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19 Entrepreneurs List Their Favorite Technology Innovation

Hearpreneur

We asked entrepreneurs what has been their favorite technology innovation and here is what they have to say: #1- Personal finance management Photo Credit: Shammika Munugoda I founded and created a personal finance management app about 8 years ago. It allows instant access to messages, calls, social media, the internet, and emails.

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AI Startups Need Data, and the Government Needs Help

ReadWriteStart

social media giants, product review sites, and travel companies) to be wary of sharing large customer datasets. These large and reasonably priced aggregated datasets can be useful for startups looking to transform legacy institutions or disrupt established industries. Data fuels AI. Mexican birth records. Real-Estate Listings.

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Why Consumer Brands Need To Keep An Eye On Their eCommerce Channel

YoungUpstarts

by Shailendra Nagarajan, Senior Product Marketing Manager at DataWeave. This is done by aggregating data on an enormous scale and leveraging highly advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to analyze the data and generate actionable insights on their competitors and their eCommerce channel.

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[Review] Enterprise Social Technology

YoungUpstarts

As someone who is always interested at how social technologies can be harnessed for business and enterprise use, I can’t recommend Scott Klososky’s new book “ Enterprise Social Technology: Helping Organizations Harness the Power of Social Media, Social Networking, Social Relevance &# quite enough.

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Seven Things Your Customers Can Do Better Than You

YoungUpstarts

So Westlaw created Peer Monitor, which aggregates anonymized data on firms’ financial and operational performance, collected from participating clients with their permission — and this turned into a lucrative new business. Retention rates had declined from the high 90s to the mid 80s, which senior management felt the need to address quickly.

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Open Angel Forum San Fran – Team Calacanis Raises the Bar

Both Sides of the Table

They called themselves a “social OS.&# Essentially I see it as two things: 1) an aggregator of social content from multiple places including Twitter, Facebook and soon even Gmail. It serves a similar role as Digsby (which I love using) albeit from a social media metaphor rather than an IM metaphor.

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e-Commerce: Why You Need It And How To Do It Right

YoungUpstarts

Remember that almost every aspect of e-commerce can be outsourced, from inventory management to fulfillment. And remember that, even though all your customers may no longer be in front of you when you close a sale, you can use internet forms and social media reviews to learn what they think of your e-commerce sales experience.