What a ride the last 12-months has been, especially for anyone working in the B2B sector of business! It seems like all of the changes that have been discussed for the last 5 or 6 years have suddenly been accelerated and implemented in the last six months. This is both an exciting time […]
Creating an event in today’s society, especially trade events, can be challenging. The demand of present-day events is different from what was obtainable in the past. The level of creativity people employ these days is jaw-dropping. But, unfortunately, the term “creativity” has become a synonym of ‘money’. It’s a great thing that people now […]
Starting a new business is no walk in the park. In fact, data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics suggests that more than 20% of all new businesses fail within one year of launching. Additionally, data shows that only about half last at least five years. However, there are still a significant […]
Running a business is tiring work. You have to keep an eye on the minutest aspects to ensure that you’re doing your best to pad your bottom line while creating a welcoming work environment for your employees and an excellent company for clients to work alongside. With new advances in technology, it has […]
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed weaknesses in many business strategies, particularly around their ability to respond to a changing business landscape with resilience. In hindsight, it’s clear that the biggest challenge for organizations was a massive digital shift as remote work became essential to conduct business safely. Business leaders never saw it coming, or at […]
3D Printing Goes Public. Desktop Metal, a Boston-based 3D printing company, went public on the NYSE yesterday. It became the first additive manufacturing company to do an IPO. The company specializes in industrial and educational applications that enable companies to go from prototype to manufacturing parts on an accelerated basis. The company trades under the […]
B2B M&A, Product Launches and Appointments for December 10, 2020 Undoing Acquisitions: The big news in acquisitions today is about undoing them. The FTC is suing Facebook for “illegal monopolization” through acquiring WhatsApp and Instagram. The efforts come following a cooperative investigation by 46 states and 2 territories of the US. The B2B implications are […]
The future of B2B payments is real-time payments. Although progress on this front has been slower when compared to consumer payments, it is steadily picking up steam. The increased demand for solutions, as well as a rather sluggish pace from governments and institutions, have only served to further highlight this glaring issue […]
TRUCKS: Nesco will acquire Custom Truck One Source for $1.475 billion US. Both companies are leading providers of specialized truck and heavy equipment rentals, sales and aftermarket parts and service. The acquisition will serve growing infrastructure end-markets, including transmission and distribution, the 5G revolution build-out as well as rail and other national infrastructure initiatives. The […]
Cybersecurity predictions for 2021 show the ripple effect of COVID-19 is likely to continue, leading to a rise in thread hijacking, whaling and human-operated ransomware HP today released its 2021 predictions on how security threats – such as human-operated ransomware, thread hijacking, unintentional insider threats, business email compromise and whaling attacks – are set […]
Work-Based Conflict during Covid-19: Two Experts Weigh in on the Causes and the Solutions In 2020 even workplace conflict has gone remote. Connecting to our workplaces from our home offices has done nothing to reduce workplace conflict. As a result conflict resolution and mediation consultants are seeing an uptick in the number of enterprises […]
Equifax announced today that Sue Hutchison will be the company’s new Canadian business leader. Hutchison joined the company as the new Canada Region President, effective November 30. “Sue brings strong expertise in lending and digital payments through her experience in FinTech and Financial Services,” said John Hartman, President of Equifax International. “Her breadth of knowledge […]
Canada’s largest community credit union implements cloud-based platform to manage its commercial loan lifecycle nCino, Inc. a pioneer in cloud banking and digital transformation solutions for the global financial services industry, and Accenture, have supported Vancity, Canada’s largest community credit union, in evolving its commercial lending business through the implementation of the nCino Bank Operating […]
ServiceNow to establish an AI Innovation Hub in Canada Element AI Co-founder, Dr. Yoshua Bengio, winner of the 2018 Turing Award, will serve as a technical advisor for ServiceNow ServiceNow announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Element AI, it’s fourth recent acquisition in the AI space. Element AI will enhance ServiceNow’s intelligent workflow […]
Ting Internet, a top-rated fiber-optic Internet Service Provider (ISP) and division of Tucows announced today that Jill Szuchmacher, formerly VP Ops at Google Fibre, will bring her her proven Internet leadership to the team as Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice-President Networks for Ting Internet. Szuchmacher joins Ting Internet after executing in high-profile roles, most […]
Are you an Amazon seller? Then you’ve probably realized that the market is hyper-competitive. And, Amazon market research tools are what you need to make it easier for you. But, how do you identify the right tools? The great news is, there are many. And, we’ve prepared 6 of the most effective ones. The right […]
Like a scene from Mad Men, the traditional selling model’s goal was to land ‘The Big One’, reaping one-time bookings while gearing up to land the next big account. Enter the XaaS business model, replacing legacy selling with revenue continuity driven by the need to prove ongoing customer value. Sales, Marketing and Service must […]
Chris Schermer was recently elected the 2021 chair of MAGNET and runs Minnesota’s SCHERMER. This is the third in our post pandemic tech questionnaire series; read April Dunford’s and Kal Irani’s. Name: Chris Schermer Website: www.schermer.co (not .com) What you did before the pandemic: Founder + President, SCHERMER, a Minnesota-based, globally-focused B2B Marketing agency. What you […]
Subaru Canada named top winner at 2020 CMA Awards Show Organization announces creation of National Marketing Week annually in November. Subaru Canada, in partnership with Zulu Alpha Kilo, and Sick Kids Foundation, in partnership with No Fixed Address, were among the top winners at the Canadian Marketing Association (CMA) virtual Awards Show and Gala this […]
Whether we’re tackling customer relationship management or collaborating with remote teams in real time, the way we work has evolved because of applications leveraging cloud technologies. Cloud has enabled customers to adopt new features more quickly and easily scale to meet demand. These digital tools have quickly become essential in our current business landscape where […]
