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11/11/2020

The Transformative Leadership Styles of 3 Top Female CEOs

“Change is the only constant in life.” ~ Heraclitus of Ephesus, Greek Philosopher
The complexities of technology, business and modern life make those words--originally spoken more than 2,000 years ago---even more relevant and timely today.
One of the most notable areas of incremental change in this country in recent decades has been the ascension of women to the highest levels of leadership in government, academia and business.

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/238407

For the first time, women have taken the reins of some of the world's largest corporations. The challenges they face are anything but new.

11/07/2020

Experts weigh in their thoughts on the digital asset market trends post-COVID in this Korea virtual event by BlockMedia – The Soho Loft

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LDJ Capital Chairman David Drake speaks at the Blockfesta 2020 virtual event organized by BlockMedia New York, 06 November 2020 — Asset management companies, blockchain projects, crypto projects, crypto investment fund managers, digital asset exchanges, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders will be ...

11/06/2020

Experts weigh in their thoughts on the digital asset market trends post-COVID in this Korea virtual event by BlockMedia – The Soho Loft

How will crypto shape the future of finance post-pandemic? Answers in Blockfesta 2020, a virtual webinar conference hosted and organized by BlockMedia at the 51st floor of Trade Tower in Gangnam District, Seoul on November 13, 2020. The one-day virtual webinar will feature keynote speeches and recorded talks from guest speakers outside of Korea. Topics for discussion include the role of bitcoin in the future of digital finance, the state of the digital asset market in the post-pandemic era, the digitalization of asset management and blockchain-based companies, and new laws on cryptocurrencies.https://thesoholoft.com/experts-weigh-in-their-thoughts-on-the-digital-asset-market-trends-post-covid-in-this-korea-virtual-event-by-blockmedia/

LDJ Capital Chairman David Drake speaks at the Blockfesta 2020 virtual event organized by BlockMedia New York, 06 November 2020 — Asset management companies, blockchain projects, crypto projects, crypto investment fund managers, digital asset exchanges, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders will be ...

11/04/2020

TBLI is the world's leading authority on ESG and Impact Investing and has been educating and advising institutional investors for over 25 years.
Explore investment opportunities and learn about the latest trends in ESG & Impact Investing! TBLI Conference Asia will be the 40th TBLI Conference.
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11/04/2020

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11/03/2020

2013: What's In Store For Crowdfunding And Angel Investors

The SEC expands fundraising exemptions for private companies.

The SEC has adopted a new set of rules to make it easier for small and medium-sized private companies to raise capital.

Federal securities laws require that companies file with the SEC and publish financial statements and other information before they accept investors' money. But there are several exemptions that the SEC revised on Monday.

The agency doubled companies' exemption amount to $10 million from $5 million under Regulation D. It also increased the amount companies can raise from individual investors and firms to $75 million from $50 million under the Regulation A exemption. The limit on crowdfunding deals was raised from $1.07 million to $5 million.

Companies will also be able to make these so-called exempt offerings within 30 days of each other rather than the current six-month waiting period.

Our teams at LDJ Capital and The Soho Loft celebrate these recent developments as we remember our work in the space for over a decade.

Email us at [email protected] if you have any questions on these recent changes in the regulations.

For more info on the SEC rule amendments, visit SEC.gov Press Release: SEC Harmonizes and Improves “Patchwork” Exempt Offering Framework

#startups #startupcapital #crowdfunding #regulationcrowdfunding #SEC #JOBSAct #Securities #SecuritiesLaw

https://www.forbes.com/sites/groupthink/2012/12/31/2013-whats-in-store-for-crowdfunding-and-angel-investors/?sh=6f911b32de7b

Vince Molinari of Gate Technologies, Candace Klein of SoMoLend, David Drake, Douglas Ellenoff, Brian Meece of RocketHub, Chance Barnett & DJ Paul of CrowdFunders at CFIRA’s First SEC meeting 4/20/12 The following guest post is by David Drake, founder and chairman of LDJ Capital, a New York Cit...

11/03/2020

TBLI is the worlds leading authority on ESG and Impact Investing and has been educating and advising institutional investors for over 25 years. Their story is to make the financial system work for all.

Explore investment opportunities and learn about the latest trends in ESG & Impact Investing! TBLI Conference Asia will be the 40th TBLI Conference.

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Virtual Event 19-20 Nov 2020: TBLI Conference Asia

11/02/2020

A new, more trusting style of leadership is needed to manage people working from home, says tech exec

OUR NEW FUTURE
A new, more trusting style of leadership is needed to manage people working from home, says tech exec
“Having people work from home also means companies have access to a wider talent pool…”
#businessleaders
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/05/working-from-home-means-more-trust-from-leaders-says-tech-exec.html

Splunk has invested a lot of time in understanding employees' needs, says its chief technical adviser.

