October 20, 2013
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS FACE CHALLENGES THAT MEN DON’T – especially if they’re ‘momtrepreneurs’ with dual responsibilities to families in addition to normal work-balance stresses. Principal female obstacles include: (1) “emotional connection that can cause holdback in making tough decisions”; (2) tendency... Continue
Weekly Report 13-43
October 13, 2013
THE SOCIAL MEDIA AGE HAS INCREASED ‘REPUTATIONAL’ RISK FOR BUSINESSES – with many hurt by damaging YouTube videos and/or FaceBook posts. Yet a recent survey of more than 1,300 professionals found that fewer than half ever, and 28% never, “use... Continue
Weekly Report 13-42
October 6, 2013
BEWARE: A NEW VERY AGGRESSIVE MALWARE, “distributed as a zip file attachment to emails which encrypts files on the user’s hard drive, rendering them unusable until a ransom is paid. There is no technology to protect against the malware. The... Continue
Weekly Report 13-41
September 29, 2013
MILLENNIALS WILL SOON RULE THE WORLD. New research by Deloitte, based on 2,400 college students & working millennial professionals, found that: (1) “70% are less interested in running your company than running their own; (2) They are impatient, want new... Continue
Weekly Report 13-40
September 22, 2013
“NO MATTER HOW INTELLIGENT WE ARE, POLITICS MAKES MORONS OF US ALL… We believe what we want to believe, and neither facts nor evidence ever changes that much.” A new Yale University study asked 1,100 math-skilled participants for their political... Continue