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The Gig Economy Acts As A Stepping Stone Into Entrepreneurship

The Horizons Tracker

There is reasonable evidence to suggest that many “gig” workers are actually highly skilled individuals able to operate independently (and enjoy this freedom). There was also a significant growth in entrepreneurship in areas where there was significant variance in the credit ratings of people.

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How To Secure Business Financing After Declaring Bankruptcy

Strategy Driven

Having a failed business and declaring bankruptcy in the past presents two major problems; the first is that you have a terrible credit rating, which means that banks and private investors are naturally cautious about lending to you and many people will reject you immediately when they run a credit check on you.

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Five Ways to Build Your Wealth: A Guide

Strategy Driven

Invest in bonds of various types, credit ratings , and maturities. It can include getting advanced degrees or certifications or taking classes or workshops to learn new skills. If your investment horizon is short-term, be more conservative in your investment choices. Invest in cash, gold, or other alternative assets.

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Secure leadership for an insecure economy

Chartered Management Institute

Workers on zero-hours contracts will almost certainly struggle to get a mortgage and solid credit rating. They also support a renewed focus on building management capability across the country, including building it into regional skills programmes for sectors prone to insecure work. Family life will inevitably suffer. “It

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The Real Solution Is Growth

Harvard Business Review

Recent headlines have focused on the debt ceiling , the recent credit rating downgrade , unemployment , and the other thorny fiscal challenges facing the United States. Encourage skilled foreign workers to work and settle in the United States. And here are some positive measures for fostering innovation.

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The Impact of the Blockchain Goes Beyond Financial Services

Harvard Business Review

Blockchain technology can also take networked business models to a new level by supporting a whole host of breakthrough applications: native payment systems that run without banks, credit card companies, and other intermediaries will cut cost and time from transactions. Most so-called sharing economy companies are really service aggregators.