Jessica Scorpio struggled for years to get her company, Getaround, off the ground, largely due to one massive roadblock. Getaround is a car-sharing marketplace on which car owners can rent their vehicles to anyone else in the program
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Jessica Scorpio struggled for years to get her company, Getaround, off the ground, largely due to one massive roadblock. Getaround is a car-sharing marketplace on which car owners can rent their vehicles to anyone else in the program.
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To grow, your business needs to reel in the big fish. Here's how I transformed my tiny business into one of the best-known PR firms in the United States.
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Commonalities may be comfortable, but they also create blind spots. You want lieutenants who provoke feuds and dissent
Read More »Why Businesses Overpay for Health Insurance
And what you can do about it.
Read More »What Would You Do to Lower Insurance Costs?
One rabbi, who gets his insurance through a corporation he formed, is willing to marry for a good deal. Some company owners will go to great lengths to save money, and then there's Rabbi Craig Ezring.
Read More »8 unsafe car booster seats: Is your child at risk?
Booster seat tests by Insurance Institute for Highway Safety show not all keep kids safe
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Sunday's NASCAR race was bittersweet for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) .
Read More »How Much Do Wildfires Cost in Terms of Property Damage?
A 1 degree Celsius rise in average global temperature could cause the number of acres burned annually in the U.S. West to rise by as much as 400, 500 or even 600 percent in certain regions, according to calculations made by the University of Washington and the U.S. Forest Service.
Read More »Climate Change Is Getting Expensive For The Insurance Industry
As natural disasters increase, insurance companies are paying out more and more. To keep costs down, the industry wants the government to be better prepared.
Read More »Massive Labs Prep Businesses For Acts Of God With Manmade Fires, Hurricanes, Hail
Professional pyromaniacs (fine, engineers) employed by the insurance industry are finding increasingly sophisticated ways to recreate horrific natural disasters--and their research is helping companies avoid millions in losses. As wildfires rage through Texas and the U.S
Read More »Organic Snacks
Getting fresh has never seemed more appealing. Organic foods—particularly in the niches of producing snacks and the specialty food stores that sell them—are showing great promise over the next few years. Organic snack foods accounted for 5 percent of the country's total organic food sales in 2009, according to the Organic Trade Association.
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