New Proposal Seeks To Raise Minimum Investment For EB-5 Visa

Jurate Gulbinas   |   3 Feb 2017   |   2 min read

Earlier this month, about a week before Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Department of Homeland Security proposed increasing the minimum investment amount required for the EB-5 program to $1.35 million in a “targeted employment area,” up from $500,000 currently. A targeted employment area is an area with high unemployment or a rural area. The proposal suggests raising the minimum investment to $1.8 million for developments in low- to average-unemployment areas, up from the current $1 million.

New Proposal Seeks To Raise Minimum Investment For EB-5 Visa

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Positive Thinking Doesn’t Always Work, But Negative Thinking Does: The Power Of Truth Statements

Jurate Gulbinas   |      |   2 min read

Most people realize that things are not always going to go their way, but what they don’t realize is being negative is good too. These are what you can call truth statements, something that can be negative, but may need to be realized. It can help you see mistakes, but also fix them.

Key Takeaways:

  • Continually focusing on the negative actually creates more negative. That’s expectancy theory. Expectancy theory states that whatever you focus on expands.
  • The great thing about expectancy theory is that it works every bit as well with the positive as it does with the negative.
  • A truth statement is a statement that contains as much or more truth than the re-occurring negative statement, but rather emphasizes strength or something positive.

“Continually focusing on the negative actually creates more negative.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonselk/2017/01/27/positive-thinking-doesnt-always-work-but-negative-thinking-does-the-power-of-truth-statements/

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These Are the 20 Fastest-Growing Skills in the Online Job Market

Jurate Gulbinas   |   2 Feb 2017   |   2 min read

The online job market is a place of fast growing skills. Some are really fast growing and they deserve a mention. Natural language processing is considered the fastest growing. And the 4th one is Amazon Marketplace Web Services (MWS). Instagram marketing is one skill on the list that does not require any technical skills.

Key Takeaways:

  • Freelancers who know natural language processing earned an average hourly rate of $123 per hour, and the total amount that they billed soared by 2300 percent last quarter from a year earlier.
  • Only about 400 freelancers currently list the skill on their Upwork profile, and the fourth quarter was the first time that there was a significant pool of freelancers with this talent, according to the company.
  • The nascent boom in these jobs also foreshadows the employment that advances in artificial intelligence could create, even while they replace other human tasks.

“Freelancers who know natural language processing earned an average hourly rate of $123 per hour, and the total amount that they billed soared by 2300 percent last quarter from a year earlier.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-25/these-are-the-20-fastest-growing-skills-in-the-online-job-market

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Singapore tries to become a fintech hub

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Singapore’s Mas fintech lab is an attempt by Singapore to venture into the use of technology in the financial sector. Bankers should be warned that use of this technology can cut several jobs as fintech allows the customer do more online with the bank . While in many major cities, fintech undermines the banks, Singapore hopes to use fintech to enhance the big existing banks while becoming more tech savy

Singapore tries to become a fintech hub

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What Exactly Is Your Income Statement Telling You?

Jurate Gulbinas   |      |   2 min read

Are you a small business owner trying to increase your profits? It takes a lot to open and run your own small business and it to the point that most small business owners don’t take the time to review their financial statements. You’re income statements are very important it can tell you if the business is being profitable or not. Also, reviewing the reports regularly will help point out certain things that you the business owner can change to make a larger profit!

What Exactly Is Your Income Statement Telling You?

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You Have An Idea For A Food Business. Now What?

Jurate Gulbinas   |   1 Feb 2017   |   2 min read

One of the hardest things to do in the world is start a small business, especially a restaurant. There are many good ideas but being able to execute and idea can seem impossible. When you approach this you need to take realistic steps to make sure you stick out in an already crowded market.

Key Takeaways:

  • An idea is just not enough.
  • You need to have a plan to start a food business.
  • Be realistic when you are setting your goals for a new business.

“In 2015, $6.8 billion of capital flowed into private food tech and food media companies.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/eveturowpaul/2017/01/24/you-have-an-idea-for-a-food-business-now-what/

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Donald Trump Through The Years

Jurate Gulbinas   |      |   1 min read

Depicted is 25 original photographs highlighting some of Donald Trumps biggest life moments. Included in some of his major life events are his various marriages, the opening of Trump Tower in 1983, some companies that went under and bankruptcies, the purchase of the Miss Universe organization, and ultimately his most recent accomplishment of running for president of the United States of America.

Donald Trump Through The Years

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Artificial Intelligence Doesn’t Just Cut Costs, It Expands Business Brainpower

Jurate Gulbinas   |      |   2 min read

When the word artificial intelligence is thrown around in the business world many people think about all the jobs they will replace. The problem is that it has a legitimate purpose besides simply saving money. It can improve the brain power that a company can use to expand what it’s business can do.

Key Takeaways:

  • Let’s start talking about a more expansive view that looks at AI as a catalyst for new ways to build markets and drive new forms of innovation.
  • AI potentially will enable organizations to expand in ways that were unthinkable with sheer human brainpower, as powerful as that brainpower may be.
  • There are a million points in which machines could be making low-level decisions. But at first blush, mitigating human wages and human error rates is the main business case.

“AI potentially will enable organizations to expand in ways that were unthinkable with sheer human brainpower, as powerful as that brainpower may be.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/joemckendrick/2017/01/24/artificial-intelligence-doesnt-just-cut-costs-it-expands-business-brainpower/

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