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Live events are coming back in a big way. Multiple-day music festivals, rollicking stadium concerts and big-time sporting events have resumed with gusto upon the cautious easing of Covid-related restrictions, but fans can expect some significant changes in the way they secure admission to such experiences. Blockchain technology is undoubtedly …

A content creator recently asked me for advice and tips on how to utilize social media to advance his career. So, I started with the basic questions that everyone should start with: Who are you and what do you want to say? Online, that is. These are basic but important …

A few months ago, I became 65 — I, who still thinks and acts like a person in their 20s, am now a senior citizen. All of a sudden, I became eligible for some of the benefits hitting that landmark birthday: medicare, discounts for things like mass transit, rent, the …

In business, incentives are often misaligned with social good. This is true in the prison and pharmaceutical industries and, now, much of the legal cannabis industry. I’ve spent the last seven years in the cannabis industry investing in, advising and operating companies. During that time, I also worked on drug …

Interaction through social networks is one of the phenomena that attract more attention from those who analyze the behavior of digital communities, approaching the concept of netography. Netography, or virtual ethnography, uses this methodology of social studies to understand how people interact with their communities on social networks. From music …

Social justice is best pursued by listening to different people and learning what makes them happy, from my perspective. We should not censor any opinion because we think we know what is right or wrong. According to a discussion at a recent Aspen Ideas conference, “When people say freedom of …

Brands, companies and organizations face the increasingly difficult task of connecting with their customers in meaningful ways, across many channels, throughout all hours of the day. The primary way to achieve this goal has been to collect data, analyze the data and then make top-down decisions and implement them across …

We’ve all seen the recent headlines of one mega-catalog sale after the next. Without missing a beat, the tempo of music royalty investing has continued to accelerate into 2022. Big-name stars and iconic artists, from Sting to John Legend to Neil Diamond to Alice in Chains, are taking advantage of …

Images and videos of the horrific war in Ukraine have circulated the globe, leading to discussions in classrooms, television studios, internet spaces and boardrooms — to name a few places. Some businesses have taken a stand. Airbnb, Netflix and Accenture are just three companies that recently severed ties with Russia. …

Health insurance is becoming all the rage as a business these days. Technology companies are diving into the tradition-bound industry, and individuals are also pouring in. People are lured by the hope of high compensation and passive income. But, how do you get started in the industry, and how can …