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Zoom Steps Up Its Game With AI and
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…
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Step-By-Step Acquisition Guide To Buying Your First Short-Term Rental
Leslie Anne Morris, Founder & CEO Invest in the Smoky Mountains. If you’ve decided short-term rentals are intriguing, then let’s talk about the steps to take to buy your first one. 1. Identify a market. First, you need to decide on the market. Will you buy in your own neighborhood,…
Five Lessons From The Business Of Fine Wine
Alexander Westgarth is the founder and CEO of WineCap, an investment platform that makes wine investment affordable, transparent and simple. I’ve been in the fine wine industry for nearly two decades. At first, I thought I was becoming an expert in world-famous flavors. But the truth is I learned so…
Corporate Storytelling Must Push Beyond Informing To Acting
Managing Director at Narrative: The Business of Stories. I write about storytelling for corporate professionals. Well before storytelling formally made its way into the corporate world, we were already using stories in many other domains. Journalism is one of them. As a reporter, you find the facts and expose what…
Embracing Synergy For Business Success
Chris Venezia is CEO of ProofPilot, with 15+ years of leadership in product commercialization, patient recruitment and sales & marketing. In today's evolving business landscape, traditional roles and relationships are being reassessed. As the CEO of a platform for life science companies, I've often found our business being referred to…
ChatGPT Is Reshaping Crowd Work
While some workers may shun AI, the temptation to use it is very real for others. The field can be “dog-eat-dog,” Bob says, making labor-saving tools attractive. To find the best-paying gigs, crowd workers frequently use scripts that flag lucrative tasks, scour reviews of task requesters, or join better-paying platforms…
Despite Rising Revenues, High Labor Costs Hurt Small Businesses
Despite an unemployment rate of just 3.6% last month, The Labor Department’s Jobs Report of Friday, July 7, reported a seasonally adjusted 209,000 jobs in June, a decline from May’s gain of 306,000 jobs and below the 240,000 jobs that economists expected. While the decline shows a slight cooling, the…
How This Entrepreneur Succeeded In The Grant Funding Stakes
Business grants are an excellent way for startups and small businesses to secure much-needed funding. They are offered by governments and private organizations, but securing the capital is challenging. Application processes are complex; some funders set strict terms and conditions around how the money can be used, and the time…
Wake Up, Be Woke And Lead The Change: Overcoming DE&I Opposition
Aniela Unguresan is the Founder of EDGE Certified Foundation and Founder & CEO EDGE Strategy. I believe the U.S. is in the midst of its most significant culture war in recent history. Deep divisions and intense clashes of ideology, values and beliefs characterize this ongoing conflict. It encompasses various business,…
How Threads’ Privacy Policy Compares to Twitter’s (and Its Rivals’)
Meta's long-awaited Twitter alternative is here, and it's called Threads. The new social media app launches at a time when alternatives, like Bluesky, Mastodon, and Spill, are vying for users who are dissatisfied with Elon Musk's handling of Twitter's user experience, with its newly introduced rate limits and an uptick…
Network Like Your Business Depends On It
Robert J. Smith, BBA, MBA, MFA, Ph.D., is a business consultant and founder of Robert J. Smith Productions and Smith Profits. The logline for the 1976 movie, “Network,” is “A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit but…
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