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Achieving rapid growth through word of mouth with Immad Akhund

Zendesk

Mercury, a banking service for startups, was launched in 2019 and has since grown to 357 employees and tens of thousands of customers. CEO and co-founder Immad Akhund joined us to share some advice on classic strategies, ambition, and how to spread the word about your business. We were like, ‘Hey, we are building a bank.’

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The Future of Cashless Payments [+ How to Get Ready With Affordable Tools]

Hubspot Sales

To minimize direct contact, people gravitated towards payment methods that didn't require the use of physical money, like bank cards and payment apps. The Swedish Central Bank recently stated that only 9% of the country's population uses cash for transactions right now. The COVID-19 pandemic is one major catalyst for the shift.

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AI Has Taken the Boardroom by Storm. Here’s What You Must Know.

Planview

How will your company balance current business initiatives with AI development? It will require investment and substantial changes in the way we structure and operate our businesses. Today’s digital operating models aim to examine corporate business processes to assist, enhance, or replace labor with algorithms.

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How companies can bolster the well-being of their support teams with Tade Anzalone at Calm

Zendesk

From heavy employee turnover to impacted levels of service, the pressure of rising customer expectations and heavy workloads can hobble teams and exact a human cost that goes beyond business metrics. But as Tade Anzalone of Calm points out, it doesn’t have to be this way.

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Strategy Execution: 5 Organizations That Have Done It Well

ClearPoint Strategy

Every organization must make a big strategy shift at some point or another to stay at the forefront of its industry. Here are five companies with good strategy execution, coming from different markets and industry positions. Origin Bank. Origin Bank also developed measures to track progress for each of those waterfall elements.

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Context and curiosity drive commerciality and pricing

Red Star Kim

As well as marketing and business development executives and managers there were also those in specialist pricing and bid roles. This supports career development by broadening knowledge, facilitating collaboration and becoming T-shaped. This type of curiosity drives industry and competitor analyses.

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Adaptive Innovation Ecosystem Strategy

Flevy

When new technologies and competitors disrupt markets , numerous organizations struggle to keep up using arcane Business Models, strategies, technologies, and practices. Most likely reason is that they are inadequately prepared to develop new products and services amidst uncertainty. It is successful in mature industries.