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advertisement advertisement advertisement advertisement Little Hackers , a book from Google engineer Brandon Tory that launched on Kickstarter Tuesday , is designed to teach kids to program computers without requiring them to actually put their hands on one. advertisement advertisement Tory says he came up with the idea for the book when his son was about 6 years old, after a colleague at a 2019 holiday party mentioned learning coding around that age. He says he couldn’t really find resources designed to teach children that age to program—most learning-to-code apps and toys were aimed at kids starting around age 9, or required extensive adult supervision—but realized he could explain some of the basics simply using pen and paper. “I can just write up a little bit of code and walk him through what it means on graph paper,” he says. Little Hackers , which is essentially a workbook focused primarily on reading and …

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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin You may have a long-term goal like writing a book, becoming a highly sought after (and highly paid) speaker, starting a successful company, or perhaps a more personal goal, like buying and apartment in Paris or retiring early. Anyone who has done any of these things will tell you that they do not happen overnight — achieving these goals, and other significant personal or professional objectives, requires playing the long game. I recently had a chance to speak with Dorie Clark, whose latest book, The Long Game: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World outlines what is required to keep our focus on these long-term goals when everyone around us is thinking in terms of weeks or months, not years or even decades. She said, “There is a reason that most people are not playing the long game. That reason is that you often look like an idiot for long periods of time because it's not paying off. And also it's often not …

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The U.S. equity market entered a turbulent zone in September, with volatility driven by worries about inflation and the impact that sharply rising COVID-19 cases could have on the economy. Investors are also concerned that the Federal Reserve may reduce its monetary stimulus activities in the coming months, which could negatively impact growth stocks. And most recently, the market has also been shaken by the possibility of a massive debt default by China's second-largest property developer, China Evergrande Group ( OTC:EGRN.F ) , which could greatly impact the nation's economy. Amidst all this chaos, lies opportunity. The share prices of many fundamentally strong growth companies have recently declined with the market turbulence -- among them were Shopify ( NYSE:SHOP ) , Nvidia ( NASDAQ:NVDA ) , and Square ( NYSE:SQ ) . Investors could position themselves to earn handsome returns by picking up these stocks at a discount now. Image Source: Getty Images …

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Elastic ( NYSE:ESTC ) is a search company, but not in the traditional sense. Its software platform brings search functionality to a wide range of business use cases, allowing clients to ingest and analyze data. For instance, Elastic makes it possible to sift through corporate resources to find a particular document or file. The platform also logs billions of events each day, which helps IT and security teams troubleshoot application performance issues and remediate cyberattacks. In this Backstage Pass video, which aired on Aug. 26, 2021 , Motley Fool contributors Trevor Jennewine and Brian Withers discuss Elastic's Q1 earnings. Trevor Jennewine: Elastic is a search company, not in the Google-type way. But they provide search tools too. You can think of it as an internal workplace search engine. Their platform allows you to log an index data, and then go back through and search the data, analyze it, visualize it. Search is a tool they put at the center of these …

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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Since its inception in July 2015, brands have been working hard to maximize one of the biggest sales events of the year: Amazon Prime Day. And this year’s Prime Day was no different. According to a recent Prosper Insights & Analytics survey, more than half of Adults 18 and older planned to shop on Amazon Prime Day. With back-to-school right around the corner, 60 percent said they planned their shopping around large retail events like Prime Day and nearly 50 percent said that they planned to make a back-to-school purchase during the sales event. As anticipated, this year’s Prime Day did not disappoint sellers, but the pandemic sales plateaued slightly compared to the surge in online shopping that occurred in 2020. Prime Day total sales were up just 7.6 percent ($11.19B) compared to the 48-hour event in October 2020 ($10.39B). Interestingly, 3rd party sellers reaped significant Prime Day benefits this year - sales …

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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Global cybercrime trends mean annual damages will hit $10.5 trillion by 2025 , representing $11.4 million in of damages incurred per minute and $16.4 billion per day. Not only is cybercrime one of the fastest growing markets on the planet, but according to Cybercrime Magazine it also represents the greatest transfer of wealth in human history. Successful cyber attacks often start by targeting company employees via social engineering, the psychological manipulation of people into performing actions, including divulging confidential information or granting access to critical infrastructure. Social engineering is the primary way cyber criminals gain access to sensitive data, infrastructure and money. Adam Anderson is co-founder of Hook Security , providing cyber security awareness training, and managing general partner of Ansuz Capital, a cybersecurity venture fund. With his twenty years of experience in the field of cyber …

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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin I scour the globe for stories worth reading about ventures that are a true force for good for humanity and our planet. That’s why I’m THRILLED to introduce Nitzan Pelman, CEO of Climb Hire. Climb Hire helps talent from historically disadvantaged communities transition from below living-wage jobs into middle class corporate roles. Their mission is to create hundreds of millions of dollars in generational wealth for disadvantaged talent in communities of color, who earn minimum wage and work in retail or gig economy jobs, or are unemployed. In partnership with leading employers in the technology and finance sectors, Climb Hire creates pipelines of sought-after talent by teaching an interactive curriculum immersed in a comprehensive peer-community support system. Their impact to date? The average “Climber” (what the company calls those they serve) enters Climb Hire’s program earning below $24,000 and earns, on average, …

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