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How to Become a Go-To Person Within a Consulting Firm

Steve Shu Consulting

For one firm I worked for, I came up with “standard” framework approach for doing business plan analyses for municipal wireless deployments. My team also created an approach for doing wireless spectrum valuation. Pursue mastery in business development if you can (aka sales).

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How Customer Service Can Turn Angry Customers into Loyal Ones

Harvard Business

Businesses are understandably reluctant to share their CRM and sales data, and most research in this field has been based on surveys. We offered a similar exercise for wireless service customers. We found similar results for wireless carriers. But how valuable is it really? from March 2015 to April 2016.

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3 Ways Companies Are Building a Business Around AI

Harvard Business

CAMP3 is a 26-person company, headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, that deploys and manages wireless sensor networks for agriculture. If the car is on sale, the license number is covered with a Blinker logo, offering the seller a sense of privacy (and Blinker some free advertising.). Package AI for the customer experience.

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How to Know Which Digital Trends Are Worth Chasing

Harvard Business

In the online realm, Amazon’s experiment with its Echo wireless speaker technology – also known as Alexa – has the potential to turn the cumbersome online checkout process on its head. For guests who have time, they can also book services such as spa treatments or chat with hotel staff to get help with dinner reservations.

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Using IoT Data to Understand How Your Products Perform

Harvard Business

Since 2011, General Electric has publicly stated it would spend more than $1 billion on developing sensors, wireless devices, and related software to install on its aircraft engines, power turbines, locomotive trains and other machinery. For example, Procter & Gamble has had an electronic toothbrush with wireless sensors for two years.

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Record $217 Corporate Bond Issuance in September; Verizon Leads the Way With Largest Bond Deal Ever at $49 Billion

MishTalk

Sales of corporate bonds in the U.S. 4 in the largest high-yield sale since 2008, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Also consider Verizon Raises $49 Billion in Largest Corporate-Bond Sale. wireless carrier, Verizon Wireless. Five days ago Bloomberg reported Verizon to Sprint Lead Record Month for U.S.

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What Does Whole Foods Get from Amazon? Alexa, for Starters

Harvard Business

For all its troubles, Whole Foods still delivers higher returns on assets and sales than Amazon does.). Can the stores be transformed into cashierless, wireless purchasing markets ? What assets need to be combined in this new bundle, or what needs to be coordinated tightly within the bundle? How long will all this take?