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…
Founder and CEO of Altair Capital, an international early-stage venture investment company. Among the many ways to classify a new business, perhaps the most subtle is drawing a distinction between businesses that truly innovate and those that simply improve upon something that already exists. It might sound like a philosophical…
Micro entrepreneurs in developing countries who take out loans from microfinance organizations as members of a group are more satisfied with their experience than individual borrowers. And microfinance clients typically are more confident in their ability to fund an emergency expense than the population as a whole. That’s one of…
Ryan Schroeder is the president and chief executive officer of CRB, an engineering, architecture, construction and consulting company. The phrase “alternative proteins” lands differently depending on who’s listening. To my neighbors back home in Kansas, who come from generations of cattle ranchers and meat packers, the term may seem irrelevant,…
Jonathan Seelig is co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Ridge. He was previously co-founder of Akamai. The public cloud has revolutionized computing by enabling enterprises to interact with resources and data in a cloud-native way: remotely, on demand, and pay as you go. Many popular and ubiquitous applications depend on the…
Chief Operating Officer at PDI Technologies. Today, the U.S. convenience store industry alone conducts about 160 million transactions per day, which equates to just under half of the U.S. population dropping in to buy something. It’s no coincidence that c-stores are so ingrained in our everyday lives: They’re resilient and…
After over a decade as a Member of Parliament, Sadiq Khan became the Mayor of London in 2016. In his seven years as Mayor of London, Khan has prioritized investing in innovation and entrepreneurship and creating a greener future for the city. Whether it’s through his recently launched London Climate…
Dr. Vince Molinaro, CEO of Leadership Contract Inc., is a NY Times best-selling author & adviser on scaling leadership accountability. I worked with a group of senior executives recently. During the session, they discussed the pressures and demands they face in their roles. One leader exclaimed, "I don't have a…
While it’s important to find balance throughout the year, the summer months are a great reminder to make more time for fun activities and personal or family time outside of work. A determined focus on one’s career or budding business can be necessary to achieve your goals and grow as…
At the beginning of the franchising journey, most franchisors will still be very immersed in the day to day operations of the core business. They may still be running their own location while trying to get their franchise off the ground, or at least still only very recently removed from…
This article is the second in a three-part series on differentiating your content by expressing yourself with verve and color. In the first piece, I covered how to infuse your marketing content with subtle humor. In this piece, we’ll look at three ways to power up and differentiate your content…
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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