Over the weekend, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that all stores outside of Greater China would be closed till March 27. With declining numbers of cases in China, the company has reopened stores there. As the pandemic sweeps the rest…
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Slack’s Troubles Mount: SEC Launches Investigation
Slack has not had a good week. On the heels of a CNBC report that Microsoft Teams is maintaining its lead over the messaging service, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is reporting that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has opened an investigation into…
Senators Express Alarm Over FBI Secretly Demanding Data From Credit Agencies
Documents have come to light exposing the FBI’s practice of secretly demanding information about Americans from Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. According to a report by TechCrunch, the FBI has been using “legal powers — known as national security letters — to compel credit…
5 Simple Steps for Using Facebook Groups to Grow Your Business
In January 2018, a lot of marketers expressed frustration with Facebook—some even gave up on the platform altogether—after noticing a sharp decline in the organic reach of their posts. Facebook’s Head of News Feed Adam Mosseri said that the company…
There’s So Much Investor Subsidy In The Delivery Business Model, Says Domino’s CEO
“What we’re going to see here in the near term is that there’s so much investor subsidy into that (delivery) business model right now,” says Domino’s CEO Ritch Allison. “We’re not really sure where it’s going to shake out long term. There’s…
Business Prioritizing Digital Transformation For Competitive Advantage, Says Equinix CEO
“We’re seeing right now continued strength across our business because people are prioritizing digital transformation as a way to gain competitive advantage,” says Equinix CEO Charles Meyers. “The reality is people who are responding well to that are thriving and…
NFIB Index Shows Small Business Optimism in the US is at Its Highest Level Ever
Small businesses are feeling very positive these days. According to the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB), this optimism has reached record-breaking levels. A recent NFIB report showed that August’s Small Business Optimism Index came in at an all-time high of…
Bitcoin.com CEO: We Need to Build an Economy That is Actually Using Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin.com founder and CEO Roger Ver is incredibly bullish on the entire cryptocurrency ecosystem despite recent reports of hacking. He says that if it wasn’t worth something or wasn’t useful hackers wouldn’t be wasting their time trying to hack it. Ver is…
7 Tips That Will Keep Your Small Business From Taking Over Your Personal Life
For many entrepreneurs, running a small business is exhilarating and liberating. You not only have control over daily operations, but you can decide who you want to work with, and you can even choose to turn your passion into your…
Even Just on the Medical Side, There’s Big Business in Pot
There’s a big business to be built even just on the medical side of legal marijuana says legendary technology investor Geoff Lewis. Lewis was an early investor in Tilray which recently had a hugely successful IPO of which he was…