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Newsletters Subscribe Lead Warren Buffett Says True Success in Life Comes Down to Just 12 Key Decisions. Here’s Your Checklist
Warren Buffett is known for two things: making money and giving advice. In his Berkshire Hathaway letter to shareholders last year, Buffett wrote that his success over 58 years was mainly the result of “about a dozen truly good decisions — that would be one every five years.” He listed just a few of these decisions, but having written a lot about Buffett (and also having studied all of his shareholder letters), I...
Investment banker says Walmart is enough competition in Albertsons-Kroger merger
Albertsons is one of four major grocery retailers in Durango. If the merger is to go through, Kroger would own three of the four major retailers in Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file) Scott Moses, head of grocery, pharmacy and restaurants for Solomon Partners said competition in the Southwest Colorado grocery market won’t be an issue if the Albertsons-Kroger merger goes through. Solomon Partners was hired by Albertsons to...
This Is the Method Behind My Memecoin Success
From the outside, memecoins may look like a madhouse. You’ll recall that memecoins are digital assets based on memes — ideas, behaviors or styles that gain spontaneous popularity, causing them to explode like wildfire across social media. And since there is no fundamental value underpinning the trading price of a memecoin, this sector can easily feel like a giant casino, where both the house and other players are acting against you...
Explosive Growth for Solana-Based Meme Coin Dogwifhat
Solana (SOL) based memecoin Dogwifhat (WIF) has surprisingly surged by 300 percent in the last 7 days, initiating a significant price rally. With this rally, the price reached $1.25, and the increase in the value of the altcoin led to reports of some investors making high profits, with individuals earning millions of dollars in a very short period. Contents $310 Investment Skyrockets to $3.12 MillionRise of the Memecoins $310...
Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Soars After Launch Of OpenAI’s ‘Sora’ Video Tool
Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Soars After Launch Of OpenAI’s ‘Sora’ Video Tool TOPLINE The price of Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency token for Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning digital ID venture, has soared following the release of OpenAI’s latest AI tool, Sora,, after a bullish week for crypto and as hype grows for artificial intelligence. A man has his eyes scanned by an orb at a Worldcoin registration point in Barcelona. COPYRIGHT 2023 THE...
AI Tokens Rally as OpenAI’s Sora Brings Renewed Hope to the Sector
Sector tokens jumped 7.7% on average in the past 24 hours, CoinGecko data shows, with Ocean Protocol’s OCEAN and Fetch.AI’s FET rising more than 10%. Narratives can often fuel significant bumps in token prices, and there are renewed hopes around AI-related tokens. Worldcoin’s WLD zoomed 30%, the highest among all AI tokens, setting a new lifetime peak at $7. Tokens related to artificial intelligence (AI) or claiming to be...
Analyst Predicts 200% Rally for AI-Related Altcoin, Eyes More Rallies for Sam Altman’s Worldcoin (WLD)
A closely followed crypto strategist is predicting big bursts to the upside for two artificial intelligence (AI)-related altcoins including Worldcoin (WLD). Ali Martinez tells his 46,500 followers on the social media platform X that he thinks the native asset of the decentralized storage network Filecoin (FIL) is close to witnessing a big breakout. Filecoin’s decentralized network offers a cheaper alternative for data storage,...
Breaking News: SEC Approves Spot Bitcoin ETF
In a historic move, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the first spot Bitcoin ETF (exchange-traded fund), marking a significant milestone for cryptocurrency in the financial markets. This groundbreaking decision has sent ripples through the crypto market, with the Bitcoin going through volatility and altcoins following suit. SEC Approves First Spot Bitcoin ETF The SEC’s approval of the spot Bitcoin ETF...
Cardano, Solana, Polygon Called Securities In New SEC Lawsuit Against Crypto Exchange Kraken
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed fresh charges against Kraken, roughly ten months after settling previous charges against the exchange. Notably, the U.S. regulator’s latest enforcement action has recognized Cardano’s ADA, Solana (SOL), Polygon (MATIC), and others as unregistered securities. SEC Sues Kraken On Unregistered Securities Exchange Violations In a Nov. 20 complaint filed in a San...
