Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

APRIL 15, 2020

Following our Global Money Week Facebook chat on money management, budgeting, and financial planning in March 2020, we noticed an influx of questions about how to best manage your money and project growth during uncertain times. By Jewelle Saunders.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 11, 2022

A few years ago, I was at Techcrunch Disrupt and this guy taps me on the shoulder as I was chatting in a group. He simply extended a handshake and said: “Hi, sorry to interrupt. My name is Alan. My company is Bread and we make ad creative super easy.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 27, 2025

When you're handling over a million client conversations across phone, text, and web chat, every second matters. A Paths step splits the workflow based on which product the feedback relates to—Virtual Receptionist (VR) or Chat. Smith.ai , a virtual receptionist service based in California, knows this well.

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500

APRIL 6, 2020

We registered over 5K unique views during the Demo Day live stream, and over 1,300 investors joined the Slack channel to chat with our founders. Using YouTube Live and recorded presentations, as well as an investor-founder Slack channel, we found success in this new format. If you missed the event, watch it here.

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Revolution

AUGUST 2, 2022

What we did: Rise of the Rest Managing Partner, David Hall , and Revolution Ventures Managing Partner, Tige Savage , landed in the Space City for a fireside chat with HX Venture Fund on Revolution’s investment thesis, industry trends, and how Houston fits into the entrepreneurial equation. Where we went: Houston, TX ??

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2015

Every hour of Zork was an hour not on the soccer field or basketball court and every chat in Prodigy or CompuServe was an in-person chat not happening. I was blessed with a healthy extraverted side to accompany my inner computer geek so the balance never had negative consequences.

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Dream It

APRIL 23, 2019

Praktice created Sarah, a voice and chat assistant that can perform medical triage, eligibility checks, referral management, appointment booking, radiology test booking, and more. more efficient and effective: Infermedica is a voice and chat enabled diagnostics and triage tool.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

APRIL 14, 2020

The YLAI Network hosted three experts on financial planning for a Facebook chat in March 2020 for Global Money Week for network members. By Jewelle Saunders. Our experts, ThrivingDollars ‘ Kenishia S.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2016

I'm available if you need to chat. Clear your heads, feel good about helping--because if there's anything we learned last night is that a lot of people feel disadvantaged and we need to start caring about a much wider tent of people than we have been. Charlie Text me and I'll ring you back.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 13, 2021

As an ex-CEO, I think that at least ten hours of each workweek go to socialization, surfing the internet, checking with the spouse or checking up on the children, chatting on smartphones etc. Given a nine-to five schedule with an hour for lunch, the 40 hour work week was only 35 to begin with. Mary thinks only five).

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 14, 2024

Over a decade ago, when I was working for First Round Capital, we opened our doors for “Open Office Hours”—a series of open meetings where any founder could come in and chat with us for 20 minutes each. We met quite a few smart folks. I’m not sure we backed any of the founders—but that wasn’t the point.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 22, 2015

We stayed in touch, doing a couple of tris together, chatting about startups, and venture, life, etc. He's direct, focused, and he gave me great feedback on what to teach about how to get teams working together at scale--so great that I roped him into giving the talk, and eventually co-founding the meetup group that CTO School became.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 7, 2025

Salesforce observed that 42% more shoppers engaged with AI-powered chat for customer service compared to the 2023 holiday season. During the 2024 holiday season, retailers saw a significant increase in generative AI tool use, including conversational agents that helped guide shoppers through their buying journey.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 14, 2021

Thank you to all of the Fellows involved with the chat for providing key insight to leading with integrity ! A major aspect of fighting against corruption has to do with the people learning good values and norms and principles that encourage ethical behavior and frowns on dishonesty.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 4, 2023

They wanted to offer me a chat bot called “ask Fred.” I was approached by a company this week that has trained a large language model on all of the blog posts I have written here at AVC. There are 9059 of them for those that are counting. ” I told them no thanks. Let me explain.

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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

If you’re feeling a bit overwhelmed, have a chat with your accountant. Every dollar counts when you’re just starting out! However, registering for GST also means taking on extra responsibilities, like filing those returns on time. They can help you figure out if early registration is the right move for your unique situation.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 13, 2022

The rest, according to these studies, is spent on other activities: checking social media, reading news websites, chit-chatting with colleagues about non-work topics, making non-work calls, and even looking for other jobs. They actually spend anywhere from 36 to 39 percent of their time working.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For example, some of my team members prefer weekly meetings laser-focused on development, and others prefer monthly check-ins to chat about personal updates. Work with your employees to figure out agendas and cadences that work for them. These are meetings for employees, so focus on what they want to talk about.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 27, 2021

I had chats with a number of portfolio CEOs yesterday about this post. I think it is a good thing to revisit the ways a company does things and make changes when issues arise. And posting these changes publicly so that others can see them and think about them is very helpful. It is making people think. That’s a good thing.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

