Retirement planning – the two most boring words since Featuring Sting. OK, that’s a John Oliver joke, but I honestly couldn’t think of two more boring words. Anyway, retirement planning is not America’s forte, as it turns out. According to a recent report from the… Read More »All Pre-Prepped for Retirement? Me Neither… with Jean Chatzky
Retirement planning – it’s the mantra of every financial advisor, planner and fiduciary you’ll ever run into. And the sub mantra, and I may have just invented that phrase, the sub mantra is the earlier you start saving, the less you have to sock away… Read More »Invest Early, Often for Millennials with Erin Lowry
In 1972, President Richard Nixon decoupled the US dollar from the gold standard – the money was no longer backed by hard-assets of gold and became fiat. Our next guest would say Fake. And his take on fake goes beyond money. He weaves fake money… Read More »Making Money While Dodging Fake Money, Teachers & Assets with Robert Kiyosaki
Let’s talk about the velocity of money. The timing of pay has not been considered since before the industrial revolution, and this oversight is creating profound and unnecessary suffering amongst both employees and employers. The most obvious example of speeding up the dispersal of paychecks… Read More »This Startup Takes the Predatory Out of Payday Lending with Safwan Shah
This week: bad online reviews. If you cant SAY something nice, post it online. Trolling aside, from Twitter to Yelp to corporate home pages, the one to one relationship between corporations and consumers can be a messy place. Knee-jerk negative reviews can cost businesses revenue… Read More »Making Good Out of Bad Reviews with Curtis Boyd
Like winter — or an overused meme — automation is coming. Artificial intelligence is already here in narrow ways – like smart voice technology. But AI represents a paradigm shift – especially in the workplace. Recent research suggests that up to 42 million American workers… Read More »Brave New Work: Decentralizing Work for Ultimate Efficiency with Aaron Dignan
What was once a relatively placid part of the global economy is now a roiling cauldron of contention and unilateral gamesmanship: international trade. Whether it’s the United States versus China, or the US versus the European Union, or the Trans Pacific Partnership or the prospect… Read More »Don’t Sleep on the EU’s Role in US Economy with David O’Sullivan
Introverts face unique challenges in the workplace: while they tend to be keen observers, good listeners and have intense focus, they think before they speak. And in some corporate cultures that can leave an introvert feeling like road kill during a raucous meeting with extroverts.… Read More »Thriving at Work as an Introvert with Jane Finkle
Usually it’s the role of a startup to disrupt whatever industry their idea can disrupt. But with a proper set of tools – and direction and idea – an incumbent business can beat would-be disruptors to the punch. We hear about blockchain technology changing the… Read More »Virtual Took Kit for Existing Business Seeking Startup ‘Tude with Waleed Nasir
If, and only if, the war for top tier talent ever cools off in the Bay Area it will be because other areas of the country have been able to lure away said top tier talent. And some new numbers are creeping up from a… Read More »Workers Willing to Split for Gigs Outside the Bay Area with Heather Johnston