Strategic Planning: Framing it as a Theory
Like in science, business theories constantly should be challenged. The word theory comes from the Greek word theōria, meaning speculation or contemplation. While we think of theories in the scientific domain, businesses also live in theories (in business parlance, think assumptions, projections, budgets, speculations, and so on). They project what is possible or plausible to happen given expectations about the future. This is no...
Bitcoin’s Crypto Market Dominance Rises to 50% and It Could Go Higher, Say Analysts
Bitcoin’s Crypto Market Dominance Rises to 50% and It Could Go Higher, Say Analysts Hopes for a spot bitcoin ETF and the latest regulatory actions could prove to be further catalysts. Bitcoin (BTC) has been running in place for the last month – its current price of $26,700 essentially flat from 30 days ago – but its market dominance has been on the rise as risks rise for the rest of the cryptocurrency sector. The Bitcoin market...
Empowerment
Empowerment is to grant authority, control, or command. Originally, to empower was to authorize by commission the control of a ship and the people aboard it. Outside of navies, empowerment has worked its way into business and other enterprises seeking to grant authority of a subset of the enterprise. What is curious about how most businesses start or evolve is that the default is that people are not empowered. People join an...
Who is Satoshi Nakamoto?
The real identity of Bitcoin’s inventor is crypto’s greatest mystery On January 3rd, 2009 — at around 18:15:05 UTC — Satoshi Nakamoto mined the very first bitcoin. Which was fitting, given that Satoshi is to Bitcoin as Alexander Graham Bell was to the telephone. The inventor had revealed the creation to a tiny online community of cryptography-obsessed computer scientists and hackers two months earlier. In that scene,...
RE/MAX National Housing Report
June Sales Match Seasonal Norms Hi, June is typically the biggest month of the year for home sales, and so far that is proving true for 2023. While the market is slower overall than in 2022, we still saw home sales increase 5.4% from May. Three more noteworthy highlights from June’s National Housing Report: June’s new listings were up just 0.5% from May, but down 25% compared to June 2022. The median sales price in June was $425,000,...
Leadership as Stewardship
What is your lasting legacy that you will build every day? “Our life is what our thoughts make it.” -Marcus Aurelius “Our life is what our words make it.” -Marcus Haeussler We frame our lives, relationships, and actions by our thoughts. And our thoughts are guided by our choice of language and vocabulary; our internal choice of words influences our reality. Stewardship is being entrusted with an asset, person, organization,...
Empathy Builds Trust
Empathy is a cornerstone of effective relationships as it builds trust. It often is viewed as a sort of nicety or luxury in business, assuming that logic will prevail. However, in a complex world and business setting, receiving the necessary feedback and appropriate expression of challenge is dependent on building trust in relationships. Empathy is the ability to perceive and seek-out the emotions, issues, and concerns of others and...
Ten Ways For Writers To Use ChatGPT
In late 2022, along came ChatGPT. I describe it as a search engine (Google) on steroids. COPYRIGHT 2022 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. As a customer service and CX expert, I’ve written more than 3,000 articles over the years, including almost 500 articles for Forbes. I’m often asked how I get ideas for content. I’ll admit that it’s not easy to develop new ideas week after week. I’m often pitched by PR agencies that want me...
Austin Russell became the youngest self-made billionaire in 2021; now he owns Forbes
Austin Russell is on quite a run. The 28-year-old founder and CEO of Luminar, which develops vision-based lidar and machine perception technologies primarily for self-driving cars, told The Wall Street Journal earlier today that he is buying an 82% stake in Forbes Global Media Holdings in a deal that values the company at nearly $800 million. According to the WSJ, Russell’s stake includes the remaining portion of the company owned by...
Your Key To Thought Leadership: Part 4
Becoming a known expert and thought leader in your field requires diligence and a willingness to give away your expert knowledge in the form of various resources. This week, hear from our Director of Book Planning on how to construct thought leadership articles that will attract your audience base. How to Write Successful Thought Leadership Articles Learn the essential elements of thought leadership and how to turn your expert...
What Is An NFT? Non-Fungible Tokens Explained
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) seem to be everywhere these days. From art and music to tacos and toilet paper, these digital assets are selling like 17th-century exotic Dutch tulips—some for millions of dollars. But are NFTs worth the money—or the hype? Some experts say they’re a bubble poised to pop, like the dot-com craze or Beanie Babies. Others believe NFTs are here to stay, and that they will change investing forever. What Is an NFT?...