Wichita State University's WSU Tech South has recently inaugurated the HACK (Hub for Advanced Computer Knowledge), a state-of-the-art facility designed to enhance the institution's digital marketing, IT, and technical certificate programs (Yahoo News, 2025). The HACK facility aims to address the growing demand for IT and cybersecurity s...
Before any brilliant notion dares to become a tangible thing of circuits and silicon, it must first survive a gauntlet of trials. These are not heroic quests, but grim, silent assassins of innovation. A promising tech product must navigate the treacherous waters of its own creation, avoiding the hubris of its makers, the indifference of t...
There’s a person, somewhere, selling bespoke terrariums for hermit crabs online. Another is shipping hand-thrown ceramic mugs with glazes that look like swirling galaxies. They are small. They are knowable. Their ambition is to make a beautiful thing and send it to someone who will love it, to pay their rent, to feel the quiet satisfactio...
But to the old platform, this new intelligence was a hostile presence. The integration, which should have been seamless, produced only friction. Latency spiked. Errors bloomed in the logs like digital weeds. The entire architecture, a rigid and monolithic giant from another era, seemed to sigh with exhaustion, unable to accommodate the ...
Michele Dobnikar, president of GlobalMeet, has established a notable career in business technology spanning over three decades. As a leader in her field, Dobnikar emphasizes the importance of business continuity in times of crisis. According to a report by Forbes, companies that experience downtime during a crisis can incur significant los...
The playbook for American success is being rewritten, line by line, in a language the old guard pretends not to understand. We are told the story of innovation is a single, monotonous tale, yet a statistical thunderclap echoes from a different quarter. From 2018 to 2023, the number of Latino-owned businesses in the United States did no...
There is a particular disorientation that comes from stepping out of a darkened theater, a world of projected light and structured sound, and back into the humid embrace of a city at night. The story still clings to you, a phantom limb, while the tangible world of traffic and conversation reasserts its claim.
For a moment, you are two peo...
What does it mean to be looked at? Not just seen, but appraised, measured against a template you never asked for. There is the heat of the lights on a red carpet, the practised angle of the head, the smile that knows its purpose. A quick word with a Fallon, a shared laugh with a Nixon, a moment with a Bateman before he is swept away.
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Reclaim your airspace. This is the first, last, and most essential thing. The meeting room, that beige-and-mahogany box of sighs, is a battlefield of airwaves, and history, my friends, has not been kind to the allocation of sonic territory. A voice, you see, is not merely sound; it is the physical occupation of space, a column of vibra...
The Six-Figure Chicks book series has published six volumes, featuring 96 authors who are accomplished women from various industries with six-figure income levels in their careers or businesses. The series aims to empower women by sharing real stories of resilience, financial achievement, and community impact, while mentoring the next g...
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about significant changes in B2B marketing, with a shift towards digital-first approaches and human-centered strategies. According to a report by Forbes Agency Council, 16 members of the council shared the most significant ways B2B marketing has transformed since 2020 (Forbes Agency Council, 2025). One of ...
To quintuple a company’s market capitalization is no small thing. It is the sort of achievement that lives on in a carefully worded LinkedIn post, a digital monument to a period of intense, focused effort. For Bobby Morrison, the departing Chief Revenue Officer of Shopify, this accomplishment sits alongside another: turning a negative ...