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How to Use Generative AI and LLMs to Improve Search

TechEmpower

or "How can I modify my direct deposit account?" Enhancing Front-End Product Search We also developed a front-end search tool that revolutionized the way users search for products. Even if certain categories aren't predefined in the database, users still receive relevant product suggestions.

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Taika is building a better coffee through natural chemistry and adaptogens

TechCrunch LA

So, an eight-year product veteran from Facebook and an internationally renowned barista walk into a coffee bar… It’s not a joke. “I had these compounds and these stacks that I was putting together for myself,” said Sharon. “We’re not science blocked… The compounds that I’ve experimented with.

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Pour And Stir II – Managing Your Cost Per Customer

InfoChachkie

I know half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, but I can never find out which half.” As noted in Pour and Stir Part I , the key to the successful execution of this strategy is managing the following equation: The cost to acquire a customer < lifetime value of a customer.

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10 Reasons To Start A Company In An Economic Downturn

InfoChachkie

There has recently been a common theme among the entrepreneurs I have interviewed and the conferences I have attended: despite the relatively weak state of the world economy, now is a great time to create a high-tech startup. We always say it and I believe it.”. People are free or cheap because of the recession.

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Sales Kids With Grit – Web 2.0 Paper Routes

InfoChachkie

For children with a proclivity toward business, a newspaper route provided an invaluable opportunity to develop the following entrepreneurial skills: Punctuality – Newspapers had to be delivered on time, irrespective of the weather, the fact that Sunday papers can weigh several pounds each or the requirement to wake up at the crack of dawn.

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UnVenture Capitalists: Seek Investors Aligned With Your Interests, Not Their Egos

InfoChachkie

It was the fact that the Seven-Up Company defined its product by describing what it was not , via the “UnCola” label. The disappearance of these legacy costs has spawned a legion of Capital Efficient Startups (CESs), described more fully in Pour And Stir.

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UnVenture Capitalists: Seek Investors Aligned With Your Interests, Not Their Egos

InfoChachkie

It was the fact that the Seven-Up Company defined its product by describing what it was not , via the “UnCola” label. The disappearance of these legacy costs has spawned a legion of Capital Efficient Startups (CESs), described more fully in Pour And Stir.