“I've always wanted to make a difference,” Emily Hikade, founder and CEO of the luxury sleepwear and home company. Small feathershows entrepreneur. “I loved make a difference. I wanted to do something that meant something.” Image Credit: Courtesy of Petite Plume. Emily Hikade. Growing up in Central Wisconsin, Hikade was curious to the world from…
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(Bloomberg) — Banks are taking advantage of lower interest rates to pull corporate debt deals from private equity funds, making a big comeback after losing market share in recent years. Almost $30 billion of private debt has been refinanced through syndicated loans in more than 70 deals so far this year, according to Bank of…
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When it comes to resumes, telling a little lie is all too common. In fact, a new survey from the online career resource platform Resume Genius found that 48% of job seekers have either lied or considered lying on their CV. IN 2024 Lying on Resumes Reportbased on one original survey of 1,000 managers29% of…
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The life of a financial advisor is a bit like running a marathon with huge obstacles: between client meetings, research, compliance work and trying to grow your book of business, there's hardly a moment to catch your breath. So how can AI step in to help without turning you into a spectator in your own…
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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In today's highly competitive B2B landscape, account-based marketing (known as ABM) has become a game changer, allowing innovative companies to focus their marketing efforts on high-value accounts instead of just targeting a broad audience. ABM is a strategy focused on your marketing and sales teams collaborating to…
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(Bloomberg) — Dan Arnold seemed so ordinary at the helm of LPL Financial Holdings Inc . that an industry publication complimented him on “Vanilla Vision.” So the sudden dismissal this week of Arnold, 59, who took over as chief executive in 2017 and once told the firm's financial advisers that his mission was “to take…
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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. It's no secret that Liquid Death disrupted the beverage industry with its unusual and risqué branding, highly engaging digital marketing tactics and rebellious marketing campaigns, including skull imagery and dark colors that set them off. FAR in addition to traditional water companies. Similarly, Immerse in cold soaking…
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LPL Financial has recruited The Noble Group, an advisory team with approximately $2.1 billion in client assets, from Raymond James. The news comes in the wake of LPL's firing of CEO Dan Arnold this week. The Noble Group, founded in 1996 by Tom Noble, is based in Sugar Land, Texas, with an additional office in…
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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In today's fast-paced world, technology is rapidly evolving and changing the way we live our lives. Artificial intelligence (AI) stands out as one of the most transformative technologies of the century. The application is practically endless. It's an exciting time to be an entrepreneur or run a…
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Kovitz Investment Group Partners, one of the “hub” firms in which Focus Financial is moving towards consolidation the remaining partners in its network, has taken another step in this direction. Kovitz has agreed to acquire Fort Pitt Capital Group, a Pittsburgh-based Focus partner firm with $5.9 billion in client assets. The deal, expected to close…
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