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The Ups and Downs of Bitcoin

Small Business CEO

Bitcoin has been around since 2009, and it has had its ups and downs over the years. In 2013, the value of a bitcoin reached a high of $1,242. However, the value plummeted later that year, and as of January 2018, the value of a bitcoin was only $13,600. So why does the value of bitcoin go up and down?…

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The Anti-Work Movement and the Surge in Self-Employment

Small Business Labs

The post nicely sums up the lack of personal time associated with many jobs. Post-work: the radical idea of a world without jobs – The Guardian: A “long read” article from 2018 covering the history of the antiwork movement and recent (at least in 2018) developments.    Ready to quit your job?

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How SideChef Founder Kevin Yu Is Helping People Learn to Cook at Home

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Yu started SideChef in 2013. In 2018, we saw the rise of voice assistance. What lessons did you learn growing up that you still lean on today? KY: I grew up in a Chinese immigrant family, and my parents wanted me to be a doctor, a lawyer or an engineer. Where did you go from there, and what’s next? Very clichéd.

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Commercial real estate lending hits ten year low

Workplace Insight

New lending for commercial real estate fell 33 per cent last year to its lowest level since 2013, according to the latest bi-annual report from Bayes Business School, (formerly Cass). Other key findings from the report, which covers data up to December 2023, include: All lender groups were affected by the decline in lending appetite.

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How To Design Workplaces For Neurodivergent Employees

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Historically, the spaces which make up the built environment have been primarily designed by and for neurotypical people. In her book ‘ Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design ’, Kat Holmes describes exclusion as a mismatch between human interaction and the built environment ( Holmes, 2018 ). Accessibility, interaction and friction.

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How to Partner with a Rival for a Win-Win

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Blue Moon Fair Trade partners with three other fair-trade retailers to combine trans-Pacific shipments, saving all of them up to 40% in shipping and paperwork expenses. Team up to attract the big guys. Don’t just call up and focus on tactics.”. Results: As of 2018, there were 11 retailers within Minnehaha Mile proper.

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The new IPCC climate report is hugely important — and here are 6 main takeaways

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warmer than in the previous IPCC report in 2013. (It The report highlights that some recently observed hot extremes, such as the Australian summer of 2012–2013 , would have been extremely unlikely without human influence on the climate. meters between 1901 and 2018. including a temporary overshoot of up to 0.1?).

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