How Liens Can Affect Your Small Business

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By Ami Kassar Chances are, you've heard the word lien a few times, but do you really know what it means and the effect it can have on your business?A lien is a legal claim attached to a loan that acts as a security interest for a debt owed. The lender files a lien for the debt so that in the event the borrower cannot meet the obligations of the loan, the lender has the ability to sell the borrower's collateral, or assets, in order to recoup the loan funds.

A Company Without Email? Not So Fast

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By Rachel Feintzeig A wave of new startups is taking aim at corporate email, promising to disrupt the mode of communication that office dwellers love to hate. But the old inbox is putting up a fight.Slack, which lets employees keep track of projects or topics via open, searchable feeds, was released to the public in February and recently raised $42.75 million in fresh funding. It counts more than 96,000 active daily users, including some at companies like Airbnb Inc.Asana, led by former engineers at Facebook Inc.

Ad-Tech Entrepreneurs Build Cancer Database

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By Timothy Hay Nat Turner was working as a Google Inc. product manager when he learned that his seven-year-old cousin, Brennan, had been diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia.He observed the boy's dad traveling all over the country interviewing different cancer specialists about his son's case, all the while carrying stacks of DVDs and medical files, because medical specialists couldn't easily share information with one another.Brennan's treatment entailed initial misdiagnoses, and eventually four bone-marrow transplants that drove the disease into remission. Mr.

Optimism Grows for Startups

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By Sarah E. Needleman Americans were more optimistic about starting a business in 2013 than in any year since 2001, according to an entrepreneurship survey released Wednesday.Forty-seven percent of 5,698 U.S. adults polled between April and June of last year said that there were "good opportunities" for launching a new venture.

21 Obstacles to Leadership

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by Gary CohenThe success you have is likely despite these obstacles to leadership not because of them - that is simply a rationality that helps craft your blind spots.The post 21 Obstacles to Leadership appeared first on Elements of Leadership.

TED: Ruth Chang: How to make hard choices - Ruth Chang (2014)

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Here's a talk that could literally change your life. Which career should I pursue? Should I break up -- or get married?! Where should I live? Big decisions like these can be agonizingly difficult. But that's because we think about them the wrong way, says philosopher Ruth Chang. She offers a powerful new framework for shaping who we truly are.

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