Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued its draft of new rules for the companies
Read More 4 Ways Rapid Job Hopping Can (Still) Hurt Your Career
Contrary to recent advice, job hopping may pay off in the first decade of your career, but come back to bite you later.
You’re sitting at your desk at 10:30 a.m. on a Wednesday when you get a LinkedIn message from someone you don’t know. It turns out to be a recruiter who has a great job opportunity for you, and the salary is $10,000 more than you’re making now.
Uber’s Trouble In New York City Won’t End With Drivers Guild
One month after Uber agreed to work with a drivers association, another driver group has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against it.
On Thursday, the New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA) and 10 Uber drivers filed a lawsuit against Uber in a federal court that alleges the company cheated workers by classifying them as independent contractors. Driver plaintiffs in the proposed class action lawsuit say that some weeks they worked more than 40 hours without overtime pay and earned less than the minimum wage, both of which would be illegal if they had been classified as employees.
8 Productivity Habits Of The Most Successful Freelancers
Why do some solopreneurs struggle while others knock it out of the park? Here are eight habits of the most successful.
Working for yourself offers a number of advantages when it comes to productivity. You have a great deal more control over how you spend your time. You may still have to attend meetings, but certainly not as many as you had when you were working for someone else. And you have more freedom to structure your workday.
Walmart Will Test Grocery Delivery With Uber And Lyft
. . . but not Instacart or Postmates.
Walmart announced Friday that it will partner with Uber and Lyft for grocery delivery tests beginning in Denver and Phoenix. It has also quietly been testing same-day delivery via Deliv with some members of its Sam’s Club in Miami.
Why Chicago Is Becoming The Country’s Urban Farming Capital
With a cornucopia of new ag startups, from rooftop greenhouses to high-tech vertical farms, the city’s growing agriculture movement is looking to deliver fresh produce even in the coldest Chicago winter.
When you walk into Farmed Here’s 90,000-square-foot warehouse in Bedford Park, a sleepy industrial outpost about 15 miles southwest of Chicago, you might not immediately register that you’re standing in the second coming of the locavore movement. But then you get inside and smell basil—along with baby greens, broccoli, and kale—all of it bathed in the purple fluorescence of LED light and stacked seven racks high in a massive hydroponic system that pumps soybean- and kelp-infused water through a temperature- and humidity-controlled system, nearly 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
How Sneaker Designers Are Busting Knock-Offs With Bitcoin Tech
Shoe counterfeiters are notoriously difficult to stop, but an unlikely solution is emerging—and it’s inspired by cryptocurrencies.
Every year, as much as $100 million in counterfeit sneakers is seized by U.S. customs alone. And that’s just scratching the surface: Worldwide, counterfeit fashion is estimated to be a $600 billion industry, and if U.S. customs figures are accurate, about 40% of all counterfeit goods are sneakers. That makes counterfeit kicks a $240 billion problem to sneaker makers like Nike, Adidas, Converse, and more.
So if you’re a small brand like Brooklyn-born Greats, and you’ve convinced NFL superstar Marshawn Lynch to endorse a pair of your sneakers, how do you prevent the $149 design from being counterfeited? You embrace technology popularized by Bitcoin to create 3-D printed smart tags that can track any pair of the new Greats x Beastmode 2.0 Royale Chukkah sneakers back to the factory—and which are impossible to fake.
How Copa America Is Selling Itself To American Sports Fans
U.S. Soccer and brand sponsors are using the world’s best players and patriotism to sell this major soccer tournament to casual fans.
This week, the Copa America Centenario soccer tournament kicks off in the U.S., featuring top-rated international teams such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, as well as global superstars such as Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Chicharito, and more. It’s the first time this century-old competition has been held on American soil, and the first time most of these players have played meaningful matches in front of U.S. fans.
The Pros and Cons Of New Unconventional Leadership Styles
Company culture is changing, and some managers are experimenting with out-of-the-norm methods. Here’s what works and what doesn’t.
As companies become flatter with blurred boundaries, there is a greater push toward authentic leadership. As a result, a lot of unconventional leadership styles are emerging.
5 Things To Do This Weekend To Make Monday The Most Productive Day Of The Week
Setting yourself up for a productive workweek doesn’t mean squeezing more work in, it can be about daydreaming and sleeping in.
Want to be more productive? Tried and true advice often includes making detailed lists, setting aside blocks of time, and minimizing distractions, but when it comes to the weekend, productivity experts say those tasks can and should go out the window.
