Tim Swindle, 39, isn’t the kind of guy who loves climbing the corporate ladder. The Chicago-based entrepreneur would rather test his wits developing board games and startups. “I’m trying to avoid a desk job,” says Swindle. “Deep down, everyone wants to be their own boss.” In July 2011, the serial entrepreneur left a corporate job in commercial real estate to help launch the software startup PointDrive. By January 2014, he and a friend cooked up a board game, Utter Nonsense, a card game where players read phrases in funny accents, and launched it as a side project on the crowdfunding site…
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Sangrur: A girl befriends a local resident on phone, calls him to Mohali and serves him sedative mixed in tea. She then accuses him of raping her and extorts Rs 25 lakh. A woman befriends a resident of Cheema, takes him to a village and compels him to get intimate with her. Later, four persons bundle him in a car and demand money. During the past six months, the Sangrur police have busted various gangs involved in extorting more than Rs 45 lakh from area residents. In a majority of these cases, girls befriended their targets through phone calls, Facebook…
This morning the FDA released two guidance documents relating to the regulation of various digital health software devices. The first is a draft guidance outlining categories of clinical decision support (CDS) products that would or would not require direct regulatory oversight from the agency. This is an update to a CDS draft guidance released in 2017, with the noteworthy addition of a risk-based categorization approach for determining enforcement over these tools. “The agency received feedback from many stakeholders advising us on improvements that could be made to better clarify the agency’s oversight of CDS products,” Principal Deputy Commissioner Dr. Amy Abernethy wrote in…
Chennai|New Delhi:Electronics manufacturers are seeking clarity from the finance ministry on the incentives and exemptions available to them in the new concessional tax regime according to top industry executives. Some of these companies are also seeking an extension of the 15% tax rate–announced for new manufacturing units –to existing manufacturing units as well. “We are in consultations with the Ministry to find out the applicability of various incentives enjoyed by the manufacturers in the 15% concessional tax regime,” an official of the Indian Cellular and Electronics Association, an electronics industry body, told ET. He did not want to be named.…
More often then not, women are conditioned to believe that they cannot handle financial planning. Men in Indian households are accustomed to taking charge of income. Recognising this gap between men and women who actively manage their earnings and savings, Hena Mehta started a one-of-its-kind mobile platform- Basis. The mobile app allows its users to pick investment products that will work for their financial needs and goals. The app comes especially handy to those women who are new to the often perceived as ‘complex’ world of investment. With a plethora of information on savings and investment products in the market,…
Welcome to the second part of T3’s in-progress Apple Watch Series 5 review, which looks at its software and performance. In part one of the Apple Watch Series 5 review, I took a look at the design (especially the new titanium body), and the new always-on screen. Tomorrow, I’ll talk about its health and activity features. Then we’ll finish with the final verdict and score, and a place in our best smartwatches guide. APPLE WATCH SERIES 5: PERFORMANCE The Apple Watch Series 5 has a new processor, called S5, that replaces the S4 used in the Apple Watch Series 4 (see if…
While thumbing through your social media feeds, you see several photographers who’ve posted a bunch of engaging and inspiring pieces of content. You pause… …and then tongue lash yourself for about 27 seconds at how lazy and unmotivated you are with creating content! Coming on the heels of that self-imposed trashing, you vow to create more content to drive attention to your photography business. Starting….NOW! Without any rhyme or reason, you open up a status update window determined to write something. Something relevant to your business and brand? Let’s people know more about you as a person? Eh, no time…
When properly utilized, a well-designed social media marketing campaign can be a powerful lead generation tool for any business. Here’s how to use social media to your advantage. MARVIN MEYER ON UNSPLASH Few marketing buzzwords seem to elicit more attention than social media. That’s because when a social media campaign is creative and well-executed, it can prove a powerful addition to your marketing arsenal. But with so much competition for attention, ever-adapting algorithms and costly marketing mistakes, many have a difficult time generating a significant return on investment from social media. Yes, social media marketing can be rife with pitfalls—but it’s also…
Suresh K. is a software programmer from Hyderabad, who gets a monthly salary of Rs 1.76 lakh. He plans to get married by the end of the year and wants to start planning for his goals. After considering his expenses and insurance premium, he is left with a surplus of Rs 1.55 lakh. His portfolio, worth Rs 67.1 lakh, comprises a high cash component of Rs 60 lakh, debt in the form of EPF (Rs 6.5 lakh) and equity in the form of stocks and mutual funds (Rs 66,150). His goals include building a contingency corpus, buying a house, taking an annual vacation, saving for his…
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the government should have taken chief ministers’ views before changing the terms of reference of the 15th Finance Commission, adding that unilateralism is not good for federal policy and cooperative federalism. Earlier in July, the Centre changed the terms of reference of the commission and mandated the panel to suggest ways for allocation of non-lapsable funds for defence and internal security. Speaking at an event in New Delhi, Singh said any change in the panel’s terms of reference at the fag-end of its term should have been done in consultation with the…