Thinking Aloud
How Millennial Drive For Self-Improvement Supports Entrepreneurial Success
Whatever means you take on your journey, self-improvement makes a difference to your success as an entrepreneur because of the intuitive understanding that it’s about more than the business you’ve started.
Getting Molecular: Customization Is The Key To Successful Healthcare Tech
This year’s much ballyhooed CES was a wake-up call for anyone who limits health tech to heart-rate monitors and wearable exercise appliances, shares Shireen Yates, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nima.
Connectivity Disrupts The World Of Logistics In Asia
Connectivity is changing the face of business in Asia Pacific and the world. While it is difficult to predict what exactly will happen next, there are four key trends will be important to the business world, especially in Asia, by Dr. Karen Reddington, President of FedEx Express, South Pacific.
From Self-Driving To Personal Robot: 4 Ways The Car Of The Future Will Change...
by Sebastian Wedeniwski and Stephen Perun, co-authors of "My Cognitive autoMOBILE Life: Digital Divorce from a Cognitive Personal Assistant"
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Economics In Asia In The Trump Era
With the uncertainty surrounding Trump’s policy agenda, the impact on the region is still hard to predict. A rise in US import barriers could damage economic growth in the APAC countries, says Marek Danyluk.
[Interview] Dwayne Rettinger, Executive Financial Consultant at Rettinger & Associates Private Wealth Management
From Dwayne Rettinger’s perspective, millennial entrepreneurs are more saddled with stereotypes than they should be. For all the suggested negatives about this generation, Rettinger points out that they are still young enough to be stunningly creative and open to new ideas.
Getting Small Business Loans Right – The Future Needs To Resemble The Past
The lending industry needs to take a more honest look at the small business, its owner and how the business is run on a day-to-day basis, rather than solely focusing on the lagging indicators such as dated tax returns or historical transactions, says Rob Frohwein, CEO of Kabbage.
5 Things I Stole From My Mastermind For You
Ken Davenport has a group of entrepreneurs, digital marketers, risk-takers, rule-breakers, soothsayers, and more from every industry you can imagine that he meets up regularly with. He shares five things he's learned from them.
What Do Cyber Professionals Teach Children About Security?
Amy Burnis of CyberArk wonders - do parents who work in the cyber security industry do a better job of teaching children about cyber security best practices?
Champing At The Bit: Can You Pay Your Workers In Bitcoin?
The single biggest advantage of bitcoin is its ease of use, but there are downsides and foundational problems to consider if you are interested in making bitcoin payment part of your compensation structure. Rich Meneghello, Adam Bridgers, and Benjamin Ebbink of Fisher Phillips looks at the issues.
Why White Men Must be Included In Corporate America’s Inclusion Movement
Often spearheaded by well-meaning HR departments, programs promoting inclusion and diversity regularly fail to move the needle toward meaningful, long-lasting systemic change. White men typically sit on the periphery and feel they have no role to play in the design or implementation of these efforts, says Bill Proudman.
[Interview] Robert Tallack, CEO of ConversionPoint Technologies, Inc.
As an entrepreneur, Robert Tallack has learned some lessons early on the way that he wishes someone had shared with him. He shares some of what he's learned to aspiring entrepreneurs.
Being A Solar CEO: What It’s Taught Me About Workplace Energy
Nowhere in the bucket of solar and electricity knowledge that Scott Cramer, President of Go Solar Group has acquired over the years can he find solar energy lessons more important than the ones he's learned about human energy while working as a CEO.
Creating In Solitude Hoping For A Successful Big Reveal? Rethink This Strategy.
As founders and creators, we often crave the spotlight without realizing that it’s our customers who we need to redirect the spotlight to, says Anna Sabino, author of "Your Creative Career: Turn Your Passion into a Fulfilling and Financially Rewarding Lifestyle".
Using Your Data Analytics The Right Way
Digital transformation, also abbreviated as DX, is the application of digital capabilities to processes, products, and assets to improve efficiency, enhance customer value, manage risk, uncover new monetization opportunities and speed-to-market. Lynette Seah, founder of Alpha7 looks at the case for digital transformation.
