Small Business Labs

JUNE 26, 2017

VC investments in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning more than doubled in 2016, according to the National Venture Capital Association. here's what it really is and why it's so hot now nicely covers what some of the major firms are up to. Virtual reality is also attracting a lot of investment. 

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Allwork

MARCH 14, 2024

According to estimates by the World Bank, the gig economy now makes up 12% of the global labor force. The gig economy is growing, and according to estimates by the World Bank , it now takes up to 12% of the global labor force. However, the study cites the presence of a considerable wage gap felt by women in many regions.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 5, 2016

In last year’s Practically Perfect PA reader’s survey I asked you lovely lot “What area of your role do you think you need to learn more about? ”. Secondly, it is to reduce the amount of time that Assistants spend on booking travel, in the hope that it will free up time for Assistants to spend on much more interesting projects.

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Eat Your Career

DECEMBER 2, 2016

If you missed them, take a peek here: What Managing Up Really Means & 3 Helpful Techniques. For those who misinterpret the mandate to “manage up,” the consequences can be dire. Here you’ll learn what it really means and how to do it in the right way. SIGN UP HERE >> Photo Credit: OFour (Flickr).

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Eat Your Career

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

It starts in January and the application deadline is coming up! LEARN MORE HERE >> New Features!! 18, 2016) appeared first on Eat Your Career. This is a new, highly collaborative professional development program with a cross-cultural flair. I’m intrigued and you may be too. If so, you’ll want to move fast.

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Eat Your Career

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

It starts in January and the application deadline is coming up! LEARN MORE HERE >> New Features!! 18, 2016) appeared first on Eat Your Career. This is a new, highly collaborative professional development program with a cross-cultural flair. I’m intrigued and you may be too. If so, you’ll want to move fast.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 19, 2016

We will have four assistants up on stage talking through a topic related to business travel – it has to be personal and it has to have led to a change or positive outcome. We are also running a speaker training course to help you learn everything you need to know to be an amazing presenter.

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Success

JUNE 20, 2022

If you allow yourself to think without confinement , you might come up with a solution that seems totally inappropriate. But it also allows you to open up the process, which will eventually lead to appropriate solutions. It doesn’t matter if it ends up being accurate or not. Commit yourself to learning. Keep learning!

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Success

MARCH 23, 2023

I have not used an alarm to wake up in over a decade. What’s the most important lesson you’ve learned? It is the people who are able to learn, adapt and keep pushing forward who ultimately succeed. This article originally appeared in the September 2016 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Intuit recently announced QuickBooks Capital , a new small business lending product that provides users of QuickBooks access to small business loans up to about $35,000. Thanks to big data and machine learning techniques, most borrowers will know whether or not they are approved for a loan in just a a few minutes.   

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Success

MARCH 21, 2023

It will give you the means for the satisfaction of your desires, but it will not provide you with desires.” — Ayn Rand , Atlas Shrugged “A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.” — Jonathan Swift This article was published in August 2016 and has been updated.

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Success

MARCH 1, 2023

If you’ve signed up for a season, see it through. We need only to learn to look once again at life as we did as children , letting fascination and curiosity give us welcome cause to look for the miraculous hidden among the common. This article was published in March 2016 and has been updated. Life is brief, even at its longest.

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Success

JULY 15, 2022

What am I prepared to give up to make this happen? Your reasons for charting a new course of action should be what give you the drive and energy to get up every morning. Unfortunately, many people get so wrapped up in pursuing their goals that they don’t have time in their lives to give something back to society.

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Success

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Some of those choices are extraordinary, but most of them are simple habits that add up, one step and one day at a time. I love getting up before everyone else when the house is quiet. It forms the basis, too, for learned optimism. Anyone can learn to be more optimistic and reap the benefits of a positive mindset.

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Success

DECEMBER 15, 2023

To give thanks for yesterday, today and tomorrow and all that you’ve experienced because each up and every down you face is a landmark on your journey that makes you who you are. Learn to be thankful for what you already have, while you pursue all that you want.” — Jim Rohn 7. Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more.

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Success

DECEMBER 14, 2023

A few days later, he’ll share the finished product, oiled up and practically glowing in the sun, with its gorgeous grains on display. He grew up in a small town in Colorado “and I felt like I never really fit in, honestly,” he says. “I I had to learn how to be blind,” he says. How did ‘The Blind Woodsman’ go blind?

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Success

MAY 26, 2022

Instead, state as specifically as you can what you would like to learn, discuss or anything else you’re hoping to get out of the connection. If there’s someone you want to learn from, get help from or otherwise has something you want, you must actually talk to the person, preferably face to face (or via video chat if needed).

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Success

MARCH 16, 2022

Below are the top three lessons I learned. Pointing to the mere passage of years as a reason for a pay increase is arbitrary without some measure of improvement to back it up. This article originally appeared in the October 2016 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated. Lesson 1: You are the primary driver of your income.

