On Thursday, New York City’s FinTech Innovation Lab held a demo day for the six participating startups.
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CME Group Makes First Investment in Spy-Inspired Messaging App
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Secure messaging app Wickr has raised a $30 million Series B round led by Breyer Capital founder Jim Breyer, with participation from CME Group and Wargaming, a gaming developer.
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Krystal and Brett Williams – mynt Hit Ruby Executive
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Krystal and Brett Williams from Corona, California, USA hit the rank of Ruby Executive in mynt.
This inseparable couple gives us a glimpse into what makes them tick.
You can just feel their passion and drive; it’s the kind of vibe that just lets you know they will continue in their success.
They know what they want and have a plan; they just needed the right vehicle to get there, and they found it with mynt.
mynt rewards based on effort
Krystal and I…we both work full-time jobs. We take our daughter to daycare every morning at 7 a.m., prior to pre-school starting. After pre-school, she goes to afterschool care until we can make our way back from work, which is usually around 6 p.m.
This is our current routine, but it is temporary. Our ultimate goal is to take back control of our lives so that we can determine how much money we make, when we take vacations, and how much family time we can spend together.
Once our mynt income exceeds the income from both our full-time jobs, we’ll leave those jobs and focus solely on the mynt lifestyle. And, for us, that means time freedom, financial freedom, and lots of quality time
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Zeek Rewards Receiver Sues MLM Attorney Kevin Grimes And Howard Kaplan For $100 Million
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Kenneth Bell, the Zeek Rewards Receivership, filed a request for permission to file separate actions against two of Zeek Rewards attorneys, Kevin Grimes and Howard Kaplan.
The Zeek Receivership:
From January 2011 until August 2012, RVG operated a massive Ponzi and pyramid scheme through ZeekRewards, an internet based so-called “MLM” (multi-level marketing) program.
Kevin D. Grimes served as legal counsel to RVG from around January 2012 until August 2012, when RVG was placed into receivership.
By virtue of his knowledge of RVG and ZeekRewards and his legal expertise, Grimes knew or should have known that RVG was perpetrating an unlawful scheme which involved a pyramid scheme, an unregistered investment contract and/or a Ponzi scheme.
Despite this knowledge, Grimes actively encouraged investors to participate in the scheme by creating a so-called “compliance” program that provided a false façade of legality and legitimacy and knowingly allowed his name to be used to promote the scheme.
Grimes knew or should have known that insufficient income from the penny auction business was being made to pay the daily “profit share” promised by ZeekRewards.
Grimes knew or should have known that the money used to fund ZeekRewards’ distributions to Affiliates came almost entirely from new participants rather than income from the Zeekler penny
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Zija Hosts First Black Diamond Club Retreat
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Zija International located in Lehi, Utah, develops natural, earth-friendly health, wellness, nutrition and fitness products. Zija currently operates in 50+ countries worldwide through its global family of Independent Distributors.
Although the company has been in business for only a few short years, it has experienced impressive growth year after year and been recognized as one of the fastest-growing and top-revenue companies by Inc. Magazine, Direct Selling News, and Utah Valley Magazine, to name a few.
Members of the Zija Black Diamond Club were recently treated to a luxurious and exotic retreat on the beautiful island of Maui in the Hawaiian Islands.
They were flown in, given a convertible rental car, and stayed at the Grand Wailea, a Waldorf Astoria Resort.
They were also given a sneak peek of Zija’s new product divisions—including essential oils—which will officially launch at the upcoming Zija Summit 2014 in Salt Lake City. Other highlights of the retreat Included:
A group snorkeling adventure aboard the 65-foot Alii Nui catamaran
3 separate leadership training opportunities with world-renowned trainer Dan Clark
An authentic group Luau dinner
Distributors Tom and Diana Waggoner were invited to participate in the Zija Profit Participation Plan (PPP)
Plenty of free time to explore the island at their leisure, including
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Overcoming 4 Big Challenges of Managing Remote Employees
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A recent teleworking survey by collaboration software provider PGi found that 80 percent of U.S. knowledge workers are employed by companies that have a telecommuting program in place.
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3 Big Box Marketing Tips for Small Retailers
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Small retailers don’t have to limit themselves to a small consumer audience if they have the right marketing tactics on their side.
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TelexFree Inches Closer To Chapter 7
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Yesterday saw a hearing for TelexFree Trustee Stephen Darr’s request for permission to subpoena several companies associated with TelexFree. Darr had also requested permission to conduct depositions with individuals from said companies, with the court granting him permission to proceed.
Five such motions were filed by Darr, with three of them granted as proposed. Alvares and Marsal (financial consultants to TelexFree) objected only to having to share emails between the firm and its legal counsel.
Darr agreed to this on condition that he reserves the right to request the emails, if needed, at a later date. A & M consented on condition they retain the right to appeal any such requests.
At the time of publication, no order has been made public regarding Darr’s request to subpoena TelexFree’s law firm Greenberg Traurig, however news reports suggest permission was granted on all five subpoena requests.
Speaking to the Worcester Telegram about why he had to file the requests, Darr remarked
There are no employees left. There’s no insurance. There never was insurance.
I have no money to start up the business. I just don’t know if there ever was a business. I’m hampered by a lack of records.
Following a raid on TelexFree’s headquarters, HSI and FBI agents seized a host of TelexFree’s onsite
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Randy And Charlene Parker Are Legal Shields’ Newest Millionaire Club Members
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Randy and Charlene are Directors and have achieved as high as Platinum Executive Director. The Parker’s are consistent Performance Club qualifiers and are recipients of the 5,000 Sales level of the Production Achievement Award. Randy and Charlene are also recipients of the $100K Ring.
Mike, Steve and Kim Melia of Encinitas, CA are Randy and Charlene’s upline Platinum Executive Directors.
LegalShield is an American corporation that sells legal service products through network marketing in the United States and Canada. The company was originally founded August 8, 1972 as the Sportsman’s Motor Club.
In 1976 it was incorporated as Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc., and made its initial public offering in 1984. Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. was acquired by MidOcean Partners in 2011 and changed its name to LegalShield.
LegalShield develops and markets pre-paid legal service plans through a network of more than 50 independent provider law firms across the U.S. and Canada. The Company also markets an identity theft monitoring and restoration services through its partnership with Kroll Inc.
The company’s service plans are sold through network marketing. Products are also sold as an employee benefit through payroll deduction. The company has legal service plans for small businesses as well advertised with NFL Hall of Fame player Fran Tarkenton as spokesman.
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Steve Case, Penny Pritzker on Startup USA Tour
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On Thursday, Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker will join Revolution CEO Steve Case in Cincinnati, one of the four stops on the “Rise of the Rest” road tour.