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April 20, 2023
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AI-Driven Job Losses in Unexpected Places

Post By admin April 20, 2023

by Bill Franks Like many of you reading this, I’ve been pondering the implications of the leaps forward AI has taken in recent months. Between DALL-E, ChatGPT, and others, we’ve seen some sudden jumps in what is possible with AI. At the same time, there’s been a lot of talk about what implications these technologies have for the job market. In this blog, I’m going to put forth an alternative, and somewhat contrarian, view that the jobs soon most at risk from AI could be some of the jobs we long thought least at risk. I’ll outline how I came…

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April 17, 2023
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Burn Rate: Definition, Formula, How to Calculate

Post By admin April 17, 2023

Knowing the burn rate for your company can help you prevent potential headwinds and discover margin opportunities. by Billie Ann Grigg edited by Robert Beaupre Burn rate is one of the most important metrics you can know for your business. Unfortunately, many small business owners don’t understand what burn rate is or how to calculate it. Burn rate isn’t a metric your accounting software will calculate for you directly; but by using your financial statements, you can calculate it easily. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at burn rate, discuss why it’s essential and show you exactly how…

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March 27, 2023
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Exploring the Legal Implications of Generative AI: Is it Fair Use?

Post By admin March 27, 2023

by Bill Franks On the negative side of the recent hype (hysteria?) around generative AI has been a focus on the underlying legal implications of this technology. Here, I’ll dive into one specific issue that has been the subject of intense debate. Namely, is it fair for generative models to be trained on data the model creator does not have rights to? Further, is an AI process doing anything different than we do ourselves when it uses such content? How Humans Learn and Use Information As we go through life, we learn by taking in and processing information about what…

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March 24, 2023
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Optimization Takes the Spotlight as Cloud Spend Continues to Grow

Post By admin March 24, 2023

by Joseph Angeles In the world of cloud today, bang for your buck is rapidly becoming the name of the game. With Gartner forecasting total 2023 cloud spend at $591.8B, up 20.7% from $490.3B in 2022,1 cloud spend as a percentage of total IT budget continues to climb and the corresponding need for optimization is rapidly gaining attention as a key challenge. In fact, according to the recent 2023 State of the Cloud Report released by Flexera, 82% of cloud users surveyed highlighted cloud spend management as their #1 challenge in the cloud,2 for the first time surpassing other critical…

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March 23, 2023
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Sales Flywheel Optimization

Post By admin March 23, 2023

A best practices approach to Sales Flywheel Optimization by Tony Palladino We all know that a healthy sales pipeline is critical to driving consistent revenue growth. Yet I was surprised to see that, according to Gartner, only 72% of businesses cite pipeline generation as a critical priority.[i] I suppose the other 28% would rather focus on building their product rather than selling it, or perhaps they have more business than they can handle. Regardless, the sales funnel process has evolved with technology innovations and has transformed itself into a “flywheel” having several moving parts, all of which can be optimized…

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