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Why Early Momentum Is Key In Crowdfunding

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers analyzed the strategies used by eight companies that had raised money via Kickstarter between 2012 and 2014. The eight companies were paired to enable comparisons to be made using pour prototype categories: board games, 3-D printers, household gadgets, and smartphone camera lenses.

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STUDY: Less Negative Spillover of Paid Parental Leave than Hyped

HR Digest

It has been introduced to decrease gender inequality and for bonding with children. The International Labor Organization review of 185 countries in 2014 found that except Papua New Guinea all countries have some law mandating paid paternal leave. Employers give paid paternal leave in almost all high-income nations.

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The Stock Market with Elliott Wave Labels from 1693 to Present Day Reveals a Bear Market Formation Since 2000

Coaching Tip

The following article was adapted from Robert Prechter''s June 2014 issue of The Elliott Wave Theorist, one of the longest-running investment letters in the business, continuously published monthly since 1979. It was a time of major change in American finances. The year 2014 has none of these attributes.

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StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – Good Intentions, Bad Results: Learning from the Panic of 1826

Strategy Driven

“The judge the lawyer the doctor the clergy the widow the trustee of orphans all fell into the common vortex of investing in these bonds,” Life and Fire Insurance Company director Jacob Barker wrote in a letter in 1827. Copyright 2007-2014 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Both crises proved it’s not.

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How the Next Generation Is Approaching Society’s Biggest Problems

Harvard Business Review

By 2014, the academy comprised over 3,000 videos on subjects from mathematics to art history. How did Sal Khan finance his venture? First, Sal Khan could have continued in finance and made far more money than he does in a nonprofit. Cohen and his colleagues created a bond, backed by private investors.

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McDonald’s Has to Do More than Manipulate Its Stock Price

Harvard Business Review

” In 2014, McDonald’s expended $3.2 For the decade 2005-2014, McDonald’s expended $29.4 In the period 2006 through 2014, the total pay of McDonald’s CEO varied from a low of $3.6 In 2014, when the pay of McDonald’s CEO was $6.4 In 2014, when the pay of McDonald’s CEO was $6.4

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What Investors Need to Know About Zimbabwe After Mugabe

Harvard Business Review

Even before announcing his new cabinet, Mnangagwa installed a key reformist, Patrick Chinamasa, as acting finance minister, tasked with tackling corruption and re-engaging with international institutions to unlock funds to ease liquidity shortages. Mnangagwa’s first actions in office underscore how important he views economic recovery.