Evolution of Networked Crowds
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Bernie Trudel, the Chair of Asia Cloud Computing Association talks about the future of networked crowds. In a world of global connections, what...
The Perfect Crowdfunding Platform for the African Continent
Crowdfunding platforms are all the rage on the internet today. Many entrepreneurs are seeing it as an easy way to potentially make some quick...
Pros and Cons of Abstinence Only Education
For more than a decade, the US government has been funding abstinence only education in public schools. Modeled after religious beliefs that encourages teens...
How to Find a Problem Worth Solving
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Adam Neumann, founder of WeWork discusses how to find a problem worth solving when looking at your business start-up. If you have the...
How Crowdfunding Can Be Used For Product Development
Businesses are launching new products every day. Instead of mass producing these products, however, crowdfunding allows for product development to happen at a manageable...
Pros and Cons of Mandatory Sentencing
Justice systems strive to seek a fair system of administration so that everyone faces the same kind of sentence for the same kind of...
Corporate Innovation Through Crowdsourcing
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A group discussion on corporate innovation through crowdsourcing took place at CSW Global 2015. These innovators and entrepreneurs discuss how businesses can take...
Crowdfunding is Overtaking Venture Capital
By 2016, it is expected to have crowdfunding account for more investment cash than what VCs provide. In 2010, crowdfunding couldn't even clear $1...
Pros and Cons of Plea Bargaining
Plea bargaining occurs when both sides of a case don't want to proceed through to a trial. Neither side may like their chances and...
Treat Employees Like a Family
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John Chambers from Cisco discusses how to treat employees like they are family. After 20 years as CEO of Cisco Systems, Chambers has...
Oil and Gas Industry is Turning to Crowdfunding
Private equity and bank financing has started to dry up as the oil and gas industry continues to drag on. For smaller producers, this...
Socialized Medicine Pros and Cons
When discussing universal healthcare, what is typically talked about is socialized medicine. It is a form of care where everyone has equal access to...
Gary Vaynerchuk on Online Marketing
Online marketing is a constantly evolving space and it is becoming increasingly more difficult to capture peoples attention with all the other information that...
Reinventing Stakeholder Relationships
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Reinaldo Pamponet, the co-founder of ItsNOON discusses how to reinvent stakeholder relationships by infusing creative thinking. Pamponet fosters the development of entrepreneurs and...
Crowdfunding Helps Take Down the Glass Ceiling
Women in the United States own more than 9 million businesses. That's over 1 million more than in 2007. These companies combined to generate...
Single Payer Health Care Pros and Cons
For Americans especially, the costs of healthcare can be overwhelming. Not only are there insurance payments to make that are several hundred dollars per...
Venture Exchanges: The Solution for Non-Accredited Investors?
Many entrepreneurs have been anxiously awaiting the Title III rules for non-accredited investing while crowdfunding. Passed into law in 2012, there is the possibility...
Sarbanes-Oxley Act Pros and Cons
Created in 2002, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act set new standards for public companies to follow when incorporated in the United States. New rules were implemented...
Connecting With Celebrity Influencers
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An important guide to connecting with celebrities as provided by Shark Tank investor and serial entrepreneur, Daymond John. Having launched his own first...
How to Use Social Media to Promote Your Crowdfunding Campaign
Social media can be an incredibly effective way to find and develop your audience, but there are also many nuances that many people are...