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Kansas City Chiefs' owner should look at this good idea from the Dolphins and the Rams
If only every sports team owner had it this good: Kansas City Chiefs CEO and controlling shareholder Clark Hunt is trying to decide whether to move his Kansas City-based team across the border from Missouri to the Kansas side of the metropolitan...
Small Businesses Can't Handle Another Four Years Of A Democrat-Run IRS
It's not just the tax code that's on the ballot this fall in the presidential election, but how that code will be enforced for the next four years. The Biden-era IRS has taken an approach that's fairly hostile to successful business owners,...
Four Things to Know About Your Collectibles and Homeowners Insurance
The market for collectibles has exploded in recent years, as investors increasingly view collectibles as a steady element of their p...
The construction industry must adapt to survive in an era of economic instability
The construction industry must adapt to survive in an era of economic instability27 Sep, 2024 By Carl Oliveri
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Small Business customer using an AI chatbot How to Reduce the Risks of Using Chatbots-And Ensure They Align With Brand Values
Can you give your AI chatbots your company's real core values and brand voice? With the White House and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cracking down on companies’ use of chatbots, businesses are under new scrutiny to ensure that their AI-powered chatbots aren’t leaving customers in a dreaded doom-loop of non-answers and evasions. Building a chatbot that meets regulators’ (and customers’) expectations requires CTOs and CMOs to ensure that chatbots are trained with the same diligence and values as human employees.
Private Capital Can Save America's Crumbling Roads and Bridges
Even with the landmark $1.3 trillion 2021 infrastructure bill under its belt, the Biden Administration returned to Congress this summer to ask for more money to repair Maryland's critically damaged Francis S...
Florida's long-term economic growth depends on embracing Live Local Act
Florida's economic future is under threat from a severe affordable housing crisis. The state's rapid growth is phenomenal, but we cannot become a victim of our own success. Without affordable housing for Florida's workforce, we will cripple...
A Dramatic Tax Pounding Come 2026
It's a matter of debate as to whether or not the future of democracy is at stake in this year's presidential election. But the future of your tax bill certainly is. And the differences for successful business owners could be drama...
Venture capital drought leads to cap table chaos
After more than two years of venture capital retrenchment, startups that survived the battle are emerging as real busines...
Best Way to Unite America Is to Grow America's Economy
Uniting America starts with sparking economic growth, remembering when we fuel the economy it means there's plenty for everyone. When people have equal access to opportunities, education, jobs, and housing, they can make positive contributions...
Provenance Plays a Vital Role in Car Collecting
George Foreman in December closed out a highly successful auction of more than 50 automobiles collected over the former heavyweight champion’s career, both as a boxer and a home appliance entrepreneur. The auction was extremely lucrative for the ex-champ, vividly illustrating how important provenance — the history of who has owned something — can be in car collecting.
How AI Can Guide Introverts to Success in Professional Services
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, might be able to help introverts sell with less social discomfort and higher effectiveness, offering help for a challenge many accounting and law firm partners suffer with.
And just in time, too: This r...
Are Bill Gates' energy expectations for AI optimism or realism?
As both a major funder of climate change initiatives as well as one of the largest economic beneficiaries of Open AI, Bill Gates' claim that climate-focused concerns of AI energy usage are being overblown has been understandably met with some s...
A Private Equity Fund Bought Your Accounting Firm: Now What?
With one in three accounting firms set to be at least partially owned by private equity funds, it's likely that changes are coming to the accounting industry. And as new management shakes up how these firms operate, clients may find themselves...
What to Do When the IRS Audits You
The IRS has been dropping a new press release with an explicit threat to the bank accounts of successful Americans every other month or so. Their messaging sounds increasingly political, and high-income taxpayers would be foolish to ignore...
Rethinking Dam Infrastructure: Lessons From Minnesota Floods
If there's one lesson to be learned from Minnesota's recent floods, it's that it's time for the nation to begin rethinking its approach to critical infrastructure. In addition to physical improvements to high-risk infrastructure, technolo...