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ABL Space Systems Sets Demo Flight For Q2 2021

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El Segundo-based ABL Space Systems, which is developing low cost launch vehicles and launch systems, says it has signed up customer for its first launch. The company says it is targeting its first demonstration flight of its RS1 rocket in Q2 of 2021. Financial details of the launch agreement were not announced.

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SpaceX Plans First Commercial Flights Of Starship In 2021

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX is hoping to launch the very first, commercial missions for its Starship spacecraft--designed to deliver passengers to Mars--in 2021, according to the company , and is currently in talks with three companies on those missions. All three of those customers would use the new platform to send satellites into orbit.

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8 Ways To Ensure Customer Interactions Are Memorable

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Yet, as a business consultant, I often find minimal focus on improving employee engagement and assessing their customer-facing performance. For example, I commonly see metrics to keep track of revenue per employee, overtime, and absenteeism, but I don’t often see measures of overall customer satisfaction with individual employees.

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5 New Marketing Rules For Today’s Customer Generation

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New generations of customers respond better to the “ participative ” approach, where they get to provide input via social media and the Internet. Some call it a move from always “ hunting ” for new customers in the wild, to “gardening” or nurturing loyalty and value from the ones you already have.

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7 Keys To Sustainably Enriching Your Customers’ Lives

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As I talk to many of you in my role as business advisor, I still often hear the concern for maximum return to the business and stakeholders, more than a passion for sustainably enriching the lives of your customers and team. This applies to your own team, as well as customers. Make every customer experience memorable.

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Customer Trust Is An Opportunity With A Huge Payback

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With the ITRC 2021 End-of-Year Data Breach Report revealing a 68 percent increase in stolen sensitive personal information, there is a growing population out there worried about all the people intent on hurting them. Internet users need to start watching out for themselves, like looking both ways before you cross the street.

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Classy: More Than $1.1 Billion Raised For Nonprofits

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billion was raised by its nonprofit customers on its platform in 2021. San Diego-based nonprofit fundraising software developer Classy says that more than $1.1 The company--which helps nonprofits reach out to donors--said about $30.8 million of that was in recurring donations on its platform.

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