Virtual reality (VR) is a rapidly growing technology, but one of its biggest drawbacks is that it can cause motion sickness that essential all users will experience at some point. …

Filler words are those useless words and phrases that we use to fill the silence while we’re thinking about what to say next. They can be distracting to listeners and can make us sound less intelligent and less credible. The good news is that it’s possible to stop using filler…

A business’s moat refers to its ability to maintain the advantages that are expected to help the company stay ahead of industry rivals and maintain excess profits into the future. Traditionally these are deeply ingrained benefits like owning a great deal of intellectual property, enjoying a lower cost of capital…

There are two ways to increase the value of a company, grow the top line and shrink the bottom line. Increasing sales to generate revenue and growing the top line increases value far more than cutting costs. Operational efficiencies are important and lead to better cash flows, but look at…

The ease with which some businesses scale in the new globalized and digitized economy has led to a handful of massive global companies and increased wealth inequality. Small companies can reach customers around the world. Millions of customers can instantaneously download the latest app for $1 and make overnight millions…

Earlier this year the Wall Street Journal published an article in the career section entitled “M.B.A.s’ Latest Pitch to Investors: Skip the Startup, Invest in Me.” The article compares search funds to SPACs (Special Purpose Acquisition Companies) in that there is an investment in a person before there is a…

Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the world. You may have seen many articles begin with this fact. To put this into perspective, if nothing changes, in the next 100 years, cigarettes will kill 1 billion people globally and cost us $1 trillion in smoking related…