Blog Posts
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After Doug Lindsay’s first day of senior year classes in 1999, the biology major collapsed at home. The symptoms were intense and untreatable. His heart would race, he felt weak and he frequently got dizzy. Lindsay could walk only about 50 feet and couldn’t stand for more than a few minutes. The former high school…
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Every aspect of our life today can be guided by artificial intelligence algorithms–from choosing what route to take for your morning commute, what music you listen to, what products you are offered on your phone, whom to take on a date, to complex legal and judicial matters. Big tech companies like Google and Facebook use…
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Amazon, which is racing to deliver packages faster, seeking to speed up its shipping time from two days to one for its Prime members, is turning to its employees with a proposition: Quit your job and we’ll help you start a business delivering Amazon packages. It gives Amazon a way to grow its delivery network…
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When you consider fast food franchises like KFC, McDonald’s, Taco Bell, In and Out, Shake Shack and the rest, ethical and health conscious foods aren’t exactly what patrons have in mind. Fast food companies thriven on our weakness for fat, sugar and salt. They know what we crave, when we crave it, and how to…
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Generation Z, defined as consumers born between 1996 and 2010, hold up to $143 billion in spending power, but haven’t yet developed brand loyalties that dictate where they will ‘permanently’ store and spend that money. For banking and payments providers, attracting these customers while they’re young could lead to lucrative relationships throughout their lives, with…