Revolution Chairman & CEO, Steve Case and Mitch Landrieu The conversation: A fireside chat with White House Infrastructure Coordinator and former Mayor of New Orleans, Mitch Landrieu The takeaways: Creating an environment where startups thrive pays off in ways that courting existing corporations doesn’t. Seed- and Early-Stage U.S,

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Revolution

MARCH 28, 2023

We’ve seen stories every day about the creative ways people are integrating ChatGPT into their personal and professional lives, making this winter feel reminiscent of the launch of the first online chat rooms or the introduction of the iPhone.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The email includes a suggested agenda for an efficient “speed connection chat” to get to know one another via Zoom or phone. • . • The email includes each member’s name, company, LinkedIn profile (if available), and a brief bio. • The email specifies one person as the meeting initiator.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

The best AI chatbots The leader: ChatGPT The runner-up: Google Bard Internet-connected: Microsoft Bing AI , Perplexity , YouChat , KoalaChat For content writing: Jasper Chat , Chat by Copy.ai , ChatSonic , ZenoChat For messaging: Personal AI For tinkering: OpenAI playground , Poe For fun: AI Test Kitchen , Character.AI Chat experience.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Other studies have shown discrimination through the bullying of minorities on group video calls and one-on-one harassment via chat and email, as well as men frequently interrupting or ignoring women in virtual meetings. The study suggests that hybrid and fully remote work addresses DEI concerns because it reduces instances of discrimination.

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Dream It

APRIL 3, 2020

Geoffrey Moore , acclaimed author of “Crossing the Chasm,” and most recently “Zone to Win” joined us to chat with Steve Barsh on how to provoke customers to increase sales in a downturn.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 8, 2024

VocalRemover Yodayo You.com Links: Top 50 Gen AI Consumer Mobile Apps AI Chat Smith 4 AI Chat - Assistant AI Chatbot AI Mirror AI Quran ARTA Artmind Beat.ly HubX , also based in Turkey, developed the Nova chatbot, DaVinci art generator, and the PhotoApp enhancer. ChatGPT ChatPDF Chub.ai Bing Bobble AI Brainly Character.AI

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StartupNation

MAY 30, 2025

Enroll for free Small business chat: Thrive Consulting Firm, The Robot Agency, INC June 12 | 2:00 – 3:00pm ET This session features Rachel Theka from Thrive Consulting Firm, focused on professional and science services and Mario Jaramilo from The Robot Agency focused on brand and marketing.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 20, 2013

You’re not lecturing to a college class, you’re not at a cocktail party and you’re not chatting with a small group in a board meeting. – No great presentation can be delivered like a conversation. You’re on stage! People are sitting in their chairs for too long – most of them squirming.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

I was having dinner with a friend last night and we were chatting about venture capital and a bit about what I’ve learned. I started in 2007 with a thesis that my primary investment decision would be about the team (70%) and only afterward about the market opportunity (30%).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 15, 2022

They could take in the keynote speakers with special online questions and answer sessions and engage in virtual chats with fellow entrepreneurs around the world. While we went “back” to in-person, we kept moving forward and included nearly 6,000 people who joined GLC online. We hope to meet you!).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 13, 2020

But as we all know, video chats can never replace real live interaction and collaboration among teams. Planning for a Return to the Office. Once it’s safe to do so, many of our employees are looking forward to getting back to the office, because it means a return to some semblance of normalcy and predictability.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 13, 2023

The combination of computer science advances in machine learning, decentralized systems (blockchains), and new forms of interacting with compute (chat interfaces, heads up displays, voice, etc) presents the most potent cocktail of innovation I have ever seen. And I am not writing less because of a lack of excitement for the times we are in.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 6, 2022

The same principle can apply to chat tools, too. That being said, being intentional about when and how to engage can have a direct impact on the well-being of you and your colleagues. Respect virtual boundaries. Many leaders advocate for opting out of meetings or keeping the guest list tight. If you can, opt-out. .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Back then, for example, if a patient chats with this doctor and he recommends an x-ray checkup or after that, a surgery, what happens next?” With an app, these customers can chat with a doctor, find healthcare providers near them to visit or get medications from and manage the delivery of their drugs. he queried. “We

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 15, 2025

Board collaborators can then vote on each board, carry on a text chat conversation, and even assign tasks. Remote teams who use Mural for meetings will love the digital version of some office staples, from timers (which you can use for focused ideation sprints ) to chat boxes. Stormboard also has a couple of handy AI features.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 1, 2025

It also lets you customize a live chat window that you can embed on your website. Brevo's sales platform costs $12/month/user, and its conversations platform (for live chat) costs $15/month/user. Some of these added features do have a cost, especially if you need access for multiple users.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 12, 2024

At EO’s 2024 Global Leadership Conference (GLC) in Singapore, the more than 1,800 attendees from 65 countries sat in on an energetic fireside chat with Chatri Sityodtong , founder and CEO of ONE Championship , the world’s largest martial arts organization.

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