I’ve always have a problem with security questions asked by banks and other financial institutions. For one part, these security questions are not really that secure and are easy to guess and reverse engineer. In 2008, the Republican vice-presidential candidate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s email hacked by guessing the answers of security questions. [...]
Tagged bank, credit history, data, email, hack, mortage lender, obama, palin, privacy, security, security questionUsers naturally get upset when someone pulls a bait and switch wool over their eyes and put in place a subscription model on what used to be free content. Building a community and building a business around a community are not the same thing. This is especially true when a community organically develops [...]
Tagged blog, Business, fail, floss, godin, mixergy, newsday, podcast, subscription, vaynerchukHere is a draft post that has been waiting to be published. The October 2009 issue of Smart Money had a short list of top 10 Ways to Make Your Boss Love You. I think these are still applicable now.
Put in the hours-when it counts.
Empathize
Defuse a bad situation
Be a conduit
Ask for help
Connect the [...]
I just don’t have the free time to execute on every million dollar idea I have, so I am giving them away for free, royalty free, as in free beer and freedom some of my million dollar business ideas! With the right entrepreneurship attitude, you can take this idea to profitability.
Product Placement in Books [...]
The September issue of Forbes has a list of The World’s Most Powerful Women top 100 list. Here are the top 10 women, according to Forbes.
Angela Merkel
Sheila Bair
Indra Nooyi
Cynthia Carroll
Ho Ching
Irene Rosenfeld
Ellen Kullman
Angela Braly
Anne Lauvergeon
Lynn Elsehans
As a business owner, the question you really want to ask is not “can my employees do more” but how can I remove obstacles encountered by my team. Ask not “can I give them more tasks” but how can I give them more responsibility and visibility. As it turns out, sometimes, the business [...]
In the USA, children are made to be consumers. We grow up to believe that we need to buy new shoes if we want to be runners, that we need to buy a ticket at an amusement park to be amused, that we need to buy $100 college books to go to learn, etc. [...]