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4 Financial Innovations to Make Business Easier

Tom Spencer

Here are four (4) examples of financial innovations that can make your business easier to run. Peer lending is one of the newest financial innovations in the world today. Innovative financial solutions can be used by a business to raise the capital required to invest in new initiatives or fund ongoing projects. Peer Lending.

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Business Ecosystems: Building Stronger Connections

Tom Spencer

For instance, Elon Musk is aiming to transform Twitter into the X superapp , which will presumably emulate the example of WeChat in China by offering everything from digital payments, financial services, shopping, ride hailing, and other travel services.

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What if…

Chad Barr

you could travel back in time and give your younger self advice that would change your future? you could have no financial worries? you could have more business than you could handle? you could create and launch a remarkable and irresistible new offering? you could create a new business? you could discover the secret of life?

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Traveling for Work? You’re a Prime Target for Hackers

Harvard Business

As if the stresses and headaches of business travel weren’t enough, there’s one more thing to worry about while traveling in unfamiliar places: the security of your email. states and in 100 countries, amounting to a financial impact of $3 billion. To date, instances have been reported in all 50 U.S. Insight Center.

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Are Your Values Worth the Paper They’re Printed On?

Markovitz Consulting

The unprecedented technical, logistical, and financial stresses placed on organizations today make the coronavirus crisis a crucible for an organization’s commitment to its values. And clearly, the stress is exponentially worse for companies in industries like travel and leisure that aren’t thriving in the current environment.

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Before Day 1: Taking Advantage of the In-Between

Tom Spencer

Since everyone has a unique financial situation, amount of free time, and ability to travel, some of these suggestions will be more applicable to you than others. Speaking of travelling, this is obviously an attractive, but expensive, option. Learn a new skill, try a new activity, give back, travel, or consult.

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What is consulting?

Tom Spencer

When people think of consultants, they tend to visualize professionally suited employees, degrees from the best schools, high pay-checks and fancy travel stories. For instance, financial consultants provide advice to organizations on financial matters. liquidity risk, interest rate risk, default risk).