Is Amazon Planning to Delve into the Cryptocurrency Space?

Amazon Coin

The words cryptocurrency and Amazon may soon be conjoined after reports surfaced linking giant online retail store, Amazon, to the registration of various cryptocurrency domains. The domains in question include amazoncryptocurrencies.com, amazoncryptocurrency.com, and amazonethereum.com.

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Credit Union Group Gets License to Enable Electronic Payment Services

Electronic Payment Services for Credit Union Group

The Credit Union Service Organisation for Payments (CUSOP) has been granted a payment institution license by the Central Bank of Ireland that will allow credit unions to provide electronic payment services to members nationwide. The new service will allow credit union members to have payments from a bank, employer or social welfare office paid directly into their credit union account by electronic transfer. According to CUSOP, the service will be available to all credit unions in Ireland and will be rolled out to Northern Ireland credit unions in due course. Danske Bank has been appointed to provide the infrastructural support and services to enable the electronic payments using the Sepa…

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Dr. Sam Muslin: Balancing Functionality and Aesthetics with Business Growth

Dr. Sam Muslin of Face Lift Dentistry in Santa Monica

As part of our ongoing interview series, we were honored to speak with Dr. Sam Muslin of Face Lift Dentistry in Santa Monica, California. Dr. Muslin is a Doctor of Dental Surgery, was honored to receive the “Master of the Academy of General Dentistry” award, was featured on The Doctors, and developed Face Lift Dentistry®, VENLAY® Restoration and JawTrac® bite correction. But he’s not just a leader in advancing new procedures; to grow his practice Dr. Muslin also had to cultivate his business management skills and shares key lessons with us today. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? In what ways does that relate to what…

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Age-Proof Your Brain

Brain development occurred only during youth

Doctors used to think that brain development occurred only during youth and that as we age, our brain cells (neurons) inevitably die off. But recent research confirms that humans can add new neurons throughout life. This means we can continue learning new ideas and mastering new skills. Each neuron has branch-like appendages called dendrites that extend in different directions. Whenever die brain is stimulated by an experience—even in old age—new dendrites form. Neurons communicate with each other via electrochemical impulses sent through dendrites. More dendrites mean greater brain power. As we age, some dendrites naturally wither and die. The more we have left, the better our cognitive abilities remain. Key:…

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Euromedic Ireland Opening €1.5m Scanning Clinic in Meath Primary Care Clinic

Euromedic Ireland opening

Euromedic Ireland has announced the opening of a new €1.5m medical scanning clinic in Dublin city centre. The centre, which will be located in the new €6m Meath Primary Care clinic on the site of the former Meath Hospital in Dublin 8, will open in June and will offer access to MRI and ultrasound scans. The facility, Euromedic’s seventh in Ireland, will create five new jobs in the administration and clinical areas. “Since opening our first centre in Ireland in 2007, over one million people have received scans in our centres throughout the country,” said Euromedic Ireland CEO Colm Davitt. “Our partnership with Meath Primary Care demonstrates our firm commitment…

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Walter Vera on Cultivating a Corporate Growth Mindset

Walter Vera on Cultivating a Corporate Growth Mindset

Walter Vera, Vice President of Metals.com Business and Leadership had the opportunity to interview Walter Vera, VP of Metals.com (currently in receivership due to a lawsuit brought by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and 30 States against Defendants TMTE, Inc., also known as Metals.com, Chase Metals, Inc., Chase Metals, LLC, Barrick Capital, Inc., Lucas Thomas Erb, also known as Lucas Asher, also known as Luke Asher, and Simon Batashvili, and Relief Defendant Tower Equity LLC in Case No. 3:20-CV-2910-L. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? In what ways does that relate to what you do now? Growing up I knew I wanted to…

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Kyle Sanders – CEO of Complete SEO

Kyle Sanders – CEO of Complete SEO

Kyle is the CEO of Complete SEO, a full-service digital marketing refinery and SEO agency with offices in Denver, CO and Austin, TX. Additionally, he’s also the co-founder of ClinicVitamins.com, a national, online vitamin dispensary dealing exclusively in professional-grade health supplements. A writer by interest and academic training, Kyle has been published on hundreds of industry-leading small business, marketing, and search engine optimization blogs. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? In what ways does that relate to what you do now? Something related to animals or agriculture. My grandparents used to raise cattle on a 1,200 acre ranch, sustainably harvest the timer, and…

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Matt Wingerd on The Most Crucial Leadership Quality You Need to Cultivate Now

Matt Wingerd on The Most Crucial Leadership Quality

His career spans blue chip institutions like BlueCross BlueShield and Peoplesoft (now Oracle), but in 2000, Matt Wingerd set out on a new path of his own. Taking the lessons he learned in big business and applying them to his independent venture, Marketing Affiliates LLC, has been a 18 year (so far) labor of love, not without its own lessons. Matt shares some of the insights from his expansive career with us today, including the most important leadership quality you need to cultivate for business success. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? In what ways does that relate to what you do now?…

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Deviate Labs: An Innovative Growth Hacking Marketing Agency

The Growth Hacking Agency Led By a Rocket Scientist and an Investment Banker Deviate Labs

Raymond Fong and Chad Riddersen – Co-Founders of Deviate Labs The Growth Hacking Agency Led By a Rocket Scientist and an Investment Banker Deviate Labs, an innovative growth hacking marketing agency , was founded by Raymond Fong and Chad Riddersen. We, at Business and Leadership, are intrigued by how unique individuals with extremely different backgrounds can work together to create an environment and company that thrives. Deviate Labs provides growth marketing services in a variety of  verticals. Their work with Dollar Shave Club and their clients on Shark Tank caught our attention. I had the pleasure of sitting down with Fong and Riddersen for an interview: What are your educational backgrounds and how do they benefit Deviate Labs today? Raymond: I…

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