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What Every Bitcoin Investor Should Learn From a Dictator Named “Awesome”

Austin Startup

Taking his name a little too literally, Awesome decided that he needed fiat currency like that introduced by his distant cousin Kublai in China. In the end, he was pelted with all manner of foul, medieval produce without refrigeration, and openly mocked over the irony of his increasingly worthless name. Yeah, that ended badly.

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Staying Cyber Aware in a Crisis: Smart Tips for Nonprofit Boards

Board Effect

There are a good number of hackers lurking in cyberspace that have the backing of their governments —namely in China, North Korea, and Russia. Not long after the attacks from Russia, North Korean hackers also used malware as a lure to inform people about the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Fascinating Aura of Mystery, Awe, and Power Surrounding A Business

Growthink Blog

I would combine this definition with one of my favorite lessons from my long ago MBA marketing class – namely that in a modern marketplace there is zero difference between " actual " and " perceived " value. Oxford defines mystique as "a fascinating aura of mystery, awe, and power surrounding someone or something."

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Small Business Tips: Foreign Payments, The Patriot Act, OFAC, and you.

crowdSPRING Blog

Every time I find myself on the security line at the airport, I watch the folks ahead of me anticipating that someone will be pulled from the line because their name appeared on the TSA “no-fly” list. I have yet to see this happen, but I sympathize with the poor schlub whose name matches that of a known evil-doer.

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Dalhousie University Commencement Speech – 2017

Steve Blank

Today, China, Russia, North Korea and other countries have locked their citizens behind a great firewall. It had different names in the past — “yellow journalism,” propaganda, misinformation. The same is true for the Internet. They control what their citizens can see and access.

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8 books that fundamentally changed me as a person

Jeff Hilimire

The brutal life that so many around the world are subjected to, and specifically in this book the focus is on those in North Korea, is hard to fathom. Even named a nonprofit after him ( Ripples of Hope ). How can people treat other human beings like this? Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon.

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Jennifer Lopez and the NDA

Growthink Blog

I would combine this definition with one of my favorite lessons from my long ago MBA marketing class – namely that in a modern marketplace there is zero difference between " actual " and " perceived " value. Oxford defines mystique as "a fascinating aura of mystery, awe, and power surrounding someone or something."

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