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    Dark Factory: The robotics revolution is changing what machines can do. Where do humans fit in?

    A. “As technology is making the work faster, more efficient, and more environmentally sound, the products are being created with far fewer workers. “Companies are obviously not sending out press releases saying, ‘We’re not hiring more people,’ but that’s what I hear on the street,” Kirkbride...
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    The End of Employees (Wall Street Journal)

    " Never before have big employers tried so hard to hand over chunks of their business to contractors. From Google to Wal-Mart, the strategy prunes costs for firms and job security for millions of workers “We will outsource every job that we can that is not customer-facing,” David Cush, Virgin...
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    Inside the Inc 5000 : The Numbers in 2016

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    Each year, Inc. Magazine ranks the fastest-growing private companies in America. These are the Numbers for the Inc. 5000: Fastest-Growing Private U.S. Companies for 2016. Facts & Figures of the Inc. 5000 2016 Fastest Growing Industries By aggregate growth rate ENERGY 227.4% MEDIA 195.2%...
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    The Problem of Chinese Counterfeits on Amazon

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Interesting article on CNBC about the relationship between Chinese Counterfeits and Amazon. http://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/08/amazons-chinese-counterfeit-problem-is-getting-worse.html...
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    You Play Like You Practice

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    ""Back in high school my track coach would often get on me about my sloppy block practice. He’d say “You aren’t setting up in the blocks properly. You’re rushing it, just going through the motions.” I’d say “Why does it matter right now? I’m not racing anyone today. I’ll do it right at the...
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    Got a Hot Seller on Amazon? Prepare for E-Tailer to Make One Too

    Amazon is building house-brand colossus by tracking what sells "We don’t feel good about it, but there’s nothing we can do" "Rain Design has been selling an aluminum laptop stand on Amazon.com Inc. for more than a decade. A best-seller in its category, the $43 product has a 5-star rating...
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    Small Businesses Get a Permanent Tax Break on Buying Equipment

    TAXES | REGS 
    "By STACY COWLEYDEC. 23, 2015 Tucked inside the mammoth tax and spending bill passed by Congress this month is a much-anticipated provision that will lock in a large tax break for small-business capital investments that has been temporary until now. qualifying capital items to be written off...
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    The Victim

    "A man name Kanzler, a pharmacist in Gibbsville, Pennsylvania, is walking home on a Saturday night. He’s got the drug store’s receipts in his pocket. He is robbed by a masked man on foot. A cop shows up at Kanzler’s home. We soon learn that: 1.) The robber had quietly studied Kanzler’s daily...
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    FTC To Temporarily Halt Vemma; An "Alleged" Pyramid Scheme

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    "Promised Unlimited Income Potential, But Most Participants Lose Money" "At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court has temporarily halted an alleged pyramid scheme, Vemma Nutrition Company, that lures college students and other young adults with the prospect of getting rich...
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    Inc. 5000 2015: The Fastest-Growing Private U.S. Companies, At a Glance

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    Each year, Inc. Magazine ranks the fastest-growing private companies in America. Facts and Figures Below. Fastest Growing Industries By aggregate growth rate Energy 255% Media 247% Advertising & Marketing 201% Financial Services 166% Software 158% Real Estate 156% Retail 150% Health 147%...
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    Blue Collar Millionaires (New Show on CNBC)

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    "BLUE COLLAR MILLIONAIRES is a docu-series that profiles big personalities who’ve gotten rich by getting their hands dirty. These men and women have made millions rolling up their sleeves… but at the end of the work day, they drive home to their palatial mansions and park their pick-up next to...
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    Bootstrapped Dating Site Acquired For $575 Million in Cash

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    Started 12 years ago and sold for $575 Million in cash...... An overnight success. ;) "On Tuesday, dating website PlentyOfFish got acquired by Match Group, an IAC/InterActive subsidiary that recently announced plans for an IPO later this year. PlentyOfFish sold to Match Group for $575 million...
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    Sales Lessons From a 13 Year Old Who Sold 22,000 Boxes of Girl Scout Cookies

    MARKETING 
    How to Sell the Most Cookies Via New York Times Smile. ‘‘No one wants to buy from a person who is frowning,’’ says Katie Francis, 13, who sold 22,200 boxes of Girl Scout cookies this year, breaking the world record she set last year. Look and act like a professional, even if you’re just a...
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    The Milken Institute: Global Conference 2015

    The Milken Institute Global Conference ran from April 26 - 29, 2015, most of the video's were uploaded to youtube within hours of the panel's conclusion. Discussions on Real Estate, Private Equity, Business of Sports, Hedge Funds, and the Global Economy to name a few. I found the panel's that...
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    Fastlane Nuggets

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    This forum is filled with a plethora of great advice from real action takers who are creating value. Some of these threads have been dormant for some time but this shouldn't take away from their brilliance. I wanted to highlight the threads and content that I thought was representative of the...
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    How to Find (Almost) Any Email Address

    MARKETING 
    This post reveals 11 tools and methodologies to find (almost) anyone’s email address. Source: http://life-longlearner.com/find-email-addresses/ 1. Rapportive trick: ""The first stop for me is the rapportive trick. When I enter the correct email in gmail, rapportive will often populate my...
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    The Fundamentals of Investing From Warren Buffett

    INVESTING 
    Some Thoughts About Investing "Investment is most intelligent when it is most businesslike." — The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham "" It is fitting to have a Ben Graham quote open this discussion because I owe so much of what I know about investing to...
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    Peter Thiel’s Zero To One : Book Notes

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    Zero To One is an exercise in thinking. It’s about questioning and rethinking received wisdom in order to create the future. Here are eight lessons I took away from the book: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Like Heraclitus, who...
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    Letters from A Self-Made Merchant To His Son

    BOOKS 
    A classic book that was published in the early 1900's but was written, initially, as a series of private letters from a self made merchant father, to his son. The principles herein are as sound today as they were in the late 1880's. Thoughts on business and life from a man who made a fortune in...
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    Great Interview with Alibaba founder Jack Ma

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    Find out what Jack Ma's view is on creating value and how it relates to making money (Transcript of interview between Charlie Rose and Jack Ma. This portion of the interview starts at minute 7:22.) Charlie Rose: "Now that you have a very, very, prosperous business, Enormous wealth, fame. What...
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