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GonzoBanker Awards 2017

Gonzobanker

Seriously, sit back with a pocket flask of Pappy Van Winkle, smoke a cigar (or your combustible of choice if you live in Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Main or Massachusetts) and enjoy the 2017 GonzoBanker Awards. Malls, retail stores and even some bank branch closings proliferated in 2017. Payments chaos.

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Threats, Risk Coming At Businesses From All Sides

PYMNTS

The latest analysis from SpiderOak also found that, surprisingly, professionals in IT and leadership groups are actually more likely to be using these unsanctioned group chats. of employee group chats in use are unsanctioned by their companies , and many of those employees are sharing sensitive corporate data over those group chat platforms.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

CB Insights

Stripe is also pursuing some more unexpected offerings, including resources to help companies build their own internal analytics tools, and Stripe Atlas, which helps entrepreneurs create US-incorporated businesses in minutes. Leadership and board members. Company Leadership & Board Members. Focus on developers.

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Community banks are thriving in Texas

Independent Banker

There’s a lot of energy in the southern half of Texas, and it’s not just the resources that power our homes and cars. Corporate relocations and expansions—influenced by factors like affordability, low corporate tax rates, no personal income tax and a rich talent pool—have contributed to a momentum that isn’t likely to subside soon.

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17 Of The Biggest Startup Frauds Of All Time

CB Insights

Companies wishing to sell health insurance are required to comply with stringent state-by-state licensing requirements to ensure patient safety — and it was these compliance regulations that human-resources software provider Zenefits knowingly circumvented in 2016. The SEC also levied a fine of $450,000 on Zenefits itself. The Outcome.

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24 Lessons From Warren Buffett’s Annual Letters To Shareholders

CB Insights

Buffett successfully lobbied the leadership of Coca-Cola — the largest position in Buffett’s portfolio, with his ownership share coming in at 6.2% — to cut back on “excessive” executive compensation plans. Berkshire Hathaway bought See’s, and by 1982, it was up to producing $13M after taxes on just $20M in net tangible assets.

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Killing Strategy: The Disruption Of Management Consulting

CB Insights

They used every available resource to understand industries, markets, consumer sentiment, and companies’ product lines. ” This company had an online presence generating data, but lacked leadership or a vision around how that online presence should work or how that data could truly benefit its core business. Information.