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Businesses Stand On the Doorstep of the Digital Age, But It's Up to You to Step Through
Businesses Stand On the Doorstep of the Digital Age, But It's Up to You to Step Through

How many times have you heard in recent times “Small business is getting crushed.” Or “40% of small businesses have closed their doors for good.” Or “You’ll own nothing and be happy.” To someone who is an eternal optimist, like me, all the negativity can drive people to “give up” their will to be in businesses. Yes, these are discouraging signs of deeper fissures in our economy, and yes, their effects will be felt for years. However, I challenge you to change your attitude about what’s possible during severe economic disruption and recognize it for the opportunity that it presents.

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Business, Internet, Marketing, PublishingTyler WestInternet, Digital Age, economy, entreprenuership, SMBs
The Rise and Rise of Social Coins
The Rise and Rise of Social Coins

Back in 2009, when bitcoin was quietly born in the form of an innocent whitepaper, people didn’t realize its disruptiveness. In fact, most people still don’t. Bitcoin permanently revolutionizes the world because of the digitalization power it presents. Although digitalization is a broad term, comprising many technological breakthroughs, the strong pattern emerging is that it promotes otherwise marginalized use cases and people to participate in harmony within society. The iterative process strongly blows the sails of the circular economy windmill - the main propeller for cryptocurrencies explosive growth.

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Business, InternetTyler Westblockchain, crypto
Why Small Business Owners and Virtual Assistants Need Each Other

It was one of those rare occasions where someone acts on your good advice. Several years ago a friend and colleague of mine was transitioning out of her full-time job to build a new life, out of state. Eschewing corporate hierarchies as I do, while trying to remain sensitive to her need for stable work, I made that best suggestion I could. I told her she could put herself in business right away by marketing herself as a "Virtual assistant" to her existing network instead of waiting in line like everybody else to land full-time employment.

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Business, Internet, CareersTyler Westvirtual assistants, economy, telecommuting, trends, Blue Ocean Strategy, employment