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…
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,…
Jubran Siddique, Founder and CEO at Zaryah Investment Company. While I have previously written about the potential of asset tokenication in Islamic finance in a more general sense, I believe this fusion can specifically contribute to the United Nations' sustainable development goals (SDGs). As the founder of an investment company…
Gregory Milano is founder and CEO of Fortuna Advisors LLC and author of Curing Corporate Short-Termism, Future Growth vs. Current Earnings. There is an accelerating movement to encourage corporate leaders to think and act longer term. Advocates such as Focusing Capital on the Long Term and Chief Executives for Corporate…
Founder and CEO of JMG Public Relations, an award-winning PR firm for innovators and their mission driven startup companies. Within our global economy, small businesses play a significant role in driving innovation and embodying the entrepreneurial mindset. They are often at the forefront of introducing new products, ideas and services…
Entrepreneurs are some of the most motivated, focused people I know. But sometimes you get a reminder that they’re human beings as well. Beth Scanlon, who joined us at the Birthing of Giants Fellowship Week in fall 2021, recently told me about not one, but two, of those reminders that…
This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Asia’s Best Under A Billion 2023, which highlights 200 Asia-Pacific public companies with less than $1 billion in revenue and consistent top- and bottom-line growth. See the full list, sorted alphabetically, here. This year’s annual Best Under A Billion list recognizes 200…
Founder & CEO of RecruitGyan. Passionate about helping tech startups & other companies secure top talent with DE&I-centered strategies. When you’re ready to scale your company, bringing the right people on board is critical to success. Because there’s usually such a razor-thin margin of error in the early stages of…
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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