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How I Lost $3 Million in 24 Hours and Bounced Back

Success

Technically, the legal term for what happened is called a “breach of contract.” Over the next five years, I found myself in a contentious legal battle to investigate the missing tickets. This article was published in March 2016 and has been updated. The journey back was hard and riddled with uncertainty. And so can you.

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WeWork Files to Go Public

Small Business Labs

WeWork released its S-1 this week, which is the legal document a company files prior to going public.  Revenue has grown from $436 million in 2016 to $1.82 Their operating losses have also increased quite impressively, from $396 million in 2016 to $1.69 It's the first of the new wave of coworking spaces to do so.

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The Expanding High Skill Gig Economy

Small Business Labs

Key quote: "Three-quarters of law firms with more than 250 lawyers use contract attorneys, says a 2016 report from legal consultancy Altman Weil." " The article chart below also illustrates this growth. You can even hire lawyers online for fixed fees. Jobs expected to last months can end in weeks or days.

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SEC Approves Equity Crowdfunding

Small Business Labs

Prior to this change, equity crowdfunding had been legal only for accredited investors - those with high incomes or a high net worth. According to a Forbes article , equity crowdfunding was already set to surpass traditional VC funding in 2016 and the new rules will more or less guarantee this.

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How policy and cost savings are helping to drive the uptake of low-energy, retrofit LED Lamps

Eco-Office Gals

continue until 2016 to include not only consumer products but also those used in highway, office and industrial lighting applications. Similar directives around the world have been implemented forcing other regions to legally to make changes. A phase-out of lamps started in 2009 and will. photo by: jurvetson.

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Legendary Entrepreneur Naveen Jain Wants Nothing More Than to Change the Way Humanity Lives

Success

This is why, in 2016, he founded Viome. There was a legal dispute and a company settlement. This article originally appeared in the January/February 2023 issue of SUCCESS magazine. “Imagine a world when no one is sick,” he says. Imagine your grandma is walking the mountain. Imagine your grandpa never had to die from cancer.

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Lab rats – how the UK life sciences sector is struggling to find space to work

Workplace Insight

Encouragingly, the UK also announced it had rejoined the Horizon Europe programme in September, following years of concern about the impact of the country’s withdrawal from the scheme after the Brexit vote in 2016. Horizon Europe is the largest international research collaboration scheme in the world.

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