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XOKind Finds $1.6M For AI Travel Agents

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San Diego-based XOKind , a new startup focused on building artificial intelligence software for the travel market, has raised $1.6M The startup said it is developing AI agents which will learn users' travel preferences via their calendars, emails, and photos, as well as their social media and in-app interactions.

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5 Keys to Ensuring Credibility, Trust, and Customers

Startup Professionals Musings

This distrust for the scripted message has led to a new demand for unfiltered marketing, and the emergence of business credibility heroes, like Elon Musk, with his bold statements about space travel, and sometime villains, such as Mark Zuckerberg defending Facebook privacy practices. Heroic credibility requires bold statements and values.

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Selling Online In 2016 For The First Time – What Works When You Have A Blank Slate?

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It may seem hard to believe, but even in 2016, there remain a number of successful consumer brands that are not sold online. I thought it would be interesting to understand the challenges and concerns of entrepreneurs who began selling online for the first time in 2016, so I sat down with Heidi Muther, COO at Z S upply , LLC.

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Why Most of Your Assumptions About Phone Calls are Wrong

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If you follow the tech media you would be subject to a lot of narrative biases that are completely off base – and this includes the value of email and phone calls. billion email accounts. 62% of adult US Internet users check or send email on a daily basis. 94% of all online adults use email. THE FULL STORY.

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6 Top Trends For The Digital World In 2016

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6 Entrepreneurs share their predictions for this year’s evolution of online industries, which will be key for small businesses across the globe in 2016. As social media becomes a platform for online extremists, valid questions regarding freedom of speech, monitoring and censorship have arisen. Wireless Global Connections.

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6 Trends Generate Huge Data And Startup Opportunities

Startup Professionals Musings

exabytes per month at the end of 2016, of which half was video. Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms. Data enable: use metrics and measurements.

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8 Initiatives To Increase Your Business Growth Curve

Startup Professionals Musings

First you need to take consolation from the fact that you are not alone, and more importantly you need to implement an active growth and marketing plan to include the following initiatives: Ramp-up visibility and strategic alliances. Continually add new marketing and distribution partners. Real growth always requires real marketing.