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Landlords Get Innovative to Fill Vacancies
With both the National Apartment Association and the National Multifamily Housing Council predicting that demand for apartments will soar over the next decade-plus, property owners throughout the U.S. are seeking innovative ways to set themselves apart in an increasingly competitive landscape for new development. For owners with vacancies that need to be filled, there are many options to minimize the time that their rental property sits empty.
How Siemens Is Partnering for Growth in Africa – Techloy - Latest news, startups, apps, gadgets and events in Africa. – Medium
By Joe Kaeser, President and CEO of Siemens AG. Many African economies offer huge growth opportunities for local companies and global players alike. Tapping this potential and promoting growth and prosperity on the African continent requires new, strong partnerships across borders. Europe can play a crucial role in this. However, that requires new ways of thinking, new ways of politics and strong, trustful collaboration with African societies.
Could AI be the Antidote to Emotional Crypto Investment?
Written By: Mike Brusov, co-founder and CEO of Cindicator and a tech entrepreneur with nearly a decade of experience in launching companies in big data and predictive analytics. Watching Bitcoin in December 2017, do you remember feeling quite sure that this is just a short-term downslide? January 2018: a month has passed, but your hopes were still high.
Spotify’s direct listing throws spotlight on fundamental flaws in IPOs
News that Spotify was going to eschew a traditional IPO earlier this year in favour of a direct listing sparked a rash of media comment. Amid a chorus of criticism, Barry McCarthy at the Financial Times put it most bluntly: “The US public offer market is broken” As innovation roars through virtually every economic sector, transforming how business is done, fundraising and capital markets have been slow to match this pace of change.
The Entrepreneur's Fall Reading List
The days are getting shorter, geese are flying in formation, and the fall seasonal microbrews are on tap. It's back-to-school time, and as children head back to the classroom and young adults set off for university, I would challenge us all to get in the spirit with a fall reading list. I have always been a veracious reader and encourage OtterBox employees to do the same by keeping a library of the books that have most influenced the direction of the company in my office.
Predictive-maintenance analytics initiatives die
For all the good intentions, many predictive-maintenance analytics (PdMA) initiatives fail to gain traction and ultimately become discontinued. Companies cannot find the data they want to solve a business problem. Or they collect data they cannot understand. Worst of all, a company will have both the data and ability to identify and track a business problem, but lack a manager who can deliver necessary oversight and investment into a PdMA program to reap the rewards. It’s frustrating, for sure.
The Evolution of AI and Human Responsibility (Learn More, Videos)
AI applications will primarily serve to bolster, not displace, the work of human professionals. Indeed, as more and more fields are aided by artificial intelligence, human oversight will become more and more imperative. It will be humans who monitor and evaluate the key performance indicators of AI algorithms, decide how AI will be implemented in real-world applications without jeopardizing lives, and face accountability for how AI is deployed.
Expert View: Harnessing Disruption to Capture Attention
Attention spans are short, and getting shorter. Consumers are bombarded with editorial, commercial and social messages through more devices and sources than ever, and overcoming their perceptual vigilance is the key to getting through. Context is the key to capturing and keeping a consumer’s attention, and by delivering content based on a consumer’s current behaviour, we see a far greater level of engagement.
The Future of Work Manifesto: Self-Management and Emotional Self-Mastery Are The Most Powerful Skills for Business Success in the Next Decade
By Milton Pedraza, CEO of Luxury Institute and EIX, and Doug Kirkpatrick, US Partner, NuFocus Strategic Group (NEW YORK) June 12, 2018 – As the 21st century roars on, rapidly advancing technology such as the Internet, mobile devices and artificial intelligence, have generated intense global interconnectivity that drives massive interdependence within and between organizations and individuals.
Are we Headed for a Cloud Oligopoly?
Are we Headed for a Cloud Oligopoly? Oligopoly: A market form in which a market or industry is dominated by a small number of sellers. Its parallel in political science, oligarchy, translates to power effectively resting with a small number of people.
