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Life is a riskybusiness

You can use Toolbox materials at work, to link with your blog or when giving a presentation – or forward it to colleagues. The background ideas are available in a variety of web sources.

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You can use Toolbox materials at work, to link with your blog or when giving a presentation – or forward it to colleagues. The background ideas are available in a variety of web sources.

We face crossroads every day with more and more options to choose from.

You can use Toolbox materials at work, to link with your blog or when giving a presentation – or forward it to colleagues. The background ideas are available in a variety of web sources.

We face crossroads every day with more and more options to choose from. Whether you are planning a start-up, putting together a personal investment strategy or trying to avoid information leaks, you can find out where you stand, decide the right direction and start making the moves.

You can use Toolbox materials at work, to link with your blog or when giving a presentation – or forward it to colleagues. The background ideas are available in a variety of web sources.

We face crossroads every day with more and more options to choose from. Whether you are planning a start-up, putting together a personal investment strategy or trying to avoid information leaks, you can find out where you stand, decide the right direction and start making the moves.

Risk equals potential.

Learn to forecast better

Learn to forecast betterWhen something is predictable, it is also designable.

Learn to forecast betterWhen something is predictable, it is also designable.

Those who are good at predicting have at least one thing in common: they recognize that their

knowledge of the world is imperfect.

Learn to forecast betterWhen something is predictable, it is also designable.

Those who are good at predicting have at least one thing in common: they recognize that their

knowledge of the world is imperfect.

Biases based on expectations or self-interest affect our analyses. The best way to understand the world

is to take in new information as it comes and refine your own perceptions accordingly.

Learn to forecast betterWhen something is predictable, it is also designable.

Those who are good at predicting have at least one thing in common: they recognize that their

knowledge of the world is imperfect.

Biases based on expectations or self-interest affect our analyses. The best way to understand the world

is to take in new information as it comes and refine your own perceptions accordingly.

Nate Silver, statistician, political forecaster, contributor to The New York Times Magazine

Predict your start-up success

Predict your start-up success

Would you like to know how your company’s key performance indicators

stack up against your peers?

Predict your start-up success

Would you like to know how your company’s key performance indicators

stack up against your peers?A benchmarking tool, Startup Compass, combines

scientific study of the way start-ups operate with tools that help start-up founders improve their chances of

success.

Predict your start-up success

Would you like to know how your company’s key performance indicators

stack up against your peers?A benchmarking tool, Startup Compass, combines

scientific study of the way start-ups operate with tools that help start-up founders improve their chances of

success.

Evaluate your progress in relation to others in the field.

Predict your start-up success

Would you like to know how your company’s key performance indicators

stack up against your peers?A benchmarking tool, Startup Compass, combines

scientific study of the way start-ups operate with tools that help start-up founders improve their chances of

success.

Evaluate your progress in relation to others in the field.

Make better decisions.

Predict your start-up success

Would you like to know how your company’s key performance indicators

stack up against your peers?A benchmarking tool, Startup Compass, combines

scientific study of the way start-ups operate with tools that help start-up founders improve their chances of

success.

Evaluate your progress in relation to others in the field.

Make better decisions.

Generate analyses that measure your key performance indicators against other similar companies.

Predict your start-up success

Would you like to know how your company’s key performance indicators

stack up against your peers?A benchmarking tool, Startup Compass, combines

scientific study of the way start-ups operate with tools that help start-up founders improve their chances of

success.

Evaluate your progress in relation to others in the field.

Make better decisions.

Generate analyses that measure your key performance indicators against other similar companies.

Check out www.startupcompass.co

3 Find out your financial risk tolerance

3 Find out your financial risk tolerance

Before you start planning your personal investment strategy, you have to have an

idea of your risk tolerance.

3 Find out your financial risk tolerance

Before you start planning your personal investment strategy, you have to have an

idea of your risk tolerance.By matching your portfolio risk to your personal tolerance for risk,

you can sleep at night without stressing over your investments

3 Find out your financial risk tolerance

Before you start planning your personal investment strategy, you have to have an

idea of your risk tolerance.By matching your portfolio risk to your personal tolerance for risk,

you can sleep at night without stressing over your investments

Dr. Ruth Lytton from Virginia Tech and Dr. John Grable from Kansas State University have developed a quiz

that helps you determine your financial risk tolerance.Check out njaes.rutgers.edu/money/riskquiz

Avoid being the weakest link

Avoid being the weakest link

The weakest link in information security

processes is the human element.

Avoid being the weakest link

The weakest link in information security

processes is the human element.

Following these four simple but vital guidelines you can minimize the risk of information leaks in

your workplace.

Avoid being the weakest link

Read the company’s information security policies and guidelines.The weakest link in

information security processes is the

human element.

Following these four simple but vital guidelines you can minimize the risk of information leaks in

your workplace.

Avoid being the weakest link

Read the company’s information security policies and guidelines.

Put thought and effort into passwords. A password on a Post-it is an absolute no-no.

The weakest link in information security

processes is the human element.

Following these four simple but vital guidelines you can minimize the risk of information leaks in

your workplace.

Avoid being the weakest link

Read the company’s information security policies and guidelines.

Put thought and effort into passwords. A password on a Post-it is an absolute no-no.

Work computers are for work use only. Do not, for example, try to download any applications on to your work computer. Have a separate computer for home use.

The weakest link in information security

processes is the human element.

Following these four simple but vital guidelines you can minimize the risk of information leaks in

your workplace.

Avoid being the weakest link

Read the company’s information security policies and guidelines.

Put thought and effort into passwords. A password on a Post-it is an absolute no-no.

Work computers are for work use only. Do not, for example, try to download any applications on to your work computer. Have a separate computer for home use.

Be careful when sharing employer-related information on social media. Inventive companies have social media guidelines that show what work and employer-related issues can and cannot be published on the Internet.

The weakest link in information security

processes is the human element.

Following these four simple but vital guidelines you can minimize the risk of information leaks in

your workplace.

Avoid being the weakest link

Read the company’s information security policies and guidelines.

Put thought and effort into passwords. A password on a Post-it is an absolute no-no.

Work computers are for work use only. Do not, for example, try to download any applications on to your work computer. Have a separate computer for home use.

Be careful when sharing employer-related information on social media. Inventive companies have social media guidelines that show what work and employer-related issues can and cannot be published on the Internet.

Antti Herrala, IT Risk & Assurance Leader, Ernst & Young Finland

The weakest link in information security

processes is the human element.

Following these four simple but vital guidelines you can minimize the risk of information leaks in

your workplace.

Pursue your passion

Pursue your passion

Why do you fail to have a great career?

Because you are not pursuing your passion.

Pursue your passion

Why do you fail to have a great career?

Because you are not pursuing your passion.

The most important thing in having a great career is to find your passion

and follow it.

Pursue your passion

Why do you fail to have a great career?

Because you are not pursuing your passion.

The most important thing in having a great career is to find your passion

and follow it.

“And passion is not the same as interesting. You don’t go to your loved one and say, marry me, you

are interesting!”

Pursue your passion

Why do you fail to have a great career?

Because you are not pursuing your passion.

The most important thing in having a great career is to find your passion

and follow it.

“And passion is not the same as interesting. You don’t go to your loved one and say, marry me, you

are interesting!”

Larry Smith, Professor of Economics, University of Waterloo

Check out http://bit.ly/donotfail

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