10/27/2020

A Guide for Understanding Your Business Data – The Soho Loft

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Business data is there to support you in any and all of your decisions. It’s there to help you grow, understand, learn and ultimately succeed in all your business endeavors. Business data is the gateway to understanding your business as a whole, as well as interacting in a more effective way with ...

10/25/2020

14 Leadership Lessons From ZoomInfo Co-Founder and CEO Henry Schuck

Artificial Intelligence in business development is an area seeing disruption thanks to mass adoption of this technology. This industry is expected to see massive growth beyond the pandemic, which is why the first tech IPO of the Covid era was one of the most-talked about of the year. With a stock price that soared over 60 percent above expectations in its June debut, ZoomInfo (NASDAQ: ZI) – a SaaS platform that helps B2B sales and marketing professionals identify and connect with their next customers – is clearly here to stay. To discuss the company’s success story, I had the pleasure of hosting a chat with co-founder and CEO Henry Schuck for the seventh episode in Comparably’s “Leadership Lessons” series with Entrepreneur. #leadership #businessleaders
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/357590

What you can learn from a leader who took his company public during a public health crisis.

10/18/2020

3 Ways To Ensure Your Crisis Management And Communication Plans Will Work

Even before Covid-19, companies and organizations were gambling with their futures and the health and lives of employees if they did not take steps to ensure their crisis plans would work when needed — assuming, of course, that they had plans in place.
According to a 2019 survey conducted by CS&A International and PR News, about 62 percent of companies had crisis plans, though it was uncertain how many updated them on a regular basis. Almost 60% of the middle and senior managers surveyed said they never conducted a crisis exercise or were not sure how often their companies held exercises. #businessleadership #businessleaders
https://www.forbes.com/sites/edwardsegal/2020/10/12/3-ways-to-ensure-your-crisis-management-and-communication-plans-will-work/#86a4d83398ec

What could possibly go wrong if your company does not have a crisis plan or tests it on a regular basis? In a word, plenty. If your organization would rather be safe than sorry, there are three things it can do to help protect itself:

10/16/2020

Experts Share their Insights on the Transition to New Normal Living in this Horasis virtual meeting – The Soho Loft

Experts Share their Insights on the Transition to New Normal Living in this Horasis virtual meeting
LDJ Capital Chairman David Drake speaks at the Horasis Extraordinary Meeting virtual event with Antonio Guterres, Richard Branson, Hank McKinnell and other world leaders

https://thesoholoft.com/experts-share-their-insights-on-the-transition-to-new-normal-living-in-this-horasis-virtual-meeting/

LDJ Capital Chairman David Drake speaks at the Horasis Extraordinary Meeting virtual event with Antonio Guterres, Richard Branson, Hank McKinnell and other world leaders Business leaders, financial experts, investment officers, delegates, ministers, government representatives, venture capitalists, m...

10/16/2020

Experts Share their Insights on the Transition to New Normal Living in this Horasis virtual meeting – The Soho Loft

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LDJ Capital Chairman David Drake speaks at the Horasis Extraordinary Meeting virtual event with Antonio Guterres, Richard Branson, Hank McKinnell and other world leaders Business leaders, financial experts, investment officers, delegates, ministers, government representatives, venture capitalists, m...

10/12/2020

3 Tips to Avoid WFH Burnout

Millions around the globe have made a sudden transition to remote work amid the #Covid19 pandemic. Not surprisingly, this has some employers concerned about maintaining employee productivity. But what they really should be concerned about in this unprecedented situation is a longer-term risk: employee burnout.
The risk is substantial. The lines between work and non-work are blurring in new and unusual ways, and many employees who are working remotely for the first time are likely to struggle to preserve healthy boundaries between their professional and personal lives. To signal their loyalty, devotion, and productivity, they may feel they have to work all the time. Afternoons will blend with evenings; weekdays will blend with weekends; and little sense of time off will remain. It’s possible that some employees may be asked to continue working remotely for several months. #businessleaders

https://hbr.org/2020/04/3-tips-to-avoid-wfh-burnout

How to leave work at the door when you don’t leave the house.

10/07/2020

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09/27/2020

How millennials have been affected by unemployment during coronavirus

How millennials have been affected by unemployment during coronavirus
Between the end of March and the beginning of August, over 1 million people applied for unemployment insurance — each week. And millennials, who are currently between the ages of 24 and 38, may be the group hit hardest by the economic turmoil of the pandemic. CNBC Make It spoke with young unemployed workers and economists to hear how millennials have been impacted by unemployment and learned how the pandemic has laid bare the critical role of our unemployment system, as well as its flaws.

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2020/09/17/how-millennials-have-been-affected-by-unemployment-during-coronavirus.html

Between the end of March and the beginning of August, over 1 million people applied for unemployment insurance — each week. And millennials, who are currently between the ages of 24 and 38, may be the group hit hardest by the economic turmoil of the pandemic. CNBC Make It spoke with young unemploy...