Does AI Make People More or Less Intelligent?
By Adrien Schmidt, CEO of Bouquet and Co-Founder of Squid Solutions. People often ask me: Does artificial intelligence make people more or less intelligent? It's actually a pretty smart question. Sure, the obvious answer is "more" because you'd assume that anything that serves up all the answers you could ever need will only make you smarter. But there is also the great possibility that by leaning on AI too heavily, we'll lose certain skill sets and only get dumber.
How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Investment Arena
Goldman Sachs, for example, employed around 600 people at their US cash equities trading desk in 2000. Today, this workload has been taken over by AI with the same trading desk employing just two people. Benjamin Franklin famously said that “time is money”, and nowhere does this hold more true than in investing. The ability to quickly develop dynamic actionable analysis to make investment decisions is a key competitive advantage.
MVMT 2018 - May 8 - Jackson Convention Center
Sarah Bond is Microsoft's General Manager of Business Development. She is helping accelerate the pace and direction of innovation in areas of strategic importance to Microsoft. She focuses on growth initiatives, emerging technologies, AI and driving world-class globally managed partner engagements. Prior to Microsoft, Sarah held a variety of leadership roles at T-Mobile.
How to build a radio communications network
But radio communications networks aren’t always easy to build. Achieving reliable coverage depends not just on deploying the right technology but on actually designing the architecture of the radio network in the most effective way. And if, as in so many contexts, your radio network is going to cover a range of different environments, including restricted ones, then that design process gets even more complicated.
The Ultimate List Of E-Commerce Events To Follow
After the lovely reactions that we got from our readers on our listing “Top 61 Ecommerce Influencers to Follow“, we wanted to craft another one and this time, we scanned the global e-commerce market with our networking caps on to build an extensive list of e-commerce events from all around the world. E-commerce is evolving faster every year and this leads to an increasing number of events organised worldwide.
UK Buy-Side Fee Disclosures in Focus
Fee disclosure standards are coming, but how can increased transparency give greater power to fund managers? This requirement forces funds to reveal their trading costs to ensure investors know exactly where their money is going. All of a sudden, there is a much higher degree of scrutiny to understand, in great detail, the level of costs across an asset management business. Essentially, this is money going out the door to bank counterparties which could perhaps be allocated more efficiently.
Donor-advised funds move to provide an onramp to impact for smaller investors
By Gil Crawford, CEO of MicroVest, and Timothy Freundlich, president of ImpactAssets Donor-advised funds have long been seen as effective philanthropic vehicles administered by public charities. Here’s another way to look at these tax-preferred investment products that are designed to do good: an untapped pool of assets that is naturally aligned with the impact investing approach.
How to get ahead in the world of business
In order for your business to be successful, you must be able to demonstrate that your product or service, whatever it may be, responds to a true market opportunity in a unique and valuable way. That might sound simple, but unfortunately in the business world all too often we see products that are ‘a solution looking for a problem’, rather than the other way around.
LIDL APPOINTS JOHANNES FIEBER AS PRESIDENT AND CEO OF
LIDL APPOINTS JOHANNES FIEBER AS PRESIDENT AND CEO OF ARLINGTON, VA – Lidl US announced today that Johannes Fieber has been appointed President and CEO, and will assume responsibility for U.S. operations over the coming months. Johannes succeeds Brendan Proctor, who led the U.S. expansion from June 2015. Lidl management thanks Brendan for his service. Johannes has extensive retail experience and has been with Lidl for about 10 years, serving in multiple Lidl countries.
20 Inspiring Digital Marketing Experts That You Need to Know
Most people are quick to associate power with a famous last name and an over-a-billion dollar net worth; think Musk, Bezos, Gates, Zuckerberg. While successful marketers always have a solid social media presence, the gravity of their work translates into the success of multiple brands, as opposed to an individual one, over a variety of industries.
