ABC and Amazon will produce podcasts Start Up and Lore into TV shows | Adweek

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In a sentence that only makes sense in 2016, your favorite podcasts are becoming TV shows.

As announced earlier this year, Start Up, a podcast that follows the creation of Gimlet Media, a podcast producing company, will air on ABC. While Lore, a podcast that details “real-life scary stories,” is coming to Amazon. For the podcasts, it’s been a rapid transition from iTunes to the small screen.

“Did I think we’d be in the TV business before our two-year mark? I never expected that,” said Matt Lieber, president and co-founder of Gimlet Media, and whom the podcast is partly focused on. “But what motivates Gimlet is telling stories that help our audience better understand each other and the world,” said Lieber.

Beyond Craigslist: 10 Marketplace Apps for Selling Your Stuff | Business News Daily

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It may not be a full-time business, but selling your gently used clothes, books, furniture and other items is a great way to make extra cash and minimize clutter. Peer-to-peer marketplace sites such as eBay and Craigslist are the go-to digital destinations for selling unwanted items, but they’re far from the only options. New apps, like the recently announced Facebook Marketplace, are popping up all the time, widening your potential base of buyers.

If you’re looking to empty your closets (and fill your wallet), here are 10 great apps to help you sell your stuff.

Simple Tricks To Make Your Office More Appealing | The Startup Magazine

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Seeing the same things over and over again in your office can make you tired and bored. Even a comfortable setting can become dull after a while, so it’s easy to understand why so many people lose their motivation and their excitement, and start behaving like robots at work. If you are in this situation, you can easily change your mood and your state of mind by doing a few smart changes around you. You don’t need an extreme makeover of your work space, in order to reignite the spark of excitement for your job. Here are a few tips to help you overcome this issue.

Tesla to unveil “unexpected” new product October 17 | TechCrunch

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Tesla will unveil something on Monday October 17, according CEO and founder Elon Musk. It’ll be a new product, he said in a Tweet on Sunday, which will be “unexpected by most,” and which will be separate from a Tesla/SolarCity product unveiling on the 28th.

Musk previously teased the October 28 event, saying it would include the unveiling of joint products from both the electric car and the solar energy companies, including a solar roof, along with an integrated second generation of the Tesla Powerwall energy storage solution, and a Tesla EV charger.

Here’s Why Samsung’s Shares Are Climbing Despite The Galaxy Note 7 Crisis | Forbes

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Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 recall fiasco has become like a scene from a disaster movie – the worse it gets, the harder it is to look away.

America’s top carriers said over the weekend that they would halt sales of the phone. Note 7 replacements have reportedly been catching fire. Now Samsung itself is halting production of the phone, according to both The Wall Street Journal and Reuters.

It would appear that Samsung is in the midst of a full-blown crisis that threatens not only the Galaxy brand name, but that of Samsung itself, FORBES contributor Ewan Spence writes.

Yet you wouldn’t think that much was amiss from looking Samsung’s share price.

Technology Stocks: A Lucrative Investment as Long as You Know the Ropes | CoolBusinessIdeas.com

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Many big name investors like Warren Buffet and Peter Lynch were against investing in technology stocks. They were aware that they would miss many large winners, but were willing to make that trade off so they would have a certain guarantee of solid earnings. They argued that technology stocks with high valuations and complex business models were too risky to invest in. They may have been right sometimes but missed out on some lucrative areas.

Is Kroger going to buy Whole Foods? | Money CNN

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Will $6 bottles of asparagus water soon be coming to a Kroger, Ralphs or Harris Teeter near you? Whole Foods stock shot up 5% Thursday and briefly rose again Friday on chatter that supermarket king Kroger may want to buy the troubled organic grocer.

But is Whole Foods (WFM) really for sale? Investors may need to take these rumors with several grains of Himalayan pink sea salt.

For one, Whole Foods is still facing many challenges, mostly stemming from bad press about its high prices. The company settled charges of price gouging with regulators in New York City last year, but the company’s Whole Paycheck image persists.

More Entrepreneurs Needed: Women Hold the Key to Economic Expansion | Getentrepreneurial.com

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According to a report conducted by the Kauffman Foundation, supporting women-led businesses could have a huge positive impact on the economic growth of the U.S. Over the last few decades, more women have started to enter the workforce, and they began to outshine males in degrees. This led to women helping the U.S. economy by creating huge economic gains.

However, many have said that the annual economic growth of 3 percent has slowed down with the Kaufmann report suggesting that this could hit a low of 2 percent in the next few years. What’s the answer to boosting this growth again? Women.

47 Premium Invoicing Solutions With and Without Free Trials | Small Biz Trends

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Invoicing software is hugely important to small businesses. It’s the way to get paid and the more effortless the better so that as a small business owner you can focus on other things.

You’ve already seen 48 completely free invoicing software solutions. Now it’s time to examine 47 Premium Invoicing Solutions With and Without Free Trials below:

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17 Hats is an all-in-one business system for entrepreneurs. It includes multiple tools including invoice templates, bookkeeping, contacts, contracts, project management, a calendar, time tracking, to-do lists, and more. Initially, it costs $299 for the two-year plan; however, existing users receive a $50 discount when they add another two years to their plan ($249 for two years) or choose to add five years to their existing plan for $499. All plans are identical. There is a 30-day money back guarantee on the initial plan. There is a 15-day free trial available as well.

An unpleasant online ad for a house is a surprise hit | Mashable

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When trying to sell something, you’d put your best foot forward to seal yourself a deal.

Not for home owner Kobie Hughes, who struggled to get interest for her home in the Australian city of Perth with a straight-laced ad. So she decided to do the opposite and make the place sound abhorrent.

While it might appear to be a typical suburban two bedroom home, Hughes has pitched it as a “Financial Black Hole for Rent” on classifieds website Gumtree.

Sign up and you won’t be dealing with landlords, she like prefers the term “Earth Guardians.” It’s an effort to “try and remarket Medina to hippies.”