In the months since, I’ve realized that our VoC meeting is not only my favorite meeting but has changed our product’s direction and made our platform more customer-friendly than almost any single other thing we’ve done.

Instead of having to set up seven individual meetings to get that information piecemeal, the VoC meeting brings it all together in one streamlined session.

The impactThanks to the structure and contents of the meeting, the product team and I always leave with renewed purpose.

But if I’m being honest, the impact of the VoC meeting goes well beyond that.

The VoC meeting has proven again and again to be the perfect way to make sure we’re charting the right course. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580070606.7572823/I-hate-every-meeting-except-this-one?ref=audio_experience

Alberta-based ATB Financial is hosting an open finance hackathon on February 7 and 9 at Royal Mount University in Calgary.

The hackathon aims to “educate and elevate” the conversation around open finance by letting participants collaborate, connect and brainstorm.

The event also aims to show how APIs and open data work within the banking industry.

The hackathon aims to “educate and elevate” the conversation around open finance.

Through the event, ATB hopes to bring together participants from software development, FinTech, design, and other disciplines to foster innovation and adoption of open data. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580070179.3419359/ATB-Financial-to-host-open-finance-hackathon-in-February?ref=audio_experience

Small Business Trends: So in other words, they were selling it for a lower price on their own website.

Small Business Trends: Right.

Small Business Trends: That’s like two point something percent.

Small Business Trends: … have to say, we have no pricing power on our own products anymore.

Small Business Trends: I always thought that what Amazon is doing is with their Amazon shipping was, go to the last mile. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580068387.2093863/Amazon-pricing-issues-are-revisited-in-this-episode-of-Watching-Amazon?ref=audio_experience

Debt SolutionsDebt collection companies, from first party to third-party agencies can help individuals and businesses fill the void in the debt collection.

Full-scale debt collection agencies are dedicated to ensuring efficient and timely financial resolutions for your company.

New and revolutionary debt collection software maximizes the collector’s efficiency.

It is also sufficiently volatile and can be used on a wide variety of debt collection services at both personal and corporate level.

According to a leading management and consulting entity McKinsey, a successful debt collection strategy should be grounded on the following pillars: | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580066480.7834458/The-Startup-Magazine-Pacific-Collection-Group-Offers-Solutions-For-Customer-Debt-Collection?ref=audio_experience

FinanceHow to Get Rich (In a Small Business)A reader wants to know how to get rich in a small business.

Small Business Operations4 Alternatives to a Business PivotIf your business struggles, you might see it as a sign you should pivot.

How to Change Company Culture Check these five tips on how to change company culture.

Small Business NewsCallJoy Announces Customizable AI Features for Small BusinessesNow small business owners can tweak a virtual agent’s voice and choose what it says to customers who call.

HP Cloud Services for Retail and Hospitality Businesses HP recently announced cloud services (HP Engage Console and HP Engage Catalog) for retailers and hospitality operators. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580064654.9724677/Our-Headlines:-Getting-Rich-and-Knowing-When-to-Pivot-in-Your-Small-Business?ref=audio_experience

Discussing politics in the workplace may be almost inevitable, but it can also cause divisions on your team and decrease productivity.

“Talking about politics, as well as religion, are seen as the third rails of discussion topics,” he says.

So should you have a politics in the workplace policy?

It is vital that employees know how to address and resolve conflict,” Warrick says.

“Unfortunately, handling conflicts in such a manner tells the other person one thing: “You don’t care what I think,” Warrick writes. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580061617.9263952/discussing-politics-in-the-workplace-and-how-to-discourage-your-employees?ref=audio_experience

Businesses need to go through a digital transformation if they want to keep up with our digitized personal and professional lives.

Here’s why digital transformation is so important for sustainable sales in 2020.

It’s digital transformation that helps you make sure that your prices, stock levels, product descriptions, special offers, and more are consistent across every channel.

Consumers demand a responsive digital sales channel that delivers immediate answers to all of their pre- (and post-) purchase questions.

In 2020, digital transformation isn’t optional anymore. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580059808.0232418/Why-Digital-Transformation-Is-The-Key-To-Sustainable-Sales-In-2020---Young-Upstarts?ref=audio_experience

The world's most powerful leaders and execs (not to mention a sizable Business Insider contingent) flocked to Davos this week.

And that's exactly why they're worth unpacking.

As Joe reports, the word "upskilling" kept popping up during most of Business Insider's conversations with execs, investors, and strategists.

Tech, Media, TelecomsAT&T has made no secret of its desire to lead the increasingly fractured media landscape through its newly acquired WarnerMedia entertainment properties and Xandr adtech division.

There's a reason lithium-ion batteries are in nearly every electronic device - they're energy-dense, lightweight, and don't degrade quickly. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580058005.9609408/How-to-rise-the-ranks-at-Point72;-a-leaked-pitch-deck-reveals-WarnerMedia's-aggressive-HBO-Max-strategy;-Apple-and-Amazon-could-dismantle-healthcare-as-we-know-it?ref=audio_experience

Microsoft, on the other hand, doesn’t appear to like the idea of a delay in the use of facial recognition.

Unlike Google, Microsoft and Amazon are actively selling facial recognition services to businesses and governments.

As those two tech giants move toward legitimizing the sale and proliferation of facial recognition software in their home state of Washington and around the world, about a dozen states are considering facial recognition regulation.

If federal policy like the kind being considered becomes law, facial recognition regulation could protect individual rights without the need for a moratorium.

But there’s a lot left unanswered or unregulated about how facial recognition or surveillance technology can be used in society today. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580057465.2064378/AI-Weekly:-Calls-for-facial-recognition-moratorium-highlight-need-for-protection-from-surveillance-tech?ref=audio_experience

Info Edge founder Sanjeev Bikchandani, Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra, TVS Group chairman Venu Srinivasan were among the names to be awarded Padma Awards for their contribution to the field of trade and industry.

In a Twitter post, Bikhchandani shared his excitement on receiving the honour.

In his Twitter post, the entrepreneur said that he is proud to represent the startup community on the list.

Proud to represent the start up entrepreneur community in this list — Sanjeev Bikhchandani (@sbikh) January 25, 2020Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared the list of Padma awards on Twitter.

The meeting was also attended by other business honchos like Reliance Industries Limited chairman Mukesh Ambani, Tata Group chairman emeritus Ratan Tata, Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal, Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani among others to discuss the state of the Indian economy and the need to create more job opportunities. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1580054522.115759/11-Business-Leaders-Get-Padma-Awards-On-Republic-Day?ref=audio_experience