Tag Archives: Chances

What 2013 Teaches Employers For 2014 & Beyond

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By Gene Connors and Amanda Haverstick 2013 left employees as the overall victors on the employment law battlefield, by arming them with a host of new statutory rights and options, primarily at the...
    






Hubris: A Startup’s Worst Mistake

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The following guest post is by Frederic Kerrest, co-founder and COO of Okta. Many startups experienced successful exits in 2013. Others crumbled to the ground. A common cause for those failures?...
    






The 3 Pitfalls Likely To Derail Your Financial Resolutions

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A couple of weeks ago, I suggested 14 possible financial New Year’s resolutions for 2014. Of course, the problem with New Year’s resolutions isn’t making them. It’s following through. One study...
    






Big Liabilities For Uber, Sidecar And Lyft?

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Are you sick of waiting for a taxi or limo? If you have a smartphone, you may be able to summon a car in minutes via Uber, Sidecar or Lyft. Lyft has the added visual bonus of a furry pink mustache...
    






The Ignorance Of Today’s College Students Shouldn’t Surprise Us

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By Blaine McCormick & Burton Folsom What did our students learn during this holiday break between college semesters?  Once finals were over, many probably went to see a movie or took a trip with...
    






Japan Tainted Food Outbreak Causes Food Poisoning

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It is a very upsetting event alright. Hundreds of people unwittingly ate packaged frozen seafood from Maruha Nichiro Holdings. The pesticide-laced eatables let loose an epidemic of diarrhea and...
    






I Invested In A Startup – Now What?

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In a previous post, I wrote about investors increasingly turning to alternative investments in an effort to generate uncorrelated returns, hedge risk and diversify their asset allocation. This trend...
    






Lindsey Vonn Cancels Olympics in Sochi

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Lindsey Vonn stayed in the headlines also during summer because of her romantic relationship with super famous golfer Tiger Woods. Now the ski season started, but she makes headlines for the wrong...
    






Former Football Coach’s DataStax Doubles As It Beats Oracle

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One of the oldest cliches in the book is that if you can win at team sports, you can win at business too. You don’t have to look much farther than the spectacular failure of former Red Sox pitcher...