From the outside, most businesses appear pretty simple. Customers have a fair idea of what the products are, what skills the employees have, and how things are marketed. But if you’ve ever gone from being a customer of a business to being an employee, you have seen just how much goes on behind the scenes….
When you’re in the car and tuned in to your local radio station it’s your time to catch up on the latest news, get the weather and hear the traffic report. You feel bad for the other commuters stuck in traffic and even worse for the motorists involved in the accident that has caused the…
In 2014, 22 percent of smartphone owners had made a mobile payment in the last year, an increase from 17 percent in 2013, according to Federal Reserve data. Visa anticipates that mobile payments will be the preferred method of payment for both merchants and consumers by 2020. As demand for mobile grows, the number of…
One of the trickiest things about personal finance is that investing for the future is always suggested as a no brainer, but most ordinary people don’t really have the time to go about doing it. It’s a problem particularly for millennials. Young people entering the professional world are told time and time again to put…
According to a survey by Coldwell Banker and CNET Smart Home, 81 percent of those surveyed said they were more likely to buy a smart home if the smart technology was already installed. Meanwhile, another 72 percent said smart home products provide them with peace of mind when it comes to home security. Smart home…
When setting up a business with a family member or close friend, it can be difficult to envision any problems in the future that may cause you to fall out, or result in the business breaking down. Nevertheless, these things do happen and it could be to your detriment. Without drawing up a shareholders’ agreement,…
Let us imagine for a moment that you had recently decided to take the leap into the Forex marketplace. While you may have had all of the confidence in the world and a theoretical knowledge of the industry, your funds have quickly depleted and you now find yourself with little liquidity for future trades. What…