Mid-Year Review Discoveries: Balancing AI and Human Connection

Like you, back in July, I did a mid-year progress review, assessing my original business and personal goals and priorities for 2024, and tuning my marketing plan to reflect shifts and follow-up actions in  realizing my goals.

Valuable Learning

One big learning is that I need to dial in more by integrating AI into certain […]

Everyday People Can Soon Invest in Commercial Properties to Build Wealth

Rettex Co-Founders (left to right): Chris Moris, CEO; John Bradley, CTO

Over the last few decades since the 1970’s, it has been increasingly challenging in the Bay Area for average Americans to save enough money to buy a home. For most Americans, home purchase is one of the largest equity investments they can […]

Key Insights on Improving Instagram Engagement via “Comments”

In the past 2 months, we’ve implemented a series of Instagram Content Pillars with the goal of shifting user engagement from “Likes” to encourage more engagement in conversations by “Commenting” on our post. We’ve some early learning that we thought would be beneficial to share out. So you can use some of these best […]

Mountain View Start-Up Enhances Artificial Intelligence for Self-Help Skincare Management

(Photo from left to right): Geoff Seyon (Co-Founder and Chief AI Officer), Clare Lee (Product Manager), Afsana Akhter (Co-Founder and CEO), and Janhavi Singhal (Customers Advocate)  (Note:  An edited version is now published in the Los Altos Town Crier’s “Business Matters” section as part of my regular tech/start-up/marketing column)

This article is part two of […]

Artificial Intelligence Enhances Mountain View StartUp

Computer science engineers Siva Nattamai, left, and Pavan Kumar aim to advance Telehealth technology through Cocoon Cam, their Mountain View-based startup. Cocoon Cam’s smart baby monitor uses artificial intelligence to track the vital signs and sleeping patterns of infants and toddlers.

[Note: This blog also appeared as my featured column in the Los Altos […]