More and more research is showing that the key to having lessons in the classroom to really sink in is to make sure your students are getting a full experiencial learning experience, with lots of examples, interactive supplements, and external resources to help bring everything together.That is the idea behind everything we do at HowTheMarketWorks! The heart of our program is our virtual trading software, where teachers can set up a custom stock market contest for their class, using the dates, trading rules, and starting cash that is most applicable to their own class, and have their students take part in a fully interactive investment simulator, using all real companies, real stocks, real mutual funds, and real prices, in a 100% free environment! Read how you can use it in your classroom . . .
The 15 Worst Companies for Customer Service
We're sorry if you have to deal with them.
Some of the industries that Americans depend on most are plagued by bad customer service.
Utilities, airlines, and cable companies are among the worst lead, according to the latest results from the American Consumer Satisfaction Index.
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31 Business Lessons You Usually Learn the Hard Way
According to Dan Waldschmidt, "1. Sometimes your best effort isn’t good enough to land you the deal." Read Mr. Waldschmidt's other 30 at BusinessInsider.com.
See the full article here: www.businessinsider.com
13 Money Lies You Should Stop Telling Yourself by Age 40
By the time you hit 40, rationalizing away your bad money management starts to have a serious impact on your financial future.
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Top 10 Marketing Trends You Need to Know
Natalie Angulo-Rio (photo, left) gives the top ten over at MarketingDive.com.
Read more: www.marketingdive.com
7 Successful Entrepreneurs on the Worst Advice They Ever Received
Not all advice is good advice, according to Warren Buffett.
20 Successful Entrepreneurs Share the Most Important Lesson They Learned in Their 20s
"We asked entrepreneurs, including a few "Shark Tank" investors and the cofounders of popular retailer Warby Parker, to share the most important lesson they learned in their 20s."
"Here's what they said."
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Pricing Experiments You Might Not Know, but Can Learn From
"Lots of entrepreneurs struggle with pricing. How much to charge? It's clear that the right price can make all the difference – too low and you miss out on profit; too high and you miss out on sales."
Read more: conversionxl.com
Author bio – Peep Laja (photo, left) is the founder of ConversionXL, a company that offers conversion optimization.
People with This Personality Type Are More Likely to Become Entrepreneurs
"Science suggests there's one personality type that's more likely to ditch the corporate structure and work for themselves."
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The Weird Psychology of Returning Stuff to the Store
The longer a store allows you to return something after purchasing, the less likely you are to ever actually return it.
Read more: NYmag.com
Author bio – Melissa Dahl (photo, left) writes for NYMag.com.