Claim Social Security Early or Wait? Advice from the Pros
My client, who is single and 64, retired at age 62 but didn’t start taking Social Security then. Instead, she set a goal to start claiming at her full retirement age of 66, to get 100% of the benefit she has coming to her. She is in amazing health. Her dad is 88, and still going strong. Susan has minimal debt, about $45,000 left on a 15-year mortgage, which she will pay off by the time she is 67. She lives modestly but is a great saver.
Claim Social Security Early or Wait? Pro Advice
Few retirement conundrums are more confounding than this question: When should I claim Social Security benefits? The credentialed financial advisers whose columns appear on our Wealth Creation Channel have plenty of insights to share, from common rules of thumb to specific scenarios from their own clients that could be enlightening to others struggling with this all-important decision.
Op-Ed: Why Music Modernization Act Is Best Path Forward
( Hypebot ) — While the Music Modernization Act to revamp music copyright has its critics , most in the industry support it. Here, Sound Royalties’ Alex Heiche explores the objections in detail and finds most insufficient to dampen enthusiasm for the bipartisan legislation. The recently proposed Music Modernization Act is garnering wide support throughout the music community, including from my music industry specialty finance firm Sound Royalties.
Why the Music Modernization Act is the Best Path Forward [Op-Ed]
While the Music Modernization Act to revamp music copyright has its critics , most in the industry support it. Here, Sound Royalties' Alex Heiche explores the objections in detail, and finds most insufficient to dampen enthusiasm for the bipartisan legislation. By Alex Heiche, Founder and CEO of Sound Royalties The recently proposed Music Modernization Act is garnering wide support throughout the music community, including from my music industry specialty finance firm Sound Royalties.
Griffith Rock 'N' Rail Fest is Labor Day weekend treat
Celebrate Labor Day weekend at Griffith’s Rock 'N' Rail Music and Street Fest from Sept. 3 through 6 in downtown Griffith. The four-day event will feature live entertainment, including American English, Nicole Jamrose and the Chicago 6, children’s activities and a beer garden. Visit www.griffith.in.gov.Dunes State Park birthdayJoin the Indiana Dunes State Park as it celebrates 90 years of state park fun.
Celebrate Polish heritage during Whiting’s Pierogi Fest
Pierogi Fest will take over downtown Whiting’s 119th Street from Friday through July 26. Enjoy a weekend of delicious pierogis, multiple entertainment stages, the International Polka Parade, a pierogi toss and pierogi-eating contest. Visit www.pierogifest.net.Experience Porter County FairHead to the Porter County Fairgrounds and Expo Center, 217 E. Division Road, Valparaiso, Thursday through Aug. 1, for the Porter County Fair.
Enjoy Greek food, fun during festival in Merrillville
SS. Constantine & Helen Greek Church in Merrillville will host its 46th annual Grecian Festival from 5 to 11 p.m. Friday and noon to 11 p.m. Saturday and July 12. Festivities include carnival games and rides, Greek music, dancing, market place and pastries. Attendees can enjoy roasted lamb, shish-ka-bob, Grecian chicken and potatoes and more.
20 Financial Pros' Advice for a Crazy Market
The Dow dropped 4.6% on Monday, or 1,175 points. It was the worst point decline in history. As a percentage, however, we have had 107 days worse than this one. A "market correction" — defined by a drop of 10% or more — seems like a not-too-distant possibility. On average, this happens once a year. In other words, events like this are completely normal. Side note: If you own U.S. government bonds, you made money on Monday. On the worst point decline in STOCK MARKET HISTORY, you made money.
20 Financial Pros' Advice for a Crazy Market
As the stock markets gyrate, financial professionals have been busy folks the past few days, calming clients' nerves with their advice on how to handle the recent bumps in the record run-up and the head-snapping volatility we've been seeing. We asked credentialed financial advisers and attorneys, whose columns appear on our Wealth Creation Channel , to share what they're telling their clients ... about what's going on, why and what they should be doing about it. Here's what 20 of them had to say.
