April 12, 2026 The 3 reasons why VCs invest: Faith, opportunity, or evidence BY Leslie Feinzaig I have spent the better part of a decade helping thousands of first-time founders raise their first round of outside capital, and evaluating thousands more for investment. In all of these data points, I found a pattern that explains every … Continue reading The 3 reasons why VCs invest: Faith, opportunity, or evidence
December 22, 2025 The next big opportunity for health and beauty brands span>span]:whitespace-nowrap”>For most of my career at L’Oréal, I sold confidence in a tube: lipstick. But lipstick isn’t just about applying color to your lips. It’s about identity. Ritual. Power. Beauty has never been superficial. It’s always been about self-esteem, self-confidence, and self-expression, knowing … Continue reading The next big opportunity for health and beauty brands
By fostering open communication, understanding team bandwidth, and planning ahead, leaders can make the fourth quarter a time of achievement instead of anxiety. BY Aytekin Tank If you’ve ever participated in a race, then you know: there’s a difference between trying to run fast and trying to beat someone. Humans are innately competitive and the psychology … Continue reading How to turn end of year stress into an opportunity
Marketing agencies may fear AI will make them extinct, but there are reasons to believe some will be winners in this new world. Jim Ewel on May 31, 2024 AI will soon be able to handle up to 95% of the work currently done by marketing agencies, creative professionals and specialists, according to Sam … Continue reading AI is a threat to some marketing agencies, an opportunity for others
Capitalize on the booming “silver economy” by marketing to the 50+ demographic, a growing and wealthy consumer class with evolving needs. Geoff Crain on April 25, 2024 Weeks before his 70th birthday, my colleague quipped, “I still don’t like being called a ‘senior.’ Unless there’s a good discount attached.” The joke leans on an … Continue reading Marketing to the 50+ crowd: A booming opportunity
By Blaire Briody July 18, 2023 This article is the second in a series about gatekeepers in the professional world taking a chance on those with nontraditional backgrounds. Read the full series here. The series is published in partnership with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. In early 2015, Daisy Magnus-Aryitey was 32 years old … Continue reading ‘Most importantly, I don’t give up’: How a mom who had been out of the workforce for a decade talked her way into a career opportunity
By Stephanie Vozza October 31, 2022 From industry events to parties with friends, there are plenty of opportunities to build your personal network, especially as the world starts to open back up after the lengthy pandemic shutdown. But what about job interviews? You’re meeting someone new, but could it also be an opportunity to … Continue reading How job interviews provide a perfect opportunity for networking
Oversold Conditions Grant a Mega Buying Opportunity InvestorPlace / 18 Oct 2022 The stock market rarely spends time as oversold — and that’s where we are today. The S&P 500’s weekly RSI has been oversold during only 46 weeks over the past 50 years — and we’re oversold today. This technical indicator successfully predicted … Continue reading Oversold Conditions Grant a Mega Buying Opportunity
By Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic April 28, 2022 Elon Musk is one of the most widely spoken about people in the world, the richest person in the world ($266 billion), and the man behind Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and now Twitter (as reported in Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post). His seemingly spontaneous and unfiltered tweets (which included calling … Continue reading This is Elon Musk’s opportunity to make Twitter users more open minded
By John Connors April 27, 2022 This year, leaders will be challenged by war, pandemics, racism, climate change, politics, media bias, shareholder value, innovation, growth, supply chain problems, inflation, data security, customer experience, remote work models, employee satisfaction, and the Great Resignation. As the list highlights and research confirms, the role of a leader is … Continue reading How the Great Resignation is turning into a great opportunity for leaders