Internet of Things: The Skills Connected Companies Look For In Young Professionals
The Internet of Things (IoT) is digitally transforming the world and opening up entirely new career opportunities. IoT skills are in high demand and so are the ‘soft’ skills that make digital transformation champions. What organizations across the globe are seeking right now and what skills help you stand out in the connected age of IoT.
4 Tips For Blending 5 Generations Into The Same Workplace
Sue Hawkes, CEO of YESS! and author of "Chasing Perfection: Shatter The Illusion; Minimize Self-Doubt & Maximize Success" shares four tips on how business leaders can get employees in a multi-generational company to work well together through effective communication:
How A Document Management System Brings Better Talent To Your Business
As the millennials join the workforce, they are looking for other perks and benefits that your company can offer in order to tip the scales in your favor. A DMS can help you to offer those perks they’re looking for, Jesse Wood, CEO of eFileCabinet.
5 Ways Millennials Are Impacting The Startup Boom
millennials are showing a surprising amount of entrepreneurial spirit and therefore increasing the number of startups and SMBs in the world. Nate Vickery looks at five ways in which millennials are impacting the startup boom we are witnessing today.
A Guide To Motivation, Happiness, Success And Resilience
When you coach and train that many people in so many different industries, locations and cultures as Gavin Aubrey did, you begin to get some clues as to the truth behind motivation, happiness, resilience and success.
The Digital Transformation Is Affordable For SMBs: Where To Start In Your Digital Strategy
SMBs are better positioned to benefit from digital transformation than large companies. Surveys show SMBs recognize the advantage they have of less bureaucracy surrounding the decisions, which often leads to a higher success rate of implementation, points out Humberto Farias, CEO and co-founder at Concepta.
How Amazon Partners With Brands
How does one work the system so that Amazon will give their brand preferential treatment? Better yet, how does Amazon partner with brands? Well… it doesn’t, points out James Thomson, Partner at Buy Box Experts and author of "Amazon Marketplace Dilemma".
The 8 Factors Needed For High Performance Living
Would you like to change some habits, attitudes, and behaviors to live your life fully and to perform at your best? Gustavo Oliveira highlights the eight factors he believes are critical in your ability to perform at your best.
7 Ways To Boost Your Bottom Line In 2018
Ellen Sirull of Experian looks at some of the top personal finance stories of 2017 and lessons we can take from them as we head into the new year.
2018: The Choice Revolution
Technology has created a hyper customization expectation among consumers that will ultimately leave winners and losers. The power is shifting to consumers and if you fail to see this, you'll lose valuable sales to competitors that do understand it, says Sara Rodell, CEO and founder of Loop & Tie.
What The Ongoing Evolution In Sales Tech Means For You
The latest sales technology allows salespeople to focus on what they do best, building relationships, while giving them a way to respond to changing market conditions in real time. For these reasons, emerging AI-enabled sales technologies are the ultimate game-changer, asserts Anil Kaul, co-founder and CEO of Absolutdata.
9 Powerful Lessons We Can Learn From The Sun
If we can learn to be as steady and giving as the sun, we will have lived lives not just worth remembering, but lives worth living too, says Scott Cramer, President of the Go Solar Group.
5 Ways To Integrate HR And Technology In 2018
There are many ways to use technology in HR, recruiting process to organization. Jessica Thiefels shares how technology can improve your HR department using these five simple integration ideas.
On the Go? Work with A Mobile Document Management Solution!
A Mobile Document Management Software is an affordable, efficient, and modern way to take control of all your document management needs CEO of eFileCabinet Jesse Wood points out.
5 Questions To Ask Before You Agree To Serve On A Board
Serving on a board can be a challenging, invigorating, and rewarding experience… but it can also become a mind-numbing drain on your time, energy, and resources. Cheryl Hyatt, partner at Hyatt-Fennell shares five tips for evaluating a board position to make sure it’s the right fit for you.