How to Stand Out As a Leader in a Saturated Online Market

Three ways to stand out in the online market.Free Book Preview: Coach ’Em Way Up Discover how to be an influential mentor through tips and advice based on the teachings of respected basketball coach John Wooden. January 9, 2021 4 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Fit in, or stand out? Serve existing markets, or serve those in untapped markets? As the online marketplace becomes increasingly saturated for entrepreneurs, and the amount of information available to us online leaves us feeling increasingly overwhelmed, we reach a point where we have no choice but to pull…

Rethinking gender alliances at work

The United States, like much of the rest of the world, has an extremely long way to go to achieve gender equality in the workplace. The latest pyramid showing where women are in the hierarchy of S&P 500 companies, from the nonprofit organization Catalyst, reveals that although women make up nearly half of the total S&P 500 workforce, they hold only about one-fifth of board seats, 11 percent of top-earning jobs, and 6 percent of CEO positions. So to many people, it comes as a surprise when I share a question that I’m often asked by women’s groups inside businesses:…

Vedanta Resources promoters launch open offer for 10{bce2ac57dae147ae13b811f47f24d80c66c6ab504b39dda4a9b6e8ac93725942} of India unit

Vedanta Resources launched an open offer for a 10{bce2ac57dae147ae13b811f47f24d80c66c6ab504b39dda4a9b6e8ac93725942} stake in its India unit, two months after a failed delisting attempt for Vedanta Ltd. The London-based parent of Mumbai-listed Vedanta Ltd. will buy as many as 371.75 million shares, comprising 10{bce2ac57dae147ae13b811f47f24d80c66c6ab504b39dda4a9b6e8ac93725942} of the outstanding equity of the Indian unit, according to an exchange filing Saturday. The open offer, which will be managed by JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s India unit, will be a voluntary open offer, with no minimum level of acceptance by Vedanta, according to the filing. If Vedanta Ltd. holders…

Still Adjusting to Remote Working? I’ve Been Doing It for 20 Years.

The future of leadership in a stay-at-home economy.Free Book Preview: Coach ’Em Way Up Discover how to be an influential mentor through tips and advice based on the teachings of respected basketball coach John Wooden. January 8, 2021 5 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. For the past ten years, I’ve been fortunate enough to work remotely and managed teams who do the same for over two decades. As a result I was prepared for 2020’s exodus from the office. I made the important decision to live in Northern California, away from the major tech…

Irdai maintains 5{bce2ac57dae147ae13b811f47f24d80c66c6ab504b39dda4a9b6e8ac93725942} obligatory cession to GIC Re in FY21, fixes commission

The insurance regulator has maintained the obligatory cession of each general insurance policy that is to be reinsured with an Indian reinsurer at 5 per cent for the financial year FY21. “The percentage cession of the sum insured on each general insurance policy to be reinsured with the Indian re-insurer(s) shall be 5 per cent in respect of insurance attaching during the financial year beginning from 1st April, 2021 to 31st March, 2022, except the terrorism premium and premium ceded to Nuclear Pool, wherein it would be made ‘NIL’. More importantly,…

Bull run continues: Indices on longest weekly winning streak since 2009

Buoyed by global cues, the benchmark indices rose on Friday, marking their tenth successive week of gains, the longest such streak since June 2009. The benchmark Sensex gained 689 points, or 1.43 per cent, reaching a fresh record of 48,782 points, and the Nifty rose by 210 points to end the session at a record 14,347. Optimism surrounding the roll out of vaccines and hopes of more stimulus in the United States of America aided the rally. Investors seems to have been enthused by the roll out of Covid-19 vaccination drive in India and the formal…

Burger King Changes Its Logo for the First Time in 20 Years, and Now It Looks Like This

The new reinterpretation will include the company logo, uniforms, restaurants and food packaging.Free Book Preview Ultimate Guide to Facebook Advertising Get a glimpse of how to use Facebook’s marketing resources to your business’s advantage. January 7, 2021 1 min readThis article was translated from our Spanish edition using AI technologies. Errors may exist due to this process. Fast food brand Burger King announced Thursday that it will redesign its brand for the first time in 20 years to reflect its removal of conservatives. This new reinterpretation will include the company logo, uniforms, restaurants and food packaging. According to…

To see the future more clearly, find your blind spots

It was the year we saw it all. And 2020 was also the year we didn’t see it all coming. Wildfires. Floods. So many storms in the Atlantic that meteorologists had to resort to the Greek alphabet to name them. Global protests over racial and economic inequality. And, of course, the pandemic. What is surprising is that we were surprised. In a recent PwC study, 69 percent of responding organizations had experienced a crisis in the past five years and 95 percent expected to face one. We all watched Australia aflame in the months before the pandemic. California, too. It…