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Are future benefits in peril? [Video]

Social Security is the most successful anti-poverty program in the United States, with over 67 million beneficiaries – and yet it faces a critical funding problem. Experts estimate the program’s trusts will run out of funds around 2035 if no action is taken by Congress. President-elect Donald Trump previously pledged tax cuts for older Americans, posting on Truth Social in July that “SENIORS SHOULD NOT PAY TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY!” However, a cut in taxes would mean a cut in revenue to fund the program. Experts say Trump’s tax cut proposal could mean Social Security would be unable to pay its full benefits by 2033 – two years ahead of the current estimate. If lawmakers can’t come up with a solution soon, experts say the impact will be felt by nearly all Americans – no matter which generation.So, how did Social Security get to this point? And how can we …

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New Year's Resolution Bootstrap a Startup with a Paycheck and 1Mby1M [Video]

We are in 2025. Hundreds of thousands of tech businesses have already been built successfully. Let's learn from those who have come before us. Girish Navani started eClinicalWorks, a healthcare IT venture by bootstrapping with a paycheck. Girish scaled to over $500M in revenue. Since 2006, I have spent thousands of hours interviewing successful entrepreneurs. Listening. Asking questions. Understanding. Extrapolating. Learning about their mistakes. Capturing their lessons from the trenches. I encapsulated their anecdotal knowledge into Methodology. I have been running One Million by One Million (1Mby1M) since 2010. Our unwavering mission has been to democratize entrepreneurship education, incubation and acceleration. What is Core Startup Methodology? Bootstrapping. Positioning. Market Sizing. Customer Validation. Customer Acquisition. Financing. Team Building. We have to learn Domain Specific nuances. We call them Electives. Artificial Intelligence. Machine