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5 Strategies To Thrive In Customer-Driven Disruption

Startup Professionals Musings

In my experience as a business consultant, I find than most people still believe that technology drives business disruption. I’m more convinced that technology merely enables disruption, and changing customer interests and needs really causes it. Memorable personalization doesn’t always have to include fancy technology or high cost.

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6 Stories of Successful New Entrepreneurs to Inspire Your Business

Up and Running

An engineering services firm, TRISTAR is the first woman and minority-owned firm based in Indiana to offer the Department of Defense (DoD) technical support services. Columbus Technologies and Services — To NASA and beyond. Today, Columbus Technologies and Services supports NASA, DoD, HHS, and NOAA among other government agencies.

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Pay Your Payroll Tax With R&D Credits

YoungUpstarts

The research activities must be technological in nature; in other words, they must rely on the sciences such as engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, computer science, etc. The R&D credit rewards businesses for making evolutionary steps in any particular technology. Who qualifies for the R&D credit?

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What Are The Hallmarks of a Successful Nonprofit?

Board Effect

Still relatively young compared to many well-known nonprofits, Crisis Text Line is an example of a successful nonprofit that saw a real need and used the available technology and resources to shape their solution. Demand for Digital Transformation Tolerance for out-of-date technology is running low for all audiences.

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GFi Working With Universities, Manufacturers, and Big Pharma

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Qualitative Research & Facilitation: GFi worked with Hiler Industries , a high value cast iron manufacturer based in LaPorte, Indiana. A new GFi system for digital technology integration — “ MoshPit Deck ” was introduced. See a list of digital technologies included below. Artificial Intelligence.

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How Robots Are Revolutionizing the Manufacturing Industry (and saving jobs!)

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Advancements in technology are changing the industry, and this is a great thing. Factories are beginning to implement AI technology being in factories brings with a robotic workforce that doesn’t just perform mechanical operations, but also works more intelligently alongside human workers. Local Factories Boom with Robotics.

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Welcoming Bobby Schnabel Back to CU Boulder

Feld Thoughts

I first met and worked with Bobby in the mid-2000s at the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), where he was a co-founder and on the board with me. Bobby is awesome and I’m really psyched he’s back in Boulder at CU.

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