Another one bites the dust In January of this year, just 9 short months ago, WeWork’s valuation hit $47 billion, and has since dropped like a stone to a paltry $7 - $8 billion; they even accepted a bailout from parent-company Softbank. The venture capital industry is still reeling from this beloved Silicon Valley darling hitting the canvas. VCs…

Entrepreneur and technologist Joe Rogers is the Founder and CEO of WorkDone.ai and Co-Founder of RGB Projects Inc., an IBM business partner. For over 20 years, Joe has been launching and operating businesses from scratch to full scale international operations; producing continuous sales and profit growth along the way. Fortune 1000 companies within the insurance, energy,…

However, blatant hypocrisy seems to be holding it back Like a freight train – It’s coming In America, recreational cannabis is legal in 11 states, in addition to Washington, D.C. and 15 more states have decriminalized it. 62% of Americans are now in favor of legalization and it is now considered ethical investing. Our maple syrup…

Lotteries: The invisible hand that built colonial America Lotteries and the lottery systems are actually more American than most people realize. In the 1700-1800s, lotteries were instrumental for government operations to facilitate the settlement of North America. In fact, Jamestown, America’s first British colony, relied on capital from rich investors, the 17th century equivalent of…

“U.S. wealth concentration seems to have returned to levels last seen during the Roaring Twenties” – Gabriel Zucman, economics professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Now that Americans have filed their taxes, many have noticed that they received a smaller amount than expected, given the tax plan Congress recently approved. In fact, people and households…

“As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I take a look at my life and realize there’s nothin’ left” – Coolio (and pretty much every entrepreneur seeking startup funding after burning through their savings!)  Tread carefully in the valley The Valley of Death typically refers to the $30,000 – $250,000 gap between…

Cannabis is the ultimate consumer good: light it up, then buy some more. The time is nigh The majority of banking is Federally-regulated and tends to be traditionally slow to adopt policy changes. A consequence of being regulated on a Federal level means that banks are prohibited from offering their financial services to cannabis businesses, lest they break the…

Technology is a driving force in society; our economy and productivity depend on machines taking on an increasing amount of humanity’s workload. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to be 3000 times more disruptive to society than the Industrial Revolution. Since the Industrial Revolution was a period of substantial upheaval, it’s understandable why tech powerhouses like Elon…