The IRS suspects many bitcoin users have been evading taxes, so enforcement will be tougher
Bitcoin had its coming-out party in 2017. With all the excitement and opportunities around cryptcurrency, it might be easy to forget about crypto taxation. Almost every bitcoin or other "altcoin" transaction — mining, spending, trading, exchanging, air drops, etc. — will likely be a taxable event for U.S. tax purposes.Without a doubt, 2018 will be a landmark year for Internal Revenue Service enforcement of cryptocurrency gains. Taxpayers should stay ahead of the game rather than be reactionary.
Why BlockChain is the Next Big Thing In Cybersecurity | IoT For All
You may have already heard a bit about blockchain - a means by which cryptocurrency is recorded and stored. But do you know why it’s so important to cybersecurity? It’s no real surprise that blockchain is so often associated with cryptocurrency. After all, it was through Bitcoin that it first made its debut on the web – designed by an unknown individual or group to serve as a public ledger. At the time, there weren’t many who saw the technology’s potential to be used elsewhere. That’s changed.
WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST FRAUD?
2017 was an eventful year in online fraud. Data breaches were ramping up by the week – not by the month anymore – and hit mainstream media headlines as we saw with the leak at Uber towards the end of the year. Meanwhile, companies in Europe (and beyond) have been preparing for the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Will the New Year be equally momentous?
Small Business Sales Calls: Why It's About Quality and Not Quantity
The lifeblood of a small business is sales. Whether you own a jewelry store like my parents or a restaurant, you're number one concern is likely figuring out the best way to reach customers. Plenty of consultants and blogs will tell you that you should double down your efforts online and on social. Have you tried a Snapchat campaign or an SMS offer?
Can America's 'lost Einsteins' be found more easily than we think?
Late last year the The Equality of Opportunity Project released a report concluding that the U.S. is losing out on as much as 400% of innovation potential by failing to effectively nurture under-represented minorities, i.e. Blacks, Latinos, and girls. The report states, "there are many 'lost Einsteins' - people who would have had high-impact inventions" but never do because they grow up in communities where math and science in general, and innovation specifically, isn't fostered.
4 ways Facebook’s cash machine algorithms are shredding the moral fiber of our society
The same core functions that enable Facebook to proverbially print money are sowing the societal chaos we’re experiencing today in 2017. Since its launch in 2004, Facebook has ridden its groundbreaking advertising engine to become one of the most valuable companies in the world, with 2016 revenue of US$27.6 billion, profit of US$12.4 billion, and a current market cap hovering in the US$500 billion range.
Want to Help Address the Opioid Crisis? Start with Your Medicine Cabinet.
Since the Administration declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency in late October, the media has been saturated with stories about the crisis, which has been ravaging communities in relative silence for many, many years.
FX Trading, Post-MiFID
Can currency trading still find its voice post-MiFID II? Not long ago, all trading was conducted over the phone between clients and their sales dealer at their bank. The advent of electronic trading has led to the decline, but not the end, of voice trading. However, many fear that the demands for greater transparency and data capture under MiFID II will finish the job.
Is Microsoft Becoming a Serious Cloud Telephony Player?
Since 2000, the enterprise communications market has gone through an incredible transformation. The first wave of change, VoIP, transformed the market in incredible ways. From a technology perspective, nodal PBXes gave way to centralized solutions and Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) servers, now leading to virtualization into both private and even public cloud servers.
An open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Tomorrow, my company’s IPO will open for subscription on the BSE SME Exchange. Over the last 48 hours, I have received countless calls from my well-wishers asking me to postpone the IPO of IRIS, the company of which I am the Founder and CEO. They tell me that the economy is headed south, they point to the controversy over demonetisation. They have told me that GST is a disaster. I have been told that I am foolish, even foolhardy. I have been told that I should not be stubborn but withdraw the issue.
