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Paul Herdsman Of NICE Global: The Benefits Of Utilizing Nearshore Outsourcing For Your Business

YoungUpstarts

Examples of this for businesses in the United States would be countries such as Mexico, Brazil, Costa Rica, or Jamaica. We ultimately made the decision to bring everything in-house and build our own center, and after doing our due diligence and research, we decided on Montego Bay, Jamaica as the ideal location. Shared Time Zones.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

A fashion executive wife and technology entrepreneur husband we were moving house and faced a vexing problem: how to sell their fabulous, nearly new furnishings that couldn’t fit into their new digs? We are now based in Atlanta, but we started out on a college campus in Jamaica as a team of one: me. 13 – A Vexing Problem.

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Outliers Or Inliers Like The Rest Of Us?

entrepreMusings

His great-great-great grandmother was bought by a White slave owner in Jamaica who favored her. Fortunately in the technology entrepreneurship world, there are a good number of South Asian brown men so I don’t always feel out of place in that regards. Malcolm Gladwell is 1/2 Jewish and something like 1/8 Black Jamaican.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter January 2012

VC Cafe

The company currently has only one technology development center, which is at their headquarters in Cupertino, California. Leading computing company Apple is acquiring Anobit, a developer of flash controllers and smartphone memory enhancement technology. Akamai Technologies Inc., AKAMAI BUYS ISRAELI COTENDO FOR $268 MLN.

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Business Lessons from Bolt, Phelps, et al.

Growthink Blog

The great sprinter Usain Bolt personifies this, sharing the story of how as a teenager in Jamaica he competed barefoot because he could not afford shoes to now where he has parlayed his Olympic success into a net worth of over $60 million. Similarly, in business, only a very few companies become Google, Facebook, Amazon, Uber, et al.,

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Chatbots vs. Live Chat: The Questions You Should Ask

ConversionXL

Currently, chatbots rely on one of two technologies: Command-based chatbots that answer a limited set of questions. Then they’re really going to regret the five minutes spent describing their recent holiday to Jamaica. AI-based chatbots that answer more ambiguous queries. Part of a strong customer success strategy is access.

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Revive and Re-purpose: How to Use Old Content for Better Results

Duct Tape Marketing

With technologies that are readily available, the convenience and speed of everything are up to par. These lists could be virtually about anything; from the “5 best pizzerias in town” to the “50 weirdest animals in Jamaica,” users love this format. People love to list down things and rank them according to their preference.

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