For many years, traditional banks have had little trouble attracting customers who needed to obtain loans. However, as most people can attest, the process can be stressful and time-consuming. Nevertheless, since that’s the way business has always been conducted, there were …
Alex Espenson
Alex Espenson is a recently retired business owner turned consultant, with a passion for entrepreneurism and marketing. When he isn't writing or consulting, you can usually find him out on the river with his fly rod, or hiking in the hills near his home in Boulder Colorado.
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Amazon is Banning Apple TV and Chromecast, Here’s Why
Amazon stunned shoppers and sellers on its Marketplace platform by banning IP television solutions offered by Apple and Google. The action comes in the wake of soft demand for Amazon’s new branded TV products. With new versions of both Apple TV and Google Chromecast…
The Ethics of Big Data
Big data generally refers to information that is either unstructured or multi-structured. Unstructured is information that is not easily interpreted or organized and it has to be micro-analyzed in order to turn that data into value for businesses and government. It can refer …
Get Ready for an Entire Reality Series on Wearable Tech
If there’s one part of pop culture that’s caused a mammoth stir and huge debate over the past decade, it’s reality TV. Over in the realm of IT an equally as hotly debated topic has been the potential of wearable tech, with much ado about…
Big Data’s Big Risks That No One’s Talking About
Big Data is causing a big stir in all kinds of circles from business to science, and for good reason: it could open up many new tools for many different types of insight. However, there is also a lot of risk bundled in with…
Big Data is Not Penicillin
The last few seasons in the online business industry has seen a great deal of sexy work being penned on the merits of so-called “Big Data.” Although there are many advantages to Big Data, it should not be looked at as a cure-all for…
What Can We Expect From Oracle in the Next Five Years?
The Oracle Corporation has been busy making its presence known in the tech industry, becoming a worthy competitor of massive global companies such as Google and Microsoft. With the company already growing at a rapid rate and their advancements and products exponentially …
The Mobile Salesman: How Mobile Technology Is Changing Business
While recent economic pressures may plague people who work in sales today, those employees definitely have an edge over previous generations when it comes to technology. 2013 was a landmark year as more people used their mobile devices than desktop computers to access the …
Lessons Learned From MLB Cardinals Hack
Last month, The New York Times reported that the St. Louis Cardinals were under investigation by the F.B.I. and Justice Department prosecutors for hacking into the Houston Astros database that houses internal discussions about trades, player statistics and scouting reports. How …
7 Tips to Driving Traffic Through Video Marketing
Video is an excellent way to increase traffic and exposure for your brand and business. Are you effectively using video in order to market your business? Using different kinds of video should ideally be used in order to connect your products and/or services with…
Amazon is Already on Top, Why Keep Innovating?
To the everyday consumer, Amazon is known as a online retail giant and digital bookstore. Whether you’re looking for next semester’s books or plastic utensils to stock the breakroom, Amazon has it all. Despite the unlimited products offered, Amazon is also leading the way…
5 Ways Your Business is Losing Money and How You Can Fix It
One of the best ways to maximize the profits of your business is to cut down on the amount of money you lose. You might sell a good product or service, but your losses still cut into your overall profits. When you identify these…
How Drones Are Already Affecting Construction Sites
This 9-Year-Old CEO Knows more about Cyber Security Than You Do
Meet Reuben Paul. He has a black belt in in Kung-fu, is CEO and founder of Prudent Games inc., a gaming company that teaches users while they play, and very well established in the cyber security universe as “The RAPstar.” Oh and he’s only…
Walmart’s “Big Brother” Program May Be One of the Worst HR Moves Ever
The Walmart corporation has more thn 4,000 stores and 1 million hourly workers in America. Among these workers is a group named the Organization United for Respect at Walmart who argue for higher hourly wages and other benefits. In response to the formation of…