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Based on the voices of 2,650 successful business owners across Europe, Asia, the United States and the Middle East, the Global Entrepreneur Report examines the characteristics and motivators of Elite Entrepreneurs with a total net worth of $40 billion. They are highly motivated, resourceful and skillful in the art and science of entrepreneurialism. When looking deeper in the characteristics of what makes an entrepreneur distinct, patterns emerge and are clearer to see when considering the entrepreneurs by their generation, gender, or even by their practice of entrepreneurialism.

Anyone who has participated in the acquisition or sale of a company will recognize the typical path of a deal: from flirting to tough questions to hard bargaining to—finally—handshake. Inevitably, however, the road detours from the exhilaration of accord to the anxiety of suspicion. The buyer wants assurance that all the seller's promises are true and that there are not going to be any surprises once the acquisition is consummated.

Employers and employees have a lot to think about and keep track of when it comes to health benefits. One of the most obvious, but often troublesome issues, is telling employees just what those benefits are. Employers who provide health benefits are required by law to tell employees what the available benefits are and to do so in plain terms that are easy to understand. Enter the Summary Plan Description (SPD), which must be delivered to employees every new plan year.

There are few issues in family business that create more conflict and tension than the employment of family members. The complexities involved and the breakdowns in communication and trust can contribute significantly to the alarmingly high rate of failed intergenerational transitions in family business. The good news is that there is a way for families to better position themselves to overcome those challenges by looking at the 10 most common mistakes family members make when it comes to hiring (and firing) for their business.

No matter what stage of the business cycle you are in, you should always have a defined strategy for your business operations and potential exit. For many family business owners, the sale of their business will be the single largest transaction of their lives. Yet many enter this transaction not fully prepared. To ensure you maximize your sale, there are eight key items to consider before commencing a business sale, beginning with understanding what your business is actually worth in the marketplace and knowing the difference between the business value and the enterprise value.

Tremendous forces are radically reshaping the world of work. Economic shifts are redistributing power, wealth, competition and opportunity around the globe. Disruptive innovations, radical thinking, new business models and resource scarcity are impacting every sector. Businesses across the world are beginning to understand that they need a clear and meaningful purpose, and mandate for the decade ahead if they are to attract and retain employees, customers and partners.

Today, more business and IT executives are implementing dynamic threat intelligence and information sharing to shift cybersecurity and privacy capabilities from reactive to proactive. They understand that they can build business advantages and customer trust by detecting, responding to and mitigating cyberthreats in real time.

In 2009 the Bitcoin blockchain emerged as a form of a smart contract and has since evolved. From both a technological and legal perspective, smart contracts will continue to evolve and disrupt in digital asset sales and capital markets, supply chain management, smart government records and smart cities, real estate land registries, and self-sovereign identity systems.

President Trump’s recently released proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2018, titled “A New Foundation for American Greatness,” has numerous points of interest for employers, including proposals to: cut the Department of Labor’s budget; slash the budget and workforce of the National Labor Relations Board; reduce the budget of the Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Program and merge it with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; implement mandatory E-Verify for all employers; and establish a federal paid family leave program.

President Trump has directed the Secretary of Labor to re-examine the Department of Labor’s (DOL) final so-called “Fiduciary Rule” to determine whether it “may adversely affect the ability of Americans to gain access to retirement information and financial advice,” and to prepare a new cost-benefit analysis of the Fiduciary Rule that focuses on potential adverse impacts on investors, retirees, and the retirement services industry.