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8 | Th e M Rep o RT from the source Share This The Man Who Sells Everything—A Conversation with Jeff Bezos ForeignAffaris.com As part of their special entrepreneurship issue, Foreign Affairs editor Gideon Rose had an in-depth discussion with American business magnate and investor Jeff Bezos, most famously known as the founder and CEO of Amazon.com. Ranked No. 21 on Forbes' list of billionaires, Bezos shares his thoughts on topics such as the qualities that make a successful entrepreneur, what separates winning start-ups from failing ones, and other personal anecdotes about his rise to the top and what he sees for the future of innovation and entrepreneurialism. Though his success is grounded in the tech world, Bezos' achievements have takeaways for entrepreneurs in any industry. Watch This 2015: The Year to Buy a House CNNMoney Reports HUD Secretary Julián Castro shares with CNN's Christine Romans why 2015 will be a year of housing opportunity, due to factors such as the FHA mortgage premium insurance reduction, the rise in millennial homeownership, and the administration's dedication to what the President calls "middle-class" economics. On a personal note, Castro fields questions on what his future in politics and the Democratic party could look like in the coming years. Read This Performing Under Pressure: The Science of Doing Your Best When It Matters Most By Hendrie Weisigner and J.P. Pawliw-Fry Recognized by Business Insider as one of the "15 Best Business Books Coming Out in 2015," this innovative look at pressure management draws on the latest research in neuroscience and experiences gathered from more than 12,000 individuals who are no strangers to high-pressure situations— such as Olympic athletes, Fortune 500 employees, and Navy SEALS. Psychologist Dr. Hendrie Weisiger has taught his pressure management theories at Executive Education and Executive MBA programs at Wharton, UCLA, NY, Cornell, Penn State, and MIT, and J.P. Pawliw-Fry is an international performance coach with clients such as Marriott, Unilever, Allstate, and Orlando Magic. He has taught executive education at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Tweet This @usadatagov Data.gov is the home to the U.S. government's open data and is the perfect source to find Federal, state, and local data. Whether you want to scratch your itch for knowledge or need to conduct research, build apps, or put together a comprehensive presentation, Data.gov is a great resource for mortgage professionals. The site's twitter arm @usadatagov gives snapshot's of some of the organization's recent findings and has followers like U.S. Senator Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (@HUDgov).