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Vicky Parry 24th Sep 2025 Reading Time: 6 minutes Money doesn’t just pay the bills — it also raises deep spiritual questions. How much is enough? What is fair? What is wrong to do in order to get rich? Many religious traditions have rich teachings around wealth, poverty, generosity, ethics, and detachment. Understanding them can help anyone — believer or not — reflect on how they use money in a more intentional way. Below are summaries from several religions/spiritualities, their main beliefs about money, and what practical lessons individuals might take from them. Christianity Core Beliefs: Christianity teaches that money…

Aster, a decentralized perpetuals exchange on BNB Chain, saw open interest surge nearly 33,500% in less than a week, challenging its top rival, Hyperliquid.On Wednesday, CoinGlass data showed that Aster’s open interest jumped from $3.72 million last Friday to $1.25 billion at the time of writing. The spike in active contracts signals that traders are piling into the platform, challenging its biggest competitor, Hyperliquid. Open interest refers to the total number of outstanding contracts that haven’t been settled. It’s used as a key metric to gauge liquidity and market conviction toward a project. Aster’s open interest surge shows that the traders…

In a world filled with misinformation and oddball theories, it’s inevitable to come across individuals who hold beliefs that defy basic logic and established facts. One such example is actor Terrence Howard, who famously claimed that 1 x 1 = 2. As baffling as this assertion might be, it presents an opportunity to explore how to effectively counter such erroneous ideas.Understand the ClaimBefore you can counter any claim, it’s essential to fully understand what is being stated. Terrence Howard’s assertion that 1 times 1 equals 2 contradicts fundamental arithmetic principles. Knowing the specifics of his argument, as well as the…

What other successful flows do you have?We have a great post-purchase flow. The first email is transactional: the order confirmation email. Then there’s 11 that go after that, but it’s dependent upon what they buy.The second email after the confirmation is a thank-you.Then, after that, it breaks up into a series of number-three emails. If they ordered mustache wax, and they haven’t ever received that email before, then they’ll get that. If they have received a mustache wax email, then it will go forward based on another product they may have purchased. The flow is just trying to help share…

The sha256 Hasher custom variable template is a Server Container variable template for Google Tag Manager’s community template gallery. Description The sha256 Hasher template takes any input string and converts it to a (practically) irreversible hash, encoding the result in either base64 or hex. You can use this template to satisfy the hashing requirements for personally identifiable information on platforms like Google Analytics and Facebook. Release notes Date Changeset 2 February 2021 Initial release.

What is Brand Health Tracking in Market Research?Brand health tracking is the continuous measurement of a brand’s emotional equity, loyalty, and performance across key metrics like trust, awareness, and advocacy. It helps brands evaluate how consumers perceive them and detect early signs of opportunity or concern. Brand tracking and brand health tracking are essential tools for measuring how your brand is performing in the minds of consumers—and more importantly, how that performance is evolving over time. Your brand’s success can rise or fall overnight. Whether you’re an established player or a fast-growing startup, tracking your brand’s perception helps you stay…

Publishing a paper in a good journal is not about being lucky or knowing the right people, and it doesn’t require magic either. Getting published in a good journal requires solid scholarship that is presented in an excellent way to the right audience. Below, we suggest 10 steps to help you on this journey.     When you have performed good research and have spent a lot of time collecting data, analysing samples, or running experiments, you don’t want this work hidden away in a drawer. You want your research to be available for your peers so they can acknowledge and build…

I’m once again running my cohort-based course (Scaling B2B Products) on Maven in early 2025 – if you’re a paying subscriber of Run the Business, you get a discount! Just reply to this email or use the message button below to get details / ask questions.And premium members get several other benefits, including access to a curated Slack community and exclusive video episodes, so upgrade today!“Goals are for people who care about winning once.Systems are for people who care about winning repeatedly.”James ClearThis is going to be an evergreen series of essays that connects several concepts I’ve shared before while…

Sustainable, Vintage and the Thrift Economy Build Steam as Searches for dream thrift finds skyrocket Pinterest introduces the Thrift Shop built for thrift lovers. Available from August 20 – September 26, Pinterest users can browse and shop vintage and secondhand finds directly on Pinterest. Pinterest Fall 2025 Trend Report: Gen Z Is Obsessed With ThriftingThis fall, the style conversation on Pinterest is about what’s hanging on the rack at your local thrift store. Gen Z, who now makes up more than half of Pinterest’s user base, is steering the platform toward sustainability, individuality, and secondhand treasure hunting. Why this matters…

Managing one Instagram account takes time. Managing multiple Instagram accounts is a full-time job, and then some. Not to mention, a recipe for missed posts, mixed-up logins, and mental tabs you can’t close. Whether you’re a freelance social media manager juggling multiple clients, part of an agency running dozens of accounts, or in-house at a brand with separate profiles for products, regions, or campaigns, you need a system that keeps everything straight. The good news: Instagram makes it possible to run multiple accounts from the same device, and with the right tools (hi, Hootsuite), you can publish, reply, and report…