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MaC Venture Capital Launches $103M Seed Fund

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The firm said it is majority Black-owned, and will employ cultural investment framework, using business and consumer trend research to identify companies that are "leveraging shifts in culture and behavior". The new firm is led by Adrian Fenty, Marlon Nichols, Michael Palank, and Charles D.

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5 Tactics To Help You Make Good Decisions In Business

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In addition, I find that most big decisions require research. Avoid being misled by flawed decision frameworks. Find any way you can to shift the framework. Eliminate any potential penalty for disagreement and speaking up. Always push to understand the context behind someone’s opinion and be vulnerable when asking why.

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AT&T Ramps Artificial Intelligence Efforts

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The new, open-source platform is aimed at enabling programmers and researchers to more easily develop machine learning and AI software. AT&T explained that Acumos is an extensible framework for machine learning solutions, with the capability to edit, integrate, compose, package, train and deploy AI microservices. READ MORE>>.

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Members Hire Associations, Members Fire Associations

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This means organizations will require new and different external research to understand what tools they must provide in order to help their members make progress. Research Keeps Associations Connected to Member Problems that Need to Be Solved. Their research identified four segments in their marketplace.

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Student-Driven 3D Game Engine Development: Practical Approach

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Sponsored by the Center for Computer Games and Virtual Worlds and The Institute for Software Research. He will use the example of PrimeEngine PC/XBox360 framework that was built in the USC GamePipe classes. Speaker: Artem Kovalovs, Gameplay programmer at Visceral Games, Electronic Arts, Los Angeles.

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Hold Your Horsepower: For Mobility Industry, “Reality Is Sinking In”

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Because there is no legal framework in place at either the state or federal level for fully autonomous vehicles to operate on the nation’s roads, there would presumably be human “safety attendants” on board in GM’s ridesharing fleet.

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Science37: Using Technology To Enable Remote, Clinical Trials, with Belinda Tan

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Belinda Tan: Science37 is a technology-enabled, clinical research company. What we've done, is we've brought four main pieces together, telemedicine, clinical research, regulatory expertise, and technology to enable transformation in the whole process and way we deliver clinical trails. What is Science37?