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Business, Start-Ups

Atlanta e-commerce startups help retailers prepare for Black Friday rush

Black Friday and Cyber Monday have been praised as drivers of economic growth, criticized for the crass commercialism they promote, and even given their own episode on Comedy Central’s South Park. This holiday season retailers are bracing themselves for an even bigger season. Thanksgiving and Black Friday sales alone added up to more than $14 billion […]

Entrepreneurship

Paul Judge’s Latest Project is a Robotic Bartender

Entrepreneur, technologist and investor Paul Judge latest project is a robotic bartender. Judge met the two founders of Monsieur, a startup developing an intelligent robotic bartender, when they were serving drinks using an early prototype. This prototype captured Judge’s attention and he “instantly imagined it as a luxury product brand that could be in the top […]

Marketing, Sales, Tips

5 Things to Know about Your Audience for Better Message Development

You know your target industries, the ideal company size and even the titles of those within the organizations responsible for making the purchase decision for your product or service. You’ve been successful acquiring new customers but now it’s time to accelerate that process. Reaching deeper into understanding your prospect and their buyer journey by identifying […]

Business, Technology

Inside the net neutrality debate

The proposed changes to net neutrality rules by the Federal Communications Commission is the most hotly contested rule change in the history of the agency. More than one million comments from participants on both sides have been received since May 15. The initial commenting period is now closed and the FCC is expected to hand down a final ruling by the […]

Company Milestone, Technology

Predikto partners with New York Air Brake

New York Air Brake has adopted the Predikto MAX auto-dynamic machine learning engine for its train control technology offerings. The predictive analytics component will be integrated into Air Brake’s Locomotive Engineer Assist/Display & Event Recorder (LEADER) product. In an official statement, Predikto’s CEO Mario Montag said: Partnering with a premier technology company in the rail industry, such […]

Hackathon, Marketing, Technology

How should we go about collecting conference attendee data for better conferences?

I met a self-described “global marketer,” I’ll call him “Bob,” recently at a hackathon and our conversation turned to one of the ideas/projects that had placed in the top three spots at that hackathon. The project, we’ll call it “E,” aimed to facilitate a better experience at multi-track conferences by collecting attendee data. Basic idea: […]