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Customer Intelligence As a Revenue Predictor

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  In an age of increased digital sophistication, customer intelligence plays an increasingly important role in offering brands an edge over their competition. Institutions can benefit from customer centricity, consumer insights, and intelligence-driven engagement, in a world that is changing ever so fast. In order to enhance mindshare, client retention, and share of wallet, consumer intelligence is more important than ever. PlayUnmute Fullscreen VDO.AI Unsplash Due to the recent pandemic, financial institutions have had to become more client-centric by performing a more in-depth analysis of customer behavior. For financial institutions, establishing a holistic perspective of a customer could be an extremely efficient parameter when it comes to corporate growth and profitability. Customers interact with a brand through a variety of channels, including branch activity, Web activity, in-app activity, support calls and feedback. The development of mobile devices, as well as smart home gadg
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Bitcoin Trades 7% Higher

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  Bitcoin was trading over 7% higher on Monday morning, priced around $66,105 per coin. da-kuk | Getty Images Ether, was trading over 3% higher, priced at $4,722. Dogecoin, meanwhile, was up over 9%, trading at a little over $0.28, per Coindesk.  Cryptocurrency was a hot topic last week, as Miami Mayor Francis Suarez vowed on Twitter to take his next paycheck in bitcoin. Incoming New York City Mayor Eric Adams replied to the tweet, one-upping the Republican.  “In New York we always go big, so I’m going to take my first THREE paychecks in Bitcoin when I become mayor. NYC is going to be the center of the cryptocurrency industry and other fast-growing, innovative industries! Just wait!” wrote Adams. The value surges in crypto coins preceded the jockeying between the two politicians, however. Bitcoin has surged, hitting record highs this fall. The first Bitcoin Futures ETF launched in late October, as well, crossing exchange-trade funds into the cryptocurrency world. 
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A pediatric nurse explains the science of sneezing

  Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Robert Kneschke/EyeEm via Getty Images - The Conversation Why do we sneeze? – Naomi, 9, San Francisco, California Why do people sneeze with their eyes closed? Is there a way for people to sneeze with their eyes open? – Carlos, 11, Riverview, Florida Why do adults make a loud noise when they sneeze? – Artie, 8, Brooklyn, New York Aaaaa-choo! While your first thought may be to say “Gesundheit!” your second might be to ask: “Where did that sneeze come from?” Sneezing is a phenomenon that occurs in both people and animals. It happens when your body forcibly expels air from your lungs through your nose and mouth. Most of the time, sneezing happens when something infectious, like a virus or bacteria, or irritating, like an allergen or chemical, enters your nostrils. Your body uses sneezing as a defense mechanism to clear your nose of mucus
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The Best Leadership Advice We Heard in 2021

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  What does it mean to be a leader when workforces are increasingly decentralized and traditional business models have been upended by a global pandemic? Do the old axioms apply, and if not, have we gleaned enough from shifts in the marketplace to get behind any new consensus conventional wisdom? Video Player is loading. PlayUnmute Fullscreen VDO.AI  Skip Ad The Chosunilbo JNS | Getty Images These remain open-ended questions, but as we near the year's end, we thought it prudent to share salient points of view on modern leadership from the most trustworthy sources we could think of: our own Entrepreneur contributors. So as part of a Best Advice series running throughout November, our staff selected several tips directly from Entrepreneur.com features, think pieces and profiles over the past 10-plus months, along with corresponding quotes that epitomized what makes them superlative insights into running a business in 2022 and beyond. Related: 5 Leadership Cliches and How They Should
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Graduates of Top Startup Programs Are More Likely to Succeed

 Israeli tech is hot — blazing, even — with companies raising $11.9 billion in the first half of 2021 — more than for all of 2020. This also means that demand for talent is outstripping supply, and more professionals are flocking to tech firms’ high salaries and world-class perks.  It's the perfect atmosphere for talented individuals and teams to try their hands at new ventures — establishing startups that will bring new technologies and services to the market. But while the opportunity to succeed is there, startup founders need to realize that the journey will be difficult. Despite the huge investment opportunities available, there is still a much greater chance that a venture will fail, rather than succeed. To increase the odds of success, entrepreneurs should seek out help. One way to do this is to join one of the many tech business-building programs, including incubators and accelerators, where founders will get training and mentoring on improving their product, navigating the
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The Fog of War in Patient-Care Delivery and What's Being Done to Lift It

 The term “fog of war” is used to describe uncertainty during situations in military operations. It happens because battlefields are highly complex and fast-paced with many moving parts that must come together to complete the mission. In an environment where so much is going on, confusion or errors can easily occur. We see this same kind of uncertainty in daily patient care. PauseUnmute Fullscreen VDO.AI The mid-range length of stay in hospitals is four to seven days, during which time teams work together to progress and deliver care. Like in a war zone, situations change every hour, minute and second. It’s important to recognize that being “always on” in a war zone or in daily patient care is different than it is in most professions. Every matter is somehow connected to life and death.  The rhythms and routines in patient care are complex, fluid and dynamic In a single day, there are endless handoffs of information between caregivers. Enter a fog of war.  The physician may not know wh
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Elon Musk becomes the richest person to ever walk on the planet

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  The fortune of Tesla and SpaceX co-founder Elon Musk reached $ 307 billion this week, making the tycoon the world's first billionaire. Bloomberg | Getty Images According to Forbes , Musk's fortune was valued at $ 190.5 billion at the beginning of October. However, last month SpaceX became thesecond most valuable private company in the world, reaching a valuation of $ 100 billion. Then the car rental company Hertz announced the purchase of 100,000 Tesla cars, earning Musk $ 36.2 billion. In October the financial multinational Morgan Stanley predicted that Musk would become the world's first billionaire. It should be remembered that the word "billonario" in Spanish refers to different amounts to the word " billionaire " in English. "One billion" is one billion , while one billion in Spanish is one million million. "The richest person who has ever walked the planet" As a result of this gain, Forbes called Musk "probably the riches
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