Wealth

Barbara Corcoran is often wowed by pitches on ABC’s “Shark Tank, but impressive products or services aren’t enough to get her to invest. Instead, Corcoran likes to “buy the entrepreneur,” she said on a recent episode of Barstool’s “Chicks in the Office” podcast. That means analyzing the contestant’s personality — regardless of what they’re selling
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Bill Gates never finished his undergraduate degree — the billionaire dropped out of Harvard University after three semesters to start Microsoft. “What does a college dropout know about graduation? Not much, personally, to be honest,” Gates told students at Northern Arizona University’s commencement ceremony on Saturday. “As I prepared for today, I spent a lot
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AsiaVision | E+ | Getty Images Many Americans aren’t saving enough for retirement — and the shortfall could put a strain on state and federal budgets in the coming decades. But research shows that state-run programs could help people save for retirement while reducing that strain. Without changes, the retirement savings gap could create a
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A perennial favorite among holidaymakers, Greece consistently ranks among the top 10 vacation destinations in Europe. But now it wants tourists to get to know lesser-known locations across its thousands of sprawling islands. “We’re moving beyond sea and sun. We want to prolong the tourism season in both time and space,” Olympia Anastasopoulou, secretary-general for
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Barbara Corcoran doesn’t want to hear your startup pitches outside of ABC’s “Shark Tank.” It’s not because her friends and strangers on the street have unrealistic business ideas, Corcoran recently told Barstool’s “Chicks in the Office” podcast. Rather, it’s because only one in every 10 of her “Shark Tank” investments actually earns a profit, she
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Mark Cuban always tries to push himself out of his comfort zone, so it’s no surprise that he does the same for others. Cynt Marshall, CEO of the Dallas Mavericks, experienced it firsthand when Cuban cold-called her with a job offer in 2018, she recently told LinkedIn’s The Path newsletter. Marshall, 63, had left her
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Many folks once scoffed at the idea that people would rent their homes to strangers — including Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky’s own mother. That’s according to Chesky, who told the story at a recent Stanford Graduate School of Business event. As he recounted, he was a 20-something industrial designer, struggling to pay rent.
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