What is Factoring? Many businesses across various industries use factoring, sometimes called invoice factoring or accounts receivable factoring. But factoring is most common in the trucking and freight industry. You might see it called trucking factoring, freight factoring, or truckload factoring. Trucking factoring is a process where you turn unpaid […]
Month: December 2022
When Someone Asks Your Opinion, Give It
Whether your colleague is asking for input on a joint decision or a friend is simply curious about what kind of music you prefer, it’s common for people to intentionally withhold their opinions and preferences out of a desire to appear easygoing and cooperative. However, the authors’ research suggests that […]
How do you design your company for a digital first world?
Photo by fauxels, pexels.com My new friend Roy Edwards at Enterprise Times in the UK recently published a story on Salesforce’s, “State of the Connected Customer” report. We spent time discussing the research, which spotlights just how much customers have evolved in the past few years. Key themes include… The […]
Corporate A.I. Helping Students Cheat?
“The academic world is one of fierce competition. Students are under immense pressure to succeed, and the pressure only intensifies as they move closer to graduation. In this context, it’s no surprise that some students resort to academic misconduct in order to get ahead. Unfortunately, there are companies that are […]
Google Map vs Bing Maps : Which One Is Best?
Before the early 2000s, travel used to be an entirely different ballgame. Those from Generation X and above will remember paper maps probably less than fondly. They could be big and cumbersome, which made it difficult to navigate if you didn’t have someone else to sit shotgun and tell you […]
FTX and the Problem of Unchecked Founder Power
Startup founders typically face a fundamental tradeoff: They can grow the company, increasing its value and the value of their shares, but to do so they must give up some control. Or, they can keep control, at the expense of growth. That tradeoff exists for good reason: Investors who supply […]
Need a productivity boost? Try changing your environment
Switch it up The nature of office work changed drastically in 2020 due to necessity. And, for some, that temporary work-from-home situation became a full-time reality. However, with 65% of American workers stating their preference for a flexible working situation, it’s largely been a welcome change to the pre-COVID in-office […]
Hiring and recruitment outsourcing in Paraguay?
You might be thinking about expanding your business into new markets. Latin America in general, and the Southern Cone in particular, offers a wide range of investment opportunities that other investors may be overlooking. Take the country of Paraguay, for example. It’s an emerging economy with a young, tech-savvy work […]
Royal Bank of Canada’s HSBC Canada deal likely to face scrutiny, (NYSE:RY)
JHVEPhoto Royal Bank of Canada’s (NYSE:RY) proposed C$13.5B acquisition of HSBC’s (NYSE:HSBC) Canada operations, is the biggest Canadian bank deal in years. That alone is likely to have Canadian regulators looking closely at the deal in a country where the banking industry is already highly concentrated and RBC is its […]
Seth Godin and Brian Solis Discuss How to Make Your Brand More Trustworthy
Savvas Stavrinos, pexels.com by Ari Bendersky for Salesforce 360 A key to building more trust with customers? Be more human. Marketing guru Seth Godin and Salesforce vice president and global innovation evangelist Brian Solis offer their take on how to build customer trust. For many companies, being seen as trustworthy […]