(Akiit.com) When I was asked by Airbnb to lead their effort to fight discrimination and bias, I was skeptical. After spending decades fighting for the protection and advancement civil rights and civil liberties, I’ve seen many companies merely pay lip service to addressing these issues. I also wondered how one ...
(Akiit.com) Business is a notoriously difficult minefield to negotiate. Every year, hundreds of people take the plunge and launch a new venture. But many fail. If you’re eager to succeed, and you have grand plans for the future, creativity is key. If you can stand out from the crowd and capture ...
(Akiit.com) The minimum wage persists as a fixture in public policy discussions because the idea remains popular with the general public. In a survey done by Pew Research in 2014, 73 percent favored increasing the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10. Bernie Sanders became a surprisingly popular presidential candidate, ...
(Akiit.com) Mark Twain famously said that there were three kinds of lies — “lies, damned lies, and statistics.” Since this is an election year, we can expect to hear plenty of all three kinds. Even if the statistics themselves are absolutely accurate, the words that describe what they are measuring ...
(Akiit.com) Protecting yourself from identity theft, used to just involve shredding sensitive letters. However these days, when so much of our lives are online it’s important to keep your digital information secure too. Here are some of the ways online criminals operate, and what you can do to protect against them. ...
(Akiit.com) Steve Jobs loved to tinker with computers. Back in the 1980s, he spent hours fiddling about with circuits, trying to figure out how they worked. For Jobs, it was a hobby. But, being the entrepreneurial spirit that he was, a hobby wasn’t enough. He saw an opportunity to turn his ...
(Akiit.com) Choosing the right medical provider for your primary care can be difficult. Whatever the reason you need to move to a new provider, you need to make the right decision to ensure your health stays on track. Here are four things to consider when choosing a new medical provider. Is ...
(Akiit.com) Once you’ve set out a solid business plan and secured the necessary funding, buying equipment for your business makes the whole thing start to seem real. Although this is an exciting phase in your plan, it can really hurt your business if you don’t make smart choices in acquiring your ...
(Akiit.com) If you are serious about economic empowerment, you must dismiss the empty rhetoric of pandering politicians, the transparent ramblings of self-righteous religious pretenders, the oratory of warmongering money-grubbing government officials, and the unbounded pronouncements and musings of speechifying intellectuals. If your leaders are only talking about the problems and have ...
(Akiit.com) Homeowner’s Associations started in America back in the sixties. Now, over fifty years later, nearly 100 million Americans live in a Homeowner’s Association community. But what does that actually mean? A lot of people know they live in a Homeowner’s Association community. But not everyone knows what their Homeowner’s Association ...
(Akiit.com) Believe it or not, thousands of people go missing in the US every week. Most missing people are found hours and sometimes days later. But there’s a small minority who are never seen again. These are the cases that generate the most intrigue. Here’re some of the most mysterious missing ...
(Akiit.com) Financial stress is taking a massive toll on people all across the country. This, of course, has a lot to do with a lack of money and ever-rising costs of living. But a lot of it could come down to a lack of understanding of the intricacies of personal finance ...