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An Ex-Consultant’s Jump into the Start Up World

Management Consulted

He co-founded MobileSuites, an app that puts travel concierge services and hotel information at your fingertips, and which you can (and should) find and sign-up for here. I ended up traveling on a few projects with my friend Basel, an analyst who started the same day that I did. Okay, great. When did that moment happen for you?

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3 Kinds of Jobs That Will Thrive as Automation Advances

Harvard Business

And it’s not just low skilled, manual labor that’s at risk — “knowledge” work like operational analytics and marketing is also being taken over by sophisticated artificial intelligence algorithms. How Technology Is Reshaping Markets. So, what’s the result?

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A Short History of Radio Explains the iPhone’s Success

Harvard Business

The iPhone roared into the marketplace 10 years ago today, and overwhelmed the wireless world. Wireless is the same, but without the cat. Homogenized content, with far less diversity than an open market would support, was the result. With the attack on Pearl Harbor, civilian radio production was halted for World War II.

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Enhancing Customer Insights with Public Location Data

Harvard Business

The pervasive adoption of mobile devices has driven an explosion of contextual user information, including geolocation data, which has become a valuable resource for marketers. However, a lack of technical skill sets among marketers has made it difficult for them to use this data (when they have access to it) effectively.

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How disruptive is the 'Sharing Economy'?

freshminds

Another market to target could be single parents who could get involved in tasking platforms such as Taskrabbit to earn money on a schedule that suits them and fits with their childcare commitments. Car companies are also starting to develop wireless entry mechanisms so that owners can rent their vehicle without having to hand over keys.

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Tomorrow’s Factories Will Need Better Processes, Not Just Better Robots

Harvard Business

Today, in most mature markets, it’s more than 90 percent automated, yet it is still one of the most expensive and space-intensive sections of the factory. It would be expensive, if even possible, to reprogram robots and machines to be able to accommodate daily changes in factory production schedules. Insight Center.