There’s no question employers walk a tight rope during the hiring process. Between knowing which questions are considered discriminatory in nature under both federal and state laws to ensuring inappropriate comments aren’t uttered during a job interview, employers need to be careful nothing they say or do during the hiring process could lead to claims of discrimination.
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When Etsy, the popular online crafters marketplace when public last week, its stock price soared 86 percent by the day’s closing trading bell. Just a few days later, Etsy’s stock price has taken a dive but sales of the crafts created by Etsy’s 1.4 million active sellers remain consistent. The Brooklyn-based company, valued at over $3 billion, has served as the e-conduit between its crafters and 19.8 million active buyers since its inception in 2005. Read more...

There’s money in that laptop, or at least that’s what a growing number of online lending platforms want entrepreneurs to believe. In 2014 alone, Lending Club entrusted borrowers with $2.96 billion in new loans. Since its inception in 2007, the company has lent several billion dollars. According to Peter Renton, a Lending Club co-founder, the company projects it will lend upwards of $10 billion in 2015. Read more...