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One thing the latest holiday sales season made crystal clear is that mobile commerce is on the rise. On Cyber Monday — which set an all-time-high overall sales record of US$6.6 billion — mobile shopping totaled 47.4 percent of visits to retailers’ websites, according to Adobe, which analyzed 1 trillion visits to more than 4,500 retail sites. Revenue from purchases ...

1. Tim Westergren Tim Westergren is the founder of Pandora, but he didn’t get started until he was 35. What was he doing up until that point? At various ages, he was a hippie, a male nanny and a part-time music composer. In the late 1990s, he started composing music for films and created a concept that allowed him to ...

When former First Lady Barbara Bush penned her autobiography, her editor placed limits on the frequency with which she could use the words “close friend,” “wonderful” (once per page) and “precious” (once per chapter). She was widely known for her loving nature, her positive outlook on life and her sharp wit. “Not bad to have had a life that was ...

1. He nearly worked for Microsoft. When he was a senior in high school he co-created an app called Synapse Media Player, an MP3 player that kept track of the user’s favorite songs and made playlists based on their choices, essentially an early Spotify or Pandora. Microsoft sought to acquire the company and its founders, but instead of working for ...

1. Never, ever stop fighting for your dream. When you learn about Ingram’s journey and analyze it, what comes to mind is someone with a dream in his heart who was never going to stop fighting until it became true. As a former professional athlete myself, I don’t think I could ever see myself playing in the minor leagues for ...

1.Be of service for inspiration. The best leaders also tend to be the biggest givers. Shift the paradigm of value, stop worrying so much about what you’re going to get in return and start concerning yourself with what you’re giving. When your team knows that you go the extra mile to be extraordinary for them, they will go the extra ...

School is one of the best times for you to gain important knowledge for developing your career later. Making the most of your time acquiring an education can help you become a stronger, more established professional in the future. Though for many of us, studying for a big test or completing a grade-determining project can lead some to lose focus. In this ...

I’m not making a prediction here — I’m pondering a possibility. I spent a day with BlackBerry last week and it brought back memories of how Apple displaced the company around a decade ago. I, like a lot of folks at the time, thought what Apple was attempting was impossible. However, after the fact, it didn’t even look difficult. BlackBerry ...