Idea to Value

MARCH 17, 2022

Many of the world’s great artists, scientists and thinkers have long espoused the benefits of walking on their creative process. For example, philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche even said: All Truly Great Thoughts Are Conceived While Walking Nietzsche. But is there any link between walking and actually being more creative? Many other notable creatives throughout history even made a point of having a daily walk as part of their routine.

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Business and Tech

MARCH 17, 2022

Tori Dunlap is a successful investor and founder of Her First $100K , which advocates for equality across all genders and races in one of the financial sector. We talked to her about the critical intersection of finances and feminism. Tori Dunlap Founder, Her First $100K. What is “financial feminism”? Financial Feminism is the advocacy for equality across all genders and races in the financial industry.

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Christensen Institute

MARCH 17, 2022

Which health care startups will succeed? Which ones will fail? Disruptive Innovation Theory provides one lens to help us predict the answer, and Jobs to Be Done Theory provides another. Disruptive Innovation describes a process by which a product or service initially takes root at the bottom of a market – typically by being less expensive, more accessible, or targeting nonconsumers – and then relentlessly moves upmarket, eventually displacing established competitors.

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Business and Tech

MARCH 17, 2022

Marc Russell Founder, BetterWallet, LLC. Many wish to build generational wealth, but don’t know where to start. Read more for tips to make money work for you. Generational wealth 101. Generational wealth, or the passing of income-producing and non-income producing assets to the next generation, can be achieved by making a significant amount of money over a short period of time or making a significant amount of money over a longer period of time, and efficiently passing that wealth to the next ge

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Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Christensen Institute

MARCH 17, 2022

At the end of January, Jobs for the Future (JFF) announced an acquisition of the Education Quality Outcomes Standards Board (EQOS), a nonprofit I helped cofound and where I serve on the board. What’s interesting about the acquisition is the signaling effect. Those concerned with training for the future of work are becoming far more concerned with outcomes, not just access to education and upskilling opportunities.

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Business and Tech

MARCH 17, 2022

Kevin O’Leary of “Shark Tank” says people should think of investing with a diverse portfolio as a key part of their retirement planning. Many people think of investing as a rich person’s game, but it should be considered a vital component of anyone’s financial planning. O’Leary encourages people to think of investing as a form of retirement planning. “ There’s a difference between saving and investing,” O’Leary said.

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Business and Tech

MARCH 17, 2022

Personal loans are rising in popularity due to their ease and convenience — here’s what you need to know. The use of personal loans hit an all-time high in 2020, but there is still a lot of uncertainty about the use of this financial tool. While personal loans can be used in a multitude of ways, it’s important to know when the benefits of one outweigh other options and which use cases are best suited for this powerful financial tool.

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ITONICS

MARCH 17, 2022

Most companies do not have a defined process to track and respond to disruptions in the market. Foresight is a technique that helps you recognize changes in your business environment at an early stage so that you can prepare for the future. The Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for Innovation Management Techniques, 2021 , however, warns that an ad-hoc approach to foresight can lead to weakened strategic planning.

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Business and Tech

MARCH 17, 2022

Any plan to improve your life must involve financial stability. The right choices make all the difference. There’s a clear link between financial and mental wellness. A stable financial foundation not only alleviates stress, it empowers people to take control and make healthier decisions in every facet of their lives. That’s why a new survey from CIT Bank (Member FDIC) conducted by The Harris Poll is so encouraging.

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IM Insights

MARCH 17, 2022

About the Episode. Elijah Eilert speaks to Paul Orlando about his book Growth Units to discover how to best calculate Customer Acquisition Cost and Lifetime Value. Paul tells us how to significantly improve common calculation methods and how to use those to make critical business decisions. Understanding revenue and cost on a per unit basis for Startups/innovation projects is vital but even established businesses have a lot to gain from doing it right.

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Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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Business and Tech

MARCH 17, 2022

Bradley Leimer Co-Founder, Unconventional Ventures. Is there a connection between physical well-being and financial wellness? When we think about physical wellness, we think about what we eat, how much we exercise, how close we are to our ideal weight, and how healthy our body feels. Increasingly, people have tracked health milestones via apps on mobile devices and fitness trackers and wearables that help collect health data for us.

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Innovators Alliance

MARCH 17, 2022

Have you noticed? The business paradigm is shifting with an increased focus on ‘impact’ entrepreneurship. Every business, from start-up to big corporation, creates impacts—positive and negative—through its activities. In this new paradigm, businesses need to be upfront about their impacts due to expectations of consumers, regulators, shareholders and employees.

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Business and Tech

MARCH 17, 2022

Financial wellness is top of mind for everyone right now. We asked our panel of experts for advice and tips on how to achieve it. Bradley Leimer Co-Founder, Unconventional Ventures. What is your top piece of advice for Americans who have had their short- and long-term financial plans derailed by the pandemic and its impact on the economy? Never give up hope that the future will be better than today.

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CMOE

MARCH 17, 2022

There’s an art to conveying opportunities, issues, and changes to your workforce—it requires strategic and proactive communication. Communicating strategically and proactively might seem like obvious leadership skills, but research disagrees—not enough leaders understand what good communication is, nor do they know how to execute it: In a survey of 1,000 employees, 91 percent expressed their leaders lack good communication skills.

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Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Business and Tech

MARCH 17, 2022

Catherine New Editor, Emergency Savings Initiative. Helen Robb Senior Manager, Financial Health Network. Windfall income can be a good opportunity to shore up emergency savings. Making good use of them comes down to this one thing. If you found yourself with a surprise $500 in your hands tomorrow, what would you do with it? This is more than a thought experiment, it’s actually a mini-financial planning session.

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Acuvate

MARCH 17, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a prominent accelerating force for digitizing and scaling up to cloud services in a rapidly changing business environment. The amount of information generated in an increasingly data-driven landscape has brought forth the shortcomings of the traditional IT infrastructure, including lack of scale and flexibility and spiraling operational costs.

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Business and Tech

MARCH 17, 2022

Dennis Moore, M.B.A., CFP® President, Financial Planning Association® (FPA®). Taking aim at potential sources of financial anxiety with meaningful steps is key to relieving pressure and maintaining a firm handle on your finances. If you’re stressed about your financial situation, covering your expenses from week to week and month to month, your employment status, your health, or about what the future holds, you are not alone.

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Business and Tech

MARCH 17, 2022

In addition to physical health and mental health, the financial health of many Americans has been affected by the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic. Billy J. Hensley, Ph.D. President and CEO, National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE). Americans continue to adapt and alter their ways of life to cope with the challenges of the pandemic. For financial reasons, the level of concern can be unsettling.

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Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, Román Tejada, and Guest Speaker Sucharita Kodali

Imagine a retail landscape where every interaction is personalized, every decision informed, and every opportunity maximized 🤔✨ Join us for an exploratory journey into the heart of AI-driven retail innovation. We’ll unveil the transformative potential of AI and data analytics in shaping the future of omnichannel personalization and e-commerce.

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