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Breaking the Code

Sometimes, even the experts can make missteps when it comes to implementing technology solutions. In 2006, when Neil Nelson and Iziah Reid launched BrokenCurve (www.brokencurve.com), they had no idea that technology would change their business strategy—for the better. Initially, Nelson, 30, who holds degrees from Morris Brown College and Georgia Institute of Technology, and Reid, the company’s chief technology officer, a 30-year-old New York native, launched BrokenCurve to develop software that would deliver media content such as videos, music, and film, targeted at the African diaspora via Internet Protocol (IP) to TV set-top boxes. That was the plan, at least. The two poured roughly $150,000 of personal funds into the Atlanta-based startup—then floundered for nine months.

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Change in Your Pocket?

Barack Obama finally has a chance to follow through on his campaign mantra of change. However, when it comes to pocketbook issues such as tax cuts, health insurance, and mortgage relief, expect certain transformations to take longer than others.

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Report: Disparities in Higher Education for Blacks

As the U.S. government works to overhaul the nation’s financial system and contemplates bailing out its top automakers, a recent independent study highlights what it calls “the uneven distribution of higher education opportunity and achievement in the United States,” suggesting many current and future college students may need a lifeline of their own.

Your Health and Wellness Checklist
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  • Health and Wellness

Your Health and Wellness Checklist

No matter how many loved ones are in your life, no one will ever care more about you than you. So why not start putting you first this year? From unhealthy eating to stress, all of these can negatively impact your day-to-day functioning. “It’s not just about organizing clutter on your desk,” says Peggy Duncan, productivity expert. “It’s also about clutter on your computer, your inbox, and on your mind. All of that adds to unnecessary stress,” she says.

Building Your Online Rep
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Building Your Online Rep

With so much focus on reputation-building at the individual level, it stands to reason that individual companies would use the exercise to ensure their longevity. And while companies of all sizes strive to do this in the bricks-and-mortar world, it wasn’t until recently that small to midsized businesses gained access to the tools they needed to do just that online.

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