Navigating business and the stream
Introduction In my own words is a new blog series that will explore concepts that I have limited experience with . Each post will define a concept and break it down in my own language. The goal is to present information that is easy to grasp for myself and the reader. Today’s Post: Interest Rate …
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After graduating, I thought the corporate world would revolve around the baseline skills I learned throughout my educational career. The baseline skills I imagined would be at the forefront of professionalism include things like reading comprehension, grammar, spelling accuracy, and other things your 6th grade teacher might underline in red pen if you used it …
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Economic outlooks posted to online news sites dominate our feeds with implications of prosperity or doom for the general American. Given the sensationalized nature of American media and their search for clicks, formulating an opinion on where the economy is headed is extremely difficult. Is it the next financial crisis? Will there be a soft …
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The first outside contributor to the blog gives us his insight on personal debt in America.
Excellent financial planning and analysis can provide excellent value-add to a company’s operating efficiency. By being able to effectively analyze financial data, a company can improve the decision-making process. There are many valuable types of analysis that are often used together such as cash flow analysis, variance analysis, or sensitivity analysis to name a few. …
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In the past few years David Goggins has taken the media by storm. From social media clips to his best-selling book, his story and aura has spread like wildfire. If you don’t know who he is, he’s a former 300lb bug exterminator, turned navy seal, ultra marathon runner, pull-up record holder, paramedic, and more. He …
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Recently, I read the book Hooked: How to Build- Habit Forming Products by Nir Eyal. The book takes on the connection between behavioral psychology and successful online and electronic products. Eyal proposes a four-step model, called The Hook Model, for building products that can become part of daily habits. He uses Twitter, Instagram, Farmville, Pinterest, …
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Everyone knows executive leadership and management plays a large role in their corporation by creating a roadmap for the company, and having the final say in big business decisions. It’s why they are paid the big bucks. Every management team in the world has a goal to increase profitability and shareholder value. Therein lies one …
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The hype around autonomous vehicles (AVs) for consumer use has been growing at an almost exponential rate since Elon Musk announced anyone would be able to sleep in their car on the way to work in 2016. However, the implementation of AVs is much more complicated than simply selling cars that can drive themselves. The …
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In the coming months and years, Zoom will have to learn from its past to continue to maintain the market share it once held in the video communication industry. Just as Zoom once overcame Skype and Co, its vulnerable to losing a large volume of customers. From my perspective, Zoom must adapt in a different …
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