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Success

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

He notes that “learning agility”—the deftness at gaining and using knowledge—is the “biggest predictor of long-term leadership success,” according to research by the Korn Ferry Institute. Workers who take charge of their careers by learning and growing will be far more successful than those who are overwhelmed by change.

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Success

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

They only loosely knew one another then, despite much overlap—both women grew up in Houston, graduated from Texas A&M University and have connections to Bolivia. Moms raising babies and growing a business Come 2016, Hello Alice was in its infancy, and Rodz and Gore were second-time moms to new babies. What is Hello Alice?

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Success

APRIL 4, 2023

That’s what history is for: to learn the lessons of our ancestors. Kids need to start learning the difference between a debit and a credit card. I learned this the hard way. Soon, you’ll open up a whole new world of fresh ideas. This article was published in December 2016 and has been updated.

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Success

DECEMBER 22, 2023

They are large and small companies that have us fired up about the cool ways they are innovating and leveraging technology. Flipboard Photo courtesy of Flipboard Who they are: From health care to fashion, getting news you care about without looking up dozens of individual media sources can be daunting.

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Success

JULY 21, 2022

For a while I floated in and out of the gym—and life—like a ghost, going through the motions just to mark the spot without totally giving up. What I know about the cells that make up muscle tissue is that they are temporary. We are made up of prewired potential. Sometimes just the act of showing up is enough.

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Success

JANUARY 21, 2023

But as Robert Greene explains in his book Mastery , you can learn to love this internal resistance. On day one, SEAL—as he is referred to in the book—asked Itzler how many pull-ups he could do. Despite that, however, he persevered and completed the 100 pull-ups, one pull-up at a time. Itzler did eight.

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Success

JUNE 7, 2022

Influence is not something you are merely born with—it’s a learned and acquired skill. You just need to learn from other influencers and apply their leadership style and personality traits to your own life. Sometimes starting without goals can build new friendships , help you gain a new skill or completely open up new opportunities.

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Success

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

We had been broken up less than a year at the time. He faced his own struggles growing up—he didn’t have a father figure, as his own dad passed away when he was very young. I also learned he had very gentle and kind ways. This article appears in the April 2016 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated. 52; Chicago.

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JULY 24, 2021

We want to move forward,” Phelps, who retired from swimming after the 2016 Olympics, tells SUCCESS. “We But it’s a learning process. I pick up small things here and there.”. Over the last few years, I feel like I’ve gone through ups and downs. It’s the belief that we can grind and fight and endure through the bad times.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 29, 2015

2016 is no different. Now here are My Three Words for 2016…. You can learn more about it here. I put everything I take on up against My Three Words to see if it is aligned with them. By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.” – Aung San Suu Kyi. They match up well with who I am and who I want to be.

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Success

MAY 19, 2022

But a more serious answer is that we learned who we were early on, accepted who we are and made the most of it. He also learned he was determined, that he could stick it out and finish what he started. He learned to deal with fear and not let it fester into failure. This article was published in August 2016 and has been updated.

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 27, 2017

I woke up this morning with the strange realization that this is my very last day with Office Dynamics International. I’d love to share these ten consistent messages that I’ve learned over and over during my time here at Office Dynamics working with the legend that is Joan Burge. My lesson learned here is own your mistakes.

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JANUARY 9, 2023

I just learned that she still hasn’t made even one call!” “I But he is staying up late reworking problems and the math just isn’t making sense to him. Those who joyfully compete and win think that they have learned the key to motivation. In fact, they have learned something about themselves and how they are motivated.

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Success

MARCH 22, 2023

If you spend the week anticipating and worrying because you know you will feel uncomfortable, you’ve set yourself up for failure. The more you read , the more trivia or facts you pick up that can turn into conversation material. Challenge yourself to learn two new things. Ask thoughtful questions, and then follow up.

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Success

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

This involves having meaningful, one-on-one conversations ; asking about their past experiences with other professionals in your field; and learning about their definitions of success. I quickly learned how to connect with people who are different from me by listening first, then asking questions. But I also draw a line.

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Success

JULY 19, 2023

Our second child was born in May 2016, and our first meal delivery was that September. But for the most part, we have enough systems and people in place that if I ever end up having a moment of panic, there’s always someone who can say, “We have the solution for that problem.” What was that like? At the start, it was very overwhelming.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’ve also placed Blinkist links to these books where applicable if you would like to learn more about the book without dedicating time and money to the full text. I read 53 books in total during the year and I learned a couple of things during that process: I really like reading books more than anything else, especially print books.

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Success

JANUARY 1, 2023

But today, June 9, 2016, I’m here to cover a documentary film premiere showcasing stories of female entrepreneurs at The Paris Theater near Central Park. It’s motivated me throughout my career to do very necessary work to learn, grow and get better. What if, instead, it’s a sign that you’re being underrated, ignored?

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Success

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

From 2015 to 2016, Canadian real estate professionals Tom and Kerri Everitt accompanied daughter Capri (then 11) and her brother (then 9) as the former set out to sing national anthems in as many different countries as possible. He had a moment right near the end where he sat up in bed, and very clearly asked, ‘Is this it?’”

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