More Than 150,000 U.S. Small-Business Websites Could Be Infected With Malware at Any Given Moment. Here's How to Protect Yours.

Small-business victims were involved in 43 percent of data breaches over the course of a year, according to a recent report.

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Focusing on money above all else was one of my worst mistakes as a CEO

This CEO thought that having a company-wide goal centered on revenue would bring his team together. He was wrong. Driving revenue is an essential part of building a business. And for many entrepreneurs and CEOs, it’s often at the top of the list when it comes to setting goals . But should you make revenue your primary objective? At Thinkific , a software that allows entrepreneurs to build their own online courses , we tried this, and it failed. Read Full Story

You’ll never guess Airbnb’s hottest destination for 2020. Really.

Here’s a hint: It’s in the U.S. Planning a trip in the next year? Airbnb has released its hottest destinations for 2020 —a list of cities, countries, and states across the globe that are seeing the largest year-over-year percentage growth in bookings. Of course there are gems you would expect: Hundreds of miles of palm-lined beaches in Kerala, India (which saw a 95% YOY increase), for instance, or the European cultural hot spot Bilbao, Spain (which saw a 402% YOY increase). Read Full Story

Narratives about modernity

If we give an isolated community access to the internet, very quickly, the quality of life will improve. Time will be saved, research into proven solutions will produce value, and people will become connected to a larger population. Those connections will lead to productivity and learning. And, then, soon thereafter, they will become less happy. Not because they’re worse off, but because the dominant media narratives that arrive exist to make them feel insufficient, inadequate or simply jealous at how green the grass is over there. Our narrative defeats our surroundings, every time.

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