After President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act in March 2021, taxpayers around the country were thrilled by the news that they would receive a $1,400 stimulus check from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as part of ongoing pandemic relief efforts. But for many eligible recipients, the checks never arrived, either due to clerical …
IRS stimulus check 3 timeline update: Watch out letter 6475 Read More »
Learn how REI, Lululemon, Gucci and other retail brands applied innovation in the past year in inspiring ways.
Over the quarter of a century that I’ve been covering CES in Las Vegas, I’ve used a lot of words to describe this annual tech-industry gathering. Until this year, “efficient” was not one of them. But with the resurgent pandemic deflating CES 2022’s attendance to what the Arlington, Va.-based Consumer Technology Association reported Friday as …
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Many employees leaving their jobs today are turning to entrepreneurship. The National Bureau of Econimic Research says that the rate of applications for new businesses is higher than ever. And Felena Hanson, founder and CEO of coworking space Hera Hub, has seen a 50% surge in first-time entrepreneurs using her facilities. While all this seems …
Most boardrooms are ruled by the bottom line. Too many CEOs can recite a decade’s worth of earnings records but can’t hold a meaningful conversation about the communities they operate in or the customers they serve. However, in the last few years, that attitude has started to shift. More leaders understand that being good and …
The B Corp certification process as seen by a CEO who did it Read More »
If you are feeling stuck, Anne Raimondi, COO of Asana, has a reassuring reminder: It’s totally normal. Raimondi, who previously worked as an executive at Guru, ZenDesk, and TaskRabbit, views ruts as situations in which you simply aren’t thriving. She says it’s valuable to acknowledge that such periods are a to-be-expected part of any high-growth …
The average person today will spend about 90,0000 hours of their life at work. Unofficially, due to increasingly blurred boundaries between work and home, that number may be even higher. In exchange for that time commitment, employers traditionally provided financial security. Employees often traded freedom and flexibility for the peace of mind that comes from …
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In Georgia, not far from a massive electric vehicle battery plant under construction and another multibillion-dollar factory where electric truck startup Rivian will manufacture its vehicles, the largest battery recycling facility in North America will also open later this year. The company behind it, Battery Resourcers, wants to help solve two challenges—how to handle the …
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We often discuss management skills in the abstract, but what are they, really? In the broadest sense, management skills are nearly anything that enables you to manage others effectively. This could include communication skills, interpersonal skills, general leadership skills and more. While some abilities will vary based on your industry, there are several key skills …
“Circularity” has become a buzzword in the fashion world, with brands using the catchall term to refer to everything from using eco-friendly materials to selling secondhand goods. But becoming a truly circular company is harder than it looks, as Timberland, the iconic American boot brand founded in 1975, is discovering firsthand. [Photo: courtesy Timberland] Today …
Timberland wants you to send back your old boots to be upcycled Read More »
