About Alan Payne Alan Payne, a strategic leader, spent thirty-one years in the movie rental business, the last twenty-five of those as a Blockbuster retail franchisee. He took over a small group of Blockbuster stores in 1993 and grew it into one of the largest and most successful chains in the company. He finally closed…

About Cade Metz Cade Metz is a reporter with The New York Times, covering artificial intelligence, driverless cars, robotics, virtual reality, and other emerging areas. Genius Makers is his first book. Previously, he was a senior staff writer with Wired magazine and the U.S. editor of The Register, one of Britain’s leading science and technology…

Last week, Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, were presented with the choice to unionize. 70% of the vote was against unionization. Here are the reasons why they said NO to the union. They make more per hour than many jobs in the area and they have an opportunity to grow and get salary increases.…

Deciding to make the leap into cryptocurrency investment is not a step that is taken lightly. After all, we have all seen the news stories about how volatile the market can be, and anyone who is making that leap needs to be confident, knowledgeable, and flexible.  Of course, you wouldn’t make any investment without doing…

About Tobey Pearl Tobey Pearl earned degrees in law and international relations from Boston University and studied international law at the University of Hong Kong. Terror to the Wicked is her first book. She lives with her husband, the author Matthew Pearl, three children, and a rescue dog.