We just added Chloe Autio of Intel and Randy Sabett at Cooley will now join an already great lineup of experts I’ll be hosting in DC next month. If you are in the DC area, or can be, please consider joining in this important conversation. It’s time for hackers and [Keep reading]
Niall Moran owns three New York City bars, and at 52, he’s worked nearly 40 years in the business. Before opening Niall’s in 2007, he had spent several years opening new locations for Smith and Wollensky’s, and before that, he spent decades working in the front and back of the [Keep reading]
This is excerpt 2 of The Barstool MBA: Why Running a Bar Beats Running to Business School. Click here to read Excerpt 1. Five years ago, Sam Largent couldn’t get landlords to return his calls. Today, developers of America’s most valuable real estate are begging him to be a part [Keep reading]
This should come as a surprise to no one: Equifax is making hacked consumers wrestle with additional red tape. The firm is asking for more paperwork from consumers who were victimized by the credit bureau’s giant data breach in 2017. The additional red tape seems designed to shrink the ranks [Keep reading]
An excerpt from the introduction to Barstool MBA: Why Running a Bar Beats Running to Business School. BOB: Before we go any further, let’s introduce ourselves. I’m Bob Sullivan. I’m a business journalist, and I’ve written several books on economics and technology. I also spent 20 years working at [Keep reading]
Zelle hackers recently stole nearly $23,000 from an 86-year-old New Hampshire woman, draining her Bank of America checking and savings accounts, and the bank denied her dispute of the fraudulent charges for months. Criminals were able to complete eight separate $2,499 withdrawals from the victim’s account — $1 below the [Keep reading]
Maybe you’re bored of reading about ransomware attacks, but plenty of local government agencies wish they were so bored. Organized bands of cybercriminals keep pounding away at smaller government IT systems with great success. In the latest attack (that we know about), more than 20 agencies across Texas were hit [Keep reading]
Today is a very exciting day for us: Our book is out — The Barstool MBA: Why Running a Bar Beats Running to Business School. Book birthdays are very special. I’m lucky to say this is the fifth time for me, but this book is realllly different from anything else [Keep reading]
I’ve written a lot about Zelle fraud in recent months, as banks keep erroneously rejecting victims’ requests for “refunds” after their money is stolen. NBC recently reported on the story and asked me to help. Their piece does a good job of illustrating the scope of the crime – based [Keep reading]
One of my favorite subjects is the problem of shortened attention spans and the fallacy of multitasking in the digital age. Tech competes for our eyes and ears perhaps thousands of times each day. The average worker only gets a few moments to focus on something without being interrupted. Even [Keep reading]
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