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…
Peter Done is Group CEO and founder of business services specialist Peninsula Group. Innovation drives every company into existence. Think about it. If you own a business, there was once a time when it was merely an idea in your mind—a problem you wanted to solve, an opportunity ripe for…
Michaela Jeffery-Morrison, CEO and cofounder of Ascend Global Media, the company behind Women in Tech World Series. Women-founded startups in the U.S. raised just 1.9%—around $4.5 billion—of all VC funds allocated in 2022. In the U.K., they received 6% of VC funding. Female entrepreneurs, in other words, face a very…
The White House has struck a deal with major AI developers—including Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI—that commits them to take action to prevent harmful AI models from being released into the world.Under the agreement, which the White House calls a “voluntary commitment,” the companies pledge to carry out internal…
Shashi Menon is CEO of EcoEngineers, a carbon advisory and consulting firm helping companies navigate the clean energy landscape. In today’s business world, many functions are outsourced. For example, at my company, we outsource payroll, IT, legal services and taxes because of the highly specialized knowledge required to do the…
CEO at Bazaarvoice, the leading provider of product reviews and user-generated content (UGC) solutions. By now, you’ve likely heard about generative AI, thanks to ChatGPT—in fact, just two months after launching, ChatGPT reached 100 million users. Generative AI has the capability to be pervasive in pretty much every aspect of…
US healthcare executive, keynote speaker, and advocate. Value-based care expert. CEO - Carenodes. As a healthcare industry leader, I have overseen major legislative and structural changes in the industry. I have administrated Medicare's payment program across many hospitals and post-acute providers, and I have negotiated and implemented various value-based contracts.…
Reports of employment growth have been recently met with growing skepticism among economy watchers. Huge swings in the monthly reports and substantial revisions make it difficult to gauge conditions in the labor market. In December 2020, the government reported a decline in employment of 264,000. In January, a 494,000 increase.…
Jill Stelfox is Executive Chair and CEO of Panzura, leading hybrid multi-cloud data management software/services for the enterprise market. Data is everywhere. It’s the fuel that powers the engine of business, regardless of industry or sector. Our reliance on data has skyrocketed in recent years, and that’s not a bad…
By Nathan Beckord Every superhero needs an origin story. Robbie Crabtree’s is just a bit more Atticus Finch than Spider-Man. Before he launched Founder Fundraising, Robbie spent seven years in the courtroom—litigating everything from gang and cartel violence to capital murders and child abuse. That’s when he began using the…
In the dynamic corporate landscape of that will be 2024, leaders' and founders' roles have evolved significantly. Leading a company is more than just about managing teams or bottom-line growth. Leaders must exhibit adaptability, resilience, and an empathetic understanding of their teams while maintaining mental and emotional health. Their responsibility…
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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