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PHYLLIS NEWHOUSE HAS THE news on four TV monitors before her desk in a glass office tower. Through the window behind her, beyond the manicured gardens of a mansion once owned by Tyler Perry, a haze hangs over downtown Atlanta. She’s facing the monitors rather than the skyline: Kabul has just fallen to the Taliban, which is of interest to Newhouse …

All of my biggest mistakes in business have been things my wife warned against. So you might be surprised to learn that the idea to drop our life savings into a  small-town book­store shortly after our second child was born actually came from her–not from the writer in the family. As we sat at a café in Bastrop, Texas, looking across …

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In less than two years since the COVID pandemic began, remote work has gone from something exotic to normal reality. As a result, many companies have found that their employees are reluctant to return to their offices. A recent study by FlexJobs reveals that only 2% of workers want to return to …

Monumental impact on the forex market: Wouldn’t it be great to have a crystal ball that predicts future events? With such power would come great responsibility of course, but the ability to know what was going to happen around the world before it unfolded would be the stuff of dreams for forex traders. In theory, you could set up an account …

What’s behind The Great Resignation, which has resulted in the departure of 15 million workers since April of this year alone? In looking for explanations, the subject of burnout has risen to the fore. With younger workers at the center of The Great Resignation, younger workers are, likewise, at the center of the burnout discussion.  Some argue that Gen Y …

“No well-planned retirement should be without long-term care insurance. It is the very cornerstone of retirement security.” – Suze Orman Due – Due Retirement is regarded as the golden period of one’s life. After years of juggling professional responsibilities, you finally have plenty of time for yourself, your family, and the things that you always wanted to do. But, an …

STACEY ABRAMS HAS a knack for turning failures into successes. After conceding in a tight 2018 gubernatorial race in Georgia, the 47-year-old entrepreneur, lawyer, writer, and former legislator turned her attention to fighting the state’s restrictive voting laws — and ended up helping her party win the presidency and the Senate two years later. As an entrepreneur, Abrams and her …

This story was originally published on CO— by U.S. Chamber of Commerce and was written by Mark Hamstra. For many startups, achieving profitability can be an elusive goal, and in some cases, it is a goal that is never achieved. Profitability is a function of many variables, including the company’s cost structure. A home-based business, for example, will likely have a lower …

Gamification became more common in 2010 when it became more specifically associated with the integrating of social/reward elements of games into software. Since then, businesses have been developing gamification platforms, and marketers are employing game elements within their marketing campaigns. Calendar – Calendar An FYI about the concept — it originated in 1896 with S&H Green Stamps, where marketers sold …

Video game maker Electronic Arts (NYSE: EA) stock has been in consolidation and starting to break the weekly trading range. The video game behemoth has continued to grow its digital online gaming business during the pandemic and continues to expand despite the return to normal and back to the office trend accelerating with COVID vaccinations. More than 140 million players …