Mon.Sep 09, 2024

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Why VCs Should Use Net Promoter Scores with Founders

Harvard Business Review

Entrepreneurs are uniquely positioned to provide innovative solutions to urgent challenges that require concentrated, collaborative effort. But to scale these solutions, founders need more than just capital — they need strong, effective support from their investors. As a result, in recent years, it’s become increasingly common for VCs to claim that they view startup founders as their customers.

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Enhancing IdeaScale Campaigns with AI Image Assist Feature

IdeaScale

Creating visually appealing and engaging campaigns is crucial for capturing your audience's attention. However, crafting the perfect image can be time-consuming and challenging, especially for administrators juggling multiple tasks. Enter AI Image Assist, a groundbreaking feature designed by IdeaScale to alleviate the burden on administrators by seamlessly integrating artificial intelligence into the image creation process.

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How to Kickstart Your Post-Summer Career Development

Harvard Business Review

Using the end of the summer to reset your approach to development can create new energy for your career. Instead of feeling like another thing to fit in, it can be a new source of motivation that supports everything else you’re trying to do. The idea is to identify actions that will kick-start your learning in a way that’s easy to add into your day.

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The Critical Research needed in Understanding and Shaping Business Ecosystems

Paul Hobcraft

the building blocks through research building towards Business Ecosystem design. During the month of August 2024 I undertook some fairly intensive research work on Business Ecosystems. Must of this was not just to compliment what I had already built and shared in different post in the past few years but to push out the future thinking There are a lot of concepts that need to come together for thinking through and designing Business Ecosystems let alone to roll these out in vary thoughtful and co

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The Evolving Retailers Fulfillment Strategy: Meeting Demands with Agility

Speaker: Becky Parisotto

Fulfillment is no longer just about getting products from point A to point B – it's about crafting seamless, scalable, customer first experiences. Flexible fulfillment strategies are more important than ever for those aiming to stay ahead and build resilience as retail enters a new era in 2025. Learn how to optimize fulfillment processes, tackle complex, multi-vendor orders, and create seamless customer experiences – from white-glove delivery for high-value items to quick-ship solutions for ever

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Don’t Make This Common Networking Mistake

Harvard Business Review

When it comes to job searches, everybody knows how important networking is. But a surprising number of people fail to follow up with the people they’ve met with and sought advice from. That’s a problem, because it can alienate mentors and hold job seekers back. The authors discuss the main reasons for this lack of follow-up and then recommend a simple three-part plan for following up effectively.

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AI Requires Conversational Intelligence

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Greg Satell Historically, building technology had been about capabilities and features. Engineers and product designers would come up with new things that they thought people wanted, figure out how to make them work and ship “new and improved” products. The result was often things that were maddeningly difficult to use.

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The Muse and The Machine: How Human Creativity Propels an AI World Forward

Carla Johnson

September 10, 2024 Picture this: A team of scientists and artists huddled around a computer screen, their eyes wide with wonder as they marvel at the intricate patterns generated by their latest AI algorithm. It’s a scene that’s becoming increasingly common in our rapidly evolving tech landscape.

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Founder Mode: Should Entrepreneurs Reject the Conventional Wisdom about How to Manage Their Companies?

Michael Roberto

Source: Y Combinator Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham sparked a vibrant and wide-ranging discussion after posting a short essay titled, "Founder Mode," on his website. He drafted his blog post as a reaction to a recent talk given by Airbnb founder Brian Chesky. Graham and Chesky propose that entrepreneurs ought to reject the conventional wisdom about how to scale a business.

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The Future of Power Apps: 16 Experts Weigh in on Low-Code/No-Code Trends

Acuvate

How will the advancements in low-code/no-code platforms and technologies shape the future of Power Apps and its role in empowering citizen developers and businesses to build custom solutions and automate processes? Srinu Tamada Technical Manager Acuvate Modern application development is undergoing a revolution, with citizen developers now able to build their own applications and only reaching out to professional developers when necessary.