Here are five things in tech that happened this week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them? 1 – Zoom taps AI to empower customers in safe hybrid work environment. Zoom – the communications platform used by nearly 13 million people each month – is working to further elevate its collaboration services with AI technology. Announcements include…
Nikhil Maini is Managing Director of OKR International, a leading OKRs Training & Consulting Company based in Dubai, UAE. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations—Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates—are standing at the precipice of economic evolution. With various challenges, such as economic diversification and…
By Austin Andrukaitis, CEO of ChamberofCommerce.com and digital marketing strategist with more than 15 years of experience in creating online campaigns. Working for yourself can provide much more autonomy over your schedule and workload than working for an employer. Rather than sticking to a strict 9-to-5 workday, you can capitalize…
In short, the tentacles of US tech firms are everywhere—vaccines, food, cancer research, psilocybin centers, criminal justice reform, homelessness—the list could reach the moon. (Speaking of the moon, how could we forget commercial spaceflight?) And the AI boom is likely to further expand tech firms’ power and riches. Yet on…
Jake Diner, Fertility Cloud CEO. As our understanding of infertility expands, it has become more and more apparent that this issue, which affects approximately 17.5% of people globally, transcends the realm of personal health. It can impact the psychological well-being and job performance of the individuals affected. Consequently, a progressive…
Founder and CEO of Silverbird. In August 2020 the Federal Reserve adopted a new approach called “average inflation targeting.” This means that the Federal Reserve will tolerate some periods of inflation above 2% to offset periods below 2%. This raises two questions. One: How long will the average inflation targeting…
Jordan Peace is Co-Founder & CEO of Fringe, the first lifestyle benefits marketplace, and Greenhouse Money, financial services. It's the difference between "no fear" versus "no, fear." A comma can be a very powerful thing. Back in 1989, a clothing brand called No Fear was created. As a child of…
Financial technology startup Micro Connect – backed by the likes of Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing and property tycoon Adrian Cheng – announced it raised $458 million in a Series C funding round, valuing the two-year-old startup at $1.7 billion. The funding round included participation from new investor Baillie Gifford,…
Jesse Sasomsup is the founder and president of Earnest Homes, a Los Angeles-based residential property driven by technology. As the founder of a property management company that has an eviction rate of less than 1%, I know firsthand how the success of your rental property hinges on finding trustworthy and…
Negotiation is everything. If you can empathize with someone to get what you want without compromising on your boundaries, you’ll be positioned to succeed in every field. But not everyone is born a great negotiator, most of us need some help. While your default setting might be, “my way or…
While business expansion into new territories is a common goal for entrepreneurs, many still have a desire to promote and grow the region where they started out. In addition to helping a business firmly establish itself as a community pillar, community engagement also helps everyone who lives and works there,…
In a declining economy, startups face an uphill battle when it comes to securing funding.…
With all of the recent news about artificial intelligence (AI), it got me thinking about…
A while back, I took a couple of my grandchildren on a tour of the…
Startups face numerous challenges on their journey to success, and failing to overcome any one…
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