Rethinking premium packaging from a recycling viewpoint
Upscale, elaborate and excessive packaging that is often unrecyclable is one of the most preventable sources of waste. Sustainability leader Tom Szaky reminds us that packaging can say “special” in sustainable ways, too. While lightweighted packaging iterations generate items that are too small or complex to recycle, the other end of the production spectrum presents its own issues.
4 ways technology is changing the events industry
By Christina Adesina, founder and CEO of The SellFluent Group The events industry is a fast paced one and is set to grow all around the world. According to a report by Business Visits and Events Partnership (BVEP) the event industry is worth £40bn in the UK with conferences and meeting accounting for £19.9bn. With events beginning to shape visitor economy globally, we’ll continue to see how this will be impacted by technology.
What retailers need to know in the wake of the Equifax breach
Online businesses everywhere are going to be dealing with the effects of the recent Equifax breach. It's a tough truth to swallow, but these large-scale data breaches have become a fact of life — and it's not just the breached business that pays the price. As fraudsters mine the valuable data that's been compromised, all ecommerce sites and financial institutions need to be on alert.
Are we Headed for a Cloud Oligopoly?
Are we Headed for a Cloud Oligopoly? Oligopoly: A market form in which a market or industry is dominated by a small number of sellers. Its parallel in political science, oligarchy, translates to power effectively resting with a small number of people.
Rural College Leaders Embrace Entrepreneurial Practices
People may think of entrepreneurship primarily as a means of job creation. While this is a valuable outcome, Donna De Carolis, Dean of Drexel University’s Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship, offers a more expansive definition: “Being entrepreneurial is essentially about thinking and doing something that we have not done before, in order to achieve a desirable goal or outcome.
5 Steps to Ditch your Lettings Agent
By Calum Brannan, CEO of No Agent Finding good tenants and managing your property successfully doesn’t mean you have to pay through the nose anymore. When you ask a landlord about their lettings agent, the most common answer you’ll get is a frustrated groan. Most complaints have to do with the high costs of using an agent, with a fully managed service costing between 8-15% of the annual rent.
Time for Pierogi Fest
Northwest Indiana’s wackiest festival returns to Whiting on July 28, 29 and 30. Enjoy the Polka Parade on Friday evening, live entertainment all weekend long and plenty of Polish food and specialty vendors. Snap a photo of yourself and Mr. Pierogi or any of his friends during your visit. Learn more at pierogifest.net.National Lakeshore Campfire ProgramJoin a ranger for a sunset and campfire program from 7:30 to 9 p.m. July 29 at Kemil Beach.
Top five questions about using quantum-safe security in financial transactions
Top five questions about using quantum-safe security in financial transactions A wide range of technology-driven sectors will be affected by the advent of universal quantum computing many experts say will happen by 2026, but the financial industry has particular reason to be concerned. The security standards behind secure email and internet connections are ubiquitous throughout fintech, protecting financial collateral as well as the most sensitive personal identity data in financial transactions.
Introducing My Desk: A Task Manager for Freelancers
We know you’ve got a lot on your plate, which is why we’re excited to roll out our next iteration of My Desk, a new feature from AND CO designed to help you organize all of the tasks you’ll inevitably need to keep track of as a business of one. An introduction to My Desk – AND CO from AND CO on Vimeo. My Desk isn’t just another to-do list. (You’ve got plenty of those, and face it—they can eat up more time than they save).
How To Avoid Cultural Potholes On The Road To Global Expansion
How To Avoid Cultural Potholes On The Road To Global Expansion By Sue Welch, founder and CEO of Bamboo Rose The business headlines are littered with tales of global expansion gone awry. While the reasons behind the struggles are complex, there is a common thread in these experiences: Missing the cultural differences and needs of the target market.
How sustainable are biodegradable and plant-based plastics?
Finding solutions for the world’s plastic problem is an uphill battle. Manufacturers and consumers alike are now accustomed to products and packaging made lighter, less costly and more convenient by plastic, the iterations of which have only grown more complex. As it stands, we are manufacturing approximately 300 million tons of plastics across the world every year, and this number continues to grow.
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