Category: Business Plan

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U of A Team Wins $20,000 for Cycling Innovation at Canadian Business Plan Competition

Photo Submitted New Venture Development instructors and UNCL team members pose with their winnings at the Ivey Business Plan Competition in Ontario, Canada. From left: David Hinton, Michael Burton, Clayton Woodruff, Payton Lenz and Sarah Goforth. A graduate student entrepreneurship team from the U of A won first place in Canada’s prestigious Ivey Business Plan Competition, securing $20,000 to put toward their innovative solution of deterring bicycle theft without the need for a bike lock. UNCL Co., short for Universal Network Controlled Lock, is an app-enabled security device that retrofits to public bike racks, allowing…
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Prompts for communicators using the new AI-powered Bing

Summary The new Bing, your AI-powered copilot for the web, is now in preview, and you might be surprised at how much it can help us be better at our craft of communications. These are some starter prompts to ask Bing, which have helped me and my team in our work over the past few weeks. If you like the answers you find with Bing, remember to follow up with the source links for more information. The new Bing is in preview, and we’re continuing to take feedback and apply those learnings to improve the experience over time. We’re in…
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Introducing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Copilot, the world’s first copilot in both CRM and ERP, that brings next-generation AI to every line of business

Today, we’re announcing the next generation of AI product updates across our business applications portfolio, including the launch of the new Microsoft Dynamics 365 Copilot – providing interactive, AI-powered assistance across business functions. According to our recent survey on business trends, nearly 9 out of 10 workers hope to use AI to reduce repetitive tasks in their jobs. With Dynamics 365 Copilot, organizations empower their workers with AI tools built for sales, service, marketing, operations and supply chain roles. These AI capabilities allow everyone to spend more time on the best parts of their jobs and less time on mundane…
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Monetary Authority 2023 Business Plan Released

The Bermuda Monetary Authority [BMA] has released its 2023 Business Plan. A spokesperson said, “The document is a blueprint for the year ahead, detailing how the BMA will continue to deliver its mandate, the progress it plans to make on its multi-year phased initiatives and the projects it will launch to maintain agility and nimbleness in its systems and processes and build on the strengths of Bermuda’s financial services regulatory and supervisory regime. “Notable highlights in the 2023 BMA roadmap include the following: Further positioning its human resources to skillfully deal with the complexities of emerging infrastructures, products and technologies…