - Startup Professionals Musings

Successful entrepreneurs often start with a “random” idea, but they quickly focus their efforts and follow a “system” to organize their startup and maximize the clout of their activities. ...

Leaders, Do You Have a Clear Vision for the Post-Crisis Future?

As the Covid-19 pandemic shakes the global economy and disrupts the way we live, work, and conduct business, leaders are scrambling to manage the immediate fallout. But, as history proves, it’s ...

The US needs to do 20 million tests a day to reopen safely, according to a new plan | MIT Technology Review

The news: A group of experts has produced a plan for the US to reopen its economy safely this summer. However, it’s contingent on doing at least 20 million tests every day, scaling up contact ...

5 Mistakes To Avoid When Starting A Part-Time Business In Retirement

If you’re thinking about starting a part-time business in retirement, you’ll want to avoid the following five mistakes: 1. Not having a well-thought out plan to make the business run. “Don’t ...

Digital RESI - Two Day Dedicated Partnering Event (April 29-30)

RESI is planning its first ever, dedicated, digital partnering event on April 29-30th with over 200 investors participating! We’re offering a special opportunity to our tech hubs to help your ...

What day is it today? Amid coronavirus pandemic, people aren't sure

If you don't know what day it is, you're not alone. There’s a term for what you're feeling: temporal disintegration. It’s a phenomenon, explains Dr. Alison Holman, a psychologist and ...

The 13 most common work-from-home jobs in America - Business Insider

The number of Americans working remotely has been increasing over the past several years. A 2017 Gallup poll shows that 43% of Americans report working remotely at least sometimes during the ...

Another Workplace Crisis: Loneliness

Vivek Murthy, former U.S. Surgeon General, says that even before the Covid-19 pandemic, we were facing another health crisis: loneliness. Studies show that, around the world, more people have been ...

How One Seattle Health System Is Managing the Covid-19 Crisis

In March 2020, the improbable suddenly became the unthinkable for Swedish Health Services, the largest nonprofit health care provider in the greater Seattle area, where two of us work as senior ...