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Steps To Start A Business Fast. What Business Should I Start If I'm Unemployed? By Arturo F Munoz.

What Business Should I Start If I'm Unemployed?

KnowledgeVision Turns YouTube Videos into Interactive Presentations [EXCLUSIVE] Tomorrow, KnowledgeVision Systems, a venture-backed company based in Lincoln, MA, will be announcing the capability to enhance any YouTube video with advanced interactive features, including synchronized presentation slides, clickable reference links, navigation, searchable transcripts, and social media widgets. This will enable KnowledgeVision subscribers to turn their YouTube videos into complete multimedia experiences for content marketing, eLearning, and corporate communications. Last week, KnowledgeVision CEO and Founder Michael Kolowich gave me a "sneak preview" of the KnowledgeVision-YouTube integration (preview below). EntrepreneurshipLearningActivities. Obama and Romney Go Head-to-Head on Twitter [INFOGRAPHIC]

One of the battles in the war for the White House is being fought on Twitter.

Obama and Romney Go Head-to-Head on Twitter [INFOGRAPHIC]

It's common knowledge that Obama's beating Romney hand-over-fist in followers: the president has more than 15 million followers, compared to Romney's half-million. However, the number of social followers alone doesn't mean much — instead, the key to waging a successful political campaign on Twitter is engagement. Along those lines, how does President Obama's Twitter presence stack up with that of Republican rival Mitt Romney? PeekAnalytics, a social audience measurement service, did some digging to find out. President Obama has more than 5,000 times the "pull," or influence, than the average Twitter account, compared to Mitt Romney at 466 times the average.

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Business, Taxes, IRS: Starting Your New Business and Your Taxes

The result can be a serious cash flow/debt problem. How does this happen and how can you avoid it? Starting a New Business: Plan Ahead and Prepare Yourself: Joe starts selling widgets or his wife starts doing shows and they are shocked at how much they owe when do their income tax return. ManageFlitter - Twitter Account Management - Over 819 Million Unfollowed.

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Find a Job Using Disruptive Innovation - Jeff Dyer and Hal Gregersen. Our Economy Is Mostly Services. But How Do You Design Great Service Experiences? Every time you ship a package, withdraw cash from the ATM, or call your health insurance provider, you’re experiencing a service system.

Our Economy Is Mostly Services. But How Do You Design Great Service Experiences?

Entrepreneurship – The Road Less Traveled « My Juicy Business. 28 Dignified Ways to Impress Everyone Around You. Post written by: Marc Chernoff Email Far more often than any of us like to admit, our actions are driven by an inner desire to impress other people.

28 Dignified Ways to Impress Everyone Around You

This desire is often reflected in the brand name products we use, the bars and restaurants we frequent, the houses and cars we buy and the careers we choose. But are name brand products, fancy bars, houses and cars really that impressive? » Quashing the Self-Improvement Urge. Post written by Leo Babauta.

» Quashing the Self-Improvement Urge

One of the driving forces of my life for many years was the need to improve myself. It’s one of the driving forces for people who read my work as well. It’s an incredibly pervasive urge: we are always trying to improve, and if we’re not, that’s something we should improve. Voice Control, the End of the TV Remote? Fairness and the 'Occupy' movement - Society and Culture. The Occupy Wall Street movement has just passed its two-month anniversary.

Fairness and the 'Occupy' movement - Society and Culture

The protesters' calls for greater income redistribution and their denunciations of capitalism have become shriller, and the protests are becoming more violent and destructive. An Entrepreneur Definition That Matters. Got It? That Matters by Arturo F Munoz An entrepreneur definition that matters can be summed up in the following picture.

An Entrepreneur Definition That Matters. Got It?

Havana 1950 vs. Havana 2010 and Hong Kong 1950 vs. Hong Kong 2010. Innovative Thinking & The 10-5-5 Ideation Rule. In Africa, the Art of Listening. Think, Simplify and Clarify: Jason Fried's Philosophy for Productivity - Built in Chicago. IT Pros to Find Demand for Skills, Low Risk of Layoffs in 2012: Dice Report - IT Management. Demand for tech professionals will remain a bright spot as 2012 begins, according to nearly 1,200 IT-focused hiring managers and recruiters surveyed by IT jobs portal Dice.

IT Pros to Find Demand for Skills, Low Risk of Layoffs in 2012: Dice Report - IT Management

Some 65 percent of these hiring professionals said their companies or clients will look to add technology pros in the first half of 2012, with about a quarter (27 percent) of those hiring looking to expand their staffs by more than 20 percent in the six months ahead, the report found. This positive hiring forecast is nearly identical to the midyear prediction that tech hiring managers and recruiters gave in May about the second half of 2011. The report noted tech professionals with six to 10 years of experience are highly sought after, followed by those with two to five years in the trenches. "The tech recruiting market is active, although the pace of improvement has been impacted by broader economic concerns," said Alice Hill, managing director of Dice.com.

"Many companies are chasing mid-career talent.