In a typical year, retailers would have placed their orders by now with manufacturers and distributors to stock up on inventory for the holiday season. However, the uncertainty of the upcoming season has made that difficult. Forecasting demand has been … Continued
How Paramjeet Kaur Dhillon, the principal of a rural school in Punjab, is encouraging both teachers and students to dream big with technology. At the Kamla Nehru Public School (KNPS) in Punjab’s Chak Hakim village, the teachers all tend to … Continued
You’re sitting at your PC, at home, working remotely. You’ve got a partner who is doing the same. Without requiring you to even turn around, an LED display visible to anyone near you lights up an emoji: a stop sign. … Continued
In his life and music, Moses Sumney defies genres and easy categorizations. The son of Ghanaian immigrants who grew up in Southern California and in Ghana, he’s used to straddling worlds. While he studied creative writing in college, he was … Continued
It’s been a big three years for The Honey Pot Company. The brand started selling its plant-based feminine care products in Whole Foods in 2016, less than two years post-launch. Target took it up in 2017 and, when a Target-backed … Continued
Speedily-growing tech startups often get a hand from VC funding. But even with money in the bank, acquiring credit from traditional lenders is difficult, especially for very young companies. To solve this problem, Brazilian-born entrepreneurs Henrique Dubugras and Pedro Franceschi … Continued
Just because there’s a pandemic, doesn’t mean companies can’t raise equity. But for those companies looking to fight through a challenging time to tap into private equity (PE) investment dollars or pursue an IPO, a little creativity, a bit of … Continued
Typically focused on long-term, complex projects, professional services firms have faced significant challenges in recent years from greater competition and changing client needs. As professional services companies seek to reduce operational costs and increase their bottom line, they need to … Continued
Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Microsoft Corp. on Friday announced a strategic partnership to cloud-optimize live-action and animation productions. The partnership aims to empower the creative community with cloud-based production workflows that enable frictionless remote collaboration and content creation. Working … Continued
Mayor Sylvester Turner announced on Monday that the city of Houston has expanded its groundbreaking digital alliance with Microsoft to innovate in big data, artificial intelligence and the digital economy. Microsoft brings to Houston “Accelerate,” a new program designed to … Continued