09/15/2020

5 Principles to Guide Adaptive Leadership

The #Covid-19 pandemic is constantly evolving, with leaders facing unpredictability, imperfect information, multiple unknowns, and the need to identify responses quickly — all while recognizing the multi-dimensional (health-related, economic, social, political, cultural) nature of the crisis.
Responding to the crisis requires adaptive leadership, which involves what we refer to as the 4 A’s:
https://hbr.org/2020/09/5-principles-to-guide-adaptive-leadership

#businessleaders #businessleadership

How you respond to a crisis will have repercussions for years to come.

09/14/2020

I've been coaching execs for 25 years, and the same 6 habits keep coming up in the best leaders

* A #management expert who works with top executives at successful companies noticed they all have six habits.
* Sharing knowledge, figuring out how to innovate, and moving on from wrong decisions are all key to great #leadership.
* The best #leaders also engage with their companies in multiple ways — like volunteering with organizations, taking lunches, and joining task forces.
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-best-leaders-have-these-6-habits-2017-11

A management expert who works with top executives shares the things all leaders should know or do.

09/11/2020

Council Post: Five Leadership Tips To Help You Stay Afloat In A Crisis

A person’s true character is always exposed when he or she is under pressure. As a #leader, you have to balance stressors with short-term needs and long-term goals. It’s easy to be in the corner office when things are good, but how do you fare when things are rough? #businessleaders

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesfinancecouncil/2020/09/10/five-leadership-tips-to-help-you-stay-afloat-in-a-crisis/#13d2b113305b

It’s easy to be in the corner office when things are good, but how do you fare when things are rough?

09/09/2020

Meet America’s Best Temporary Staffing Firms 2020

When the #coronavirus started to spread across the United States in February, David Savitsky, cofounder and #CEO of ATC Healthcare Services, wasted no time preparing his team. He knew that hospitals in New York City would need support, and his temporary staffing firm would have a role to play on the frontlines. By the end of March, his prediction had proved correct, and ATC Healthcare had staffed New York City hospitals with hundreds of nurses from throughout the country and increased its business by 35%. “They wanted to do the meaningful, necessary work to take care of the people who were affected by the pandemic,” Savitsky says. “Our role is really to find jobs for people, find institutions that are looking for personnel and facilitate that.”
#businessleaders
https://www.forbes.com/sites/vickyvalet/2020/07/14/meet-americas-best-temporary-staffing-firms-2020/#737401ef533f

When there are more than 10,000 agencies in the U.S. that connect contract employees and employers, how can candidates and companies find those that suit their unique needs? Forbes set out to simplify the process with our inaugural list of the best temporary staffing firms.

09/09/2020

The Transformative Leadership Styles of 3 Top Female CEOs

“Change is the only constant in life.” ~ Heraclitus of Ephesus, Greek Philosopher
The complexities of technology, #business and modern life make those words--originally spoken more than 2,000 years ago---even more relevant and timely today.
One of the most notable areas of incremental change in this country in recent decades has been the ascension of #women to the highest levels of #leadership in government, academia and business.
In fact, managing change is now a requisite for leadership.
Three women, in particular, have assumed the dual role of de facto change agents and CEOs at their respective multi-billion dollar enterprises.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/238407

For the first time, women have taken the reins of some of the world's largest corporations. The challenges they face are anything but new.

09/07/2020

How coronavirus could usher in a new age of automation

“ #Businesses are kind of looking and seeing that humans can get sick from #Covid,” said Marcus D. Casey, an associate professor of economics at the University of Illinois at Chicago. “Machines can’t. Even if we don’t see it right away, we surely see that there’s going to be a move toward more #automation.”

A recent McKinsey study found that artificial intelligence and deep learning could add as much as $3.5 trillion to $5.8 trillion in annual value for companies. The economic shock of the coronavirus pandemic hasn’t helped. In fact, Covid-19 could be accelerating the pace of automation. To put the increase in robotics in perspective, the U.S. had 0.49 robots per 1,000 workers in 1995. That number rose to 1.79 robots per 1,000 workers in 2017.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/05/how-coronavirus-could-usher-in-a-new-age-of-automation.html

From burger-flipping machines to car-building robots — not to mention high-powered software taking on more and more administrative tasks — automation is rapidly making hundreds of skills obsolete in the U.S. economy. The coronavirus could be accelerating its pace.

09/05/2020

How to Be a True Leader and Not Just a Boss

There are many differences between bosses and #leaders. Supervisors and managers should consistently analyze their leadership styles to ensure they are successfully leading their teams.
According to a recent study by Robert Half, 49% of professionals surveyed have quit a job due to a bad boss.
To become a good leader, you should influence, inspire and mentor your team members.
There are a few key strategies that every great leader incorporates into their behavior: delegating authority, being thoughtful to team members, facilitating open communication and setting clear employee expectations.

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https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/1404-characteristics-good-boss.html

There are many key differences between a boss and a leader. Learn what qualities you need to ensure that you are effectively leading your team.