Category: Business
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You Can Learn About Customer Service From the Eclipse
Eclipse – Service design is about setting customer expectations — your promise to customers in accordance with your strategy — and then executing in such a way that you can reliably, repeatably, scaleably, and profitably meet those expectations.(Photo credit: Getty Images) Yet no matter how much you plan, how carefully you design your client or…
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What if Humans are Really the Ones Taking Jobs Away from Robots?
There’s a lot of talk and fear these days about robots taking jobs away from humans. As AI and machine learning grows, we hear more stories of robots replacing humans when it comes to customer service, transportation, financial management, and more and even holding positions on boards of directors and as managers. A report from…
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Casey Crawford Left the NFL With a Super Bowl Ring and Built a $610 Million Business.
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n 2003, as Casey Crawford put on his Super Bowl championship ring, deep down he knew he had suited up for the last time. During his three-year NFL stint, he’d been hard at work during his offseasons learning everything he could about real estate. So the decision to ‘retire’ from the NFL wasn’t a hard…
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Nest may release cheaper version
[dropcap]N[/dropcap]est may release cheaper version – Nest’s smart thermostat remains one of the best devices on the market and now the company may offer an even cheaper version of it. In the world of smart thermostats, few stack up to the variation produced by Alphabet’s smart home brand, Nest and according to Bloomberg, its flagship device…
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Here are the top schools among founders who raise big dollars
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]op schools – You don’t need a fancy university degree to launch a startup and secure venture capital. But looking at the data on who gets funded, alumni affiliation sure seems to be a big contributing factor. For this back-to-school series, Crunchbase is taking a look at how top U.S. universities rank in terms of…
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Mayor Buddy Dyer: Partnerships Extend to Emergency Planning
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]oday, Mayor Buddy Dyer and City staff, along with the Orlando Fire Department and the Orlando Police Department, joined tourism and other community partners for an emergency response exercise. “Often times, it’s believed that emergency situations are a fire or police department issue,” Mayor Dyer said. “But what we learned on June 12, 2016, is…
