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If You're a SME Make Extra Money with GLG

Successful Independent Consulting

GLG refers to these SMEs as Council Members, and they provide expertise in small bits, like an hour or two by phone or video conference. It’s hard to know if your expertise will be in demand, but like most solopreneur marketing, the more specific your niche, the better. For more information about that type of work, click here.)

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Front-Line To C-Suite | Inside The Heart and Mind of Former Disney COO and Experience Steward Jim MacPhee

Consulting Matters

In the spring of 2002, Jim returned to Walt Disney World® , and in 2004 was promoted to Vice President of Park Operations Development, Optimization, and Standardization. Links: Download my free guide on how to clarify and own your unique position in the crowded consulting and coaching market: [link].

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Ten Factors to Consider Before Jumping into Independent Consulting

Successful Independent Consulting

I made the leap to independent consulting in 2004 and never looked back. Short video: Why Friends Don’t Let Friends W-2TM ) The key point is that taxes are a real pain when you are self-employed. Supply and demand – Assess the market for your expertise to get an idea of how hard it may be to find work. Be honest with yourself.

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Teaching Revolution: Online, Accredited, Free; Start Learning Now!

MishTalk

Sal quotes you in some of the financial videos, and I have been a loyal daily reader ever since. His financial videos are top notch and cover most aspects of monetary policy, the federal reserve, banking, etc., In 2004, my 12-year-old cousin Nadia visited with my wife and me in Boston. How did the Kahn Academy begin?

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IMF Fears $3 Trillion Credit Crunch; Lagarde Says "IMF Credibility at Stake", Calls for US to Give China More Voting Power

MishTalk

Link if video does not play: " IMF Credibility at Stake " Credibility? Emerging market companies have "over-borrowed" by $3 trillion in the last decade, reflecting a quadrupling of private sector debt between 2004 and 2014, found the IMF's Global Financial Stability Report. until 2014 when the monetary fund finally gave up.

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Japan Exports and Trade Balance vs. the Yen; Abenomics in Review

MishTalk

The Yen was in this general area, at times, in 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, and 2014. Japan’s government and central bank have blamed weak overseas demand, especially in emerging markets, for export sluggishness. The loss of global market presence by Japan’s companies, especially electronic appliance makers, is also a factor.”

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How Companies Are Already Using AI

Harvard Business

For example, our survey, which asked managers of 13 functions, from sales and marketing to procurement and finance, to indicate whether their departments were using AI in 63 core areas, found AI was used most frequently in detecting and fending off computer security intrusions in the IT department. Related Video.

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