STRATEGY

John Hussman wrote an interesting note this week called Taking Distortion at Face Value. Although Hussman is traditionally bearish, he makes some critical arguments that are hard [...]

Pension funds traditionally offer a guaranteed income for life upon retirement in return for years of loyal service. Many of us are not fortunate enough [...]

Two brilliant thinkers, Nassim Taleb and Daniel Kahneman, recently discussed Antifragility at the New York Public Library. It’s interesting to analyze the concept of fragility applied across [...]

Bill Gross, managing director of PIMCO, wrote an insightful article today recognizing how The Greats of investing have all significantly benefited from the time period their [...]

Wisdom 2.0 is a gathering full of business, tech, society, and health leaders who focus group discussion on the question: How can we live with greater [...]

Understanding why you do something is critical to success. This TED talk is a little dated, but the value in understanding Simon Sinek‘s process and the [...]

Barron’s holds an annual roundtable with leading industry professionals to discuss their top investment picks and outlook on the coming year. Part I and Part II were [...]

Netflix has grown tremendously over the past couple years and is making significant attempts to improve its online streaming database, even going as far as to create original tv series. Reed Hastings, the firm’s CEO, released its internal guide on culture and responsibilities a couple of years back. A shift away from traditional policies towards a more open and responsible business environment are becoming the new standard as numerous cases are proving its effectiveness.

REIT stands for Real Estate Investment Trust and is generally a large fund comprised of real estate holdings.  They typically start out as private partnerships [...]

When people are working in a business environment together, they need to be on the same page in order to work with efficiency. Communication is [...]

Your customer relationship management (CRM) software is a valuable resource for your business. It enables you and your employees to manage your customer database effectively and efficiently.

Merrill Lynch recently held an event with some top economic and investment professionals to discuss expectations post election. Posted below are a few of the video series, full set available here. The group included: Phil Orlando, Chief Equity Strategist at Federated Investors. Lisa Shalett, Chief Investment Officer at Merrill Lynch Global Economics. Ethan Harris, Co-Head of Global Economics at BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research.

Richard Branson’s Centre for Entrepreneurs has locations in the Caribbean and Africa with the goal of providing individuals the tools and guidance necessary to become successful innovators. Lisa Lake is the Chief Entrepreneurship Officer from the Carribean location and discusses their groups initiatives in the first video and Lacey Ann gives some of her top tips in the second video.

Mark Suster is giving a presentation at Seedcon in Chicago today on “Entrepreneurshit – The Real Story of Building Startups”. Suster is a serial entrepreneur and partner at investment firm GRP Partners. He is well known for involvement with Koral, Build Online, and Sales Force companies.

Jessica Herrin, founder and CEO of Stella & Dot, talks about a healthy fear that can drive business growth and improve operating efficiency. Taking an entreprenurial approach and treating any size business more like a startup can provide you with unforeseen advantages.

In this Harvard Business School (HBS) Video professor Joseph L. Bower lays out what it takes to become a great leader and set yourself to [...]

The Wall Street Journal held its annual CEO Council today that featured guests from both public and private industries to discuss the many issues facing our country. Much of the discussion revolved around the impending fiscal cliff, global economy, and US political environment. Below are some of the better segments from today’s coverage.

As President Obama was re-elected last night, it will be critical for his administration to improve relationships with the business and finance communities in order to support strong economic growth in a second term.

The term entrepreneur allows for a wide range of definitions and interpretations. The role of an entrepreneur often holds a wide degree of responsibility when managing an organization, adding to the ambiguity of placing a single definition on the term, which is why leaders struggle to agree upon a common definition and business schools grapple with teaching entrepreneurship.

Brad Smith, CEO of Intuit, offered some insightful advice on how to lead conversations by asking the right questions.