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Firestone remains a distinctly American brand. It’s the official tire of Major League Baseball. It’s the Bridgestone Superbowl XLIV half-time show. The Firestone 550 is second only to the Indy 500. [...]

But in Harbel, Firestone remains sovereign. [...]

"Plantation" isn’t the word for Firestone. Think "state within a state."

Firestone originally controlled one million acres -- four percent of the country, or nearly 10 percent of arable land. The current government [as of 2010] [...] renegotiated the concession to encompass 100,000. The company runs the schools [...]. The plantation swallowed up whole villages when it was established. If this state had a capital, it would be the city of Harbel (named for company founder Harvey Firestone and his wife, Idabelle). [...] When Harvey Firestone Sr. first inked the deal for his rubber concession, he prophesized he’d put 350,000 people to work. "So far as I know, we are the only employers of African labor to establish the American working day," Harvey Sr. crowed. He imagined himself as a Henry Ford for Africa. [...]

It was the US government that put Firestone on to Liberia in the first place. The State Department contacted Firestone in 1923 to inform him that if he was interested in setting up a plantation in Liberia, all it would take was a $2.5 to 5 million dollar loan from Firestone to the government of Liberia, and "Mr. Firestone could virtually be the Government." [...]

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Two-and-a-half years later, Firestone was ready to seal the deal. But the Liberian government balked at the loan. Firestone wanted the government to pledge its revenues to pay off the loan at a healthy 7 percent rate of return—2 percent higher than Liberia’s existing debt [...]. So Firestone presented Liberia with a now infamous Christmas gift: clause (K). [...] The Liberians resisted, but Frank Kellogg, the new US Secretary of State, let it be known in Monrovia that the State Department anticipated "with sympathetic interest the conclusion of the Firestone contracts," and made it clear that if the deal fell through, US funds for Liberia would be scarce in the future. [...]

By September of 1925, the deal was done. Liberia used the cash to buy back bonds it had sold to England and France (among other creditors), curtailing their influence even as it dramatically expanded that of the US. The loan agreement gave American officials named by the US president control over much of the government’s budget, and even placed four US Army officers in charge of the notoriously brutal Liberian Frontier Force.

For a mere six cents per acre, Firestone now enjoyed near unlimited control over one million acres of Liberian soil.

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Within thirty years, the rent and taxes paid by Firestone to the Liberian government came to account for just short of 40 percent of the state’s total revenues. [...] While Firestone’s lease was set to expire in 2025, the Sirleaf government renegotiated it in 2008. There were rumors the new agreement would last almost another century, but groups like Liberia’s Save My Future Foundation (SAMFU) protested. Firestone’s writ now runs until 2041. [...]

Back in 2005, people in Owensgrove, a small community inside the plantation, started getting sick. SAMFU accused Firestone of polluting the Farmington River, which local residents used for everything [...]. [E]lsewhere on the "plantation" -- to be precise, in the small villages of Brown Town and Kpanyah- three people allegedly fell ill and died due to the pollution. [...]  Some days the creek that runs near Brown Town and Kpanyah is black and still; silver streaks surface in the mud of the road nearby. Pictures can’t capture the stench. [...]

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For years child labor was allegedly endemic at Firestone, as tappers struggled to meet the quota by enlisting their families to help them. "They wouldn’t force you as a child to go and do the work," [N] says. "But if you are a child who wants to see your parents survive, looking at the heavy work load, you’ll be forced to assist them. Because the work is just so heavy that one person can not complete it within a day."

While a lawsuit over the matter has been slowly winding its way through the US courts for years [...], the quota still stands. "To complete the quota, I must have extra hands," [A] says. And the extra hands are also paid from tappers’ wages. Nor are those extra hands considered Firestone employees. Which means not only are they working for a small share of an already meager wage, but they’re also denied the healthcare and housing the company provides to its official labor force. An official with Liberia’s Movement for Labor Justice suggests that 65% of Firestone’s workers aren’t covered by the collective bargaining agreement, as they’re considered contractors. [...]

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"I’m the third generation born of this plantation," [E] declares. "My grandparents work[ed] here, my parents work[ed] here, I’m working here. My kids will come and work. So if we cannot secure a better future now for our people, and for our children, what’s going to happen tomorrow? [...].” [...] “This is a community that enjoys absolutely nothing from Firestone’s operation [...]. They have to walk miles away just to get drinking water [...].” Last October [2009], a government commission confirmed that Firestone had polluted the creek. But the commission tested only for indicators of pollution, not actual toxic pollutants [...].

In February 2008, [T] became pregnant with her fourth child. [...] [S]he was ineligible for treatment at the company hospital. When [F] was born later that year, half her right arm was missing [...]. She breaks out in sores. [...]

She can’t crawl.

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Nicholas Jahr. “Workers Organize at Firestone, Liberia’s ‘State Within a State’.” The Nation. 8 July 2010.

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How Common are Virtual Assistants? They're Everywhere!

Outsourcing has been a practice of big name companies in the business world in general. Companies like Kellogg’s, GE and United Technologies, to name a few, have been outsourcing for years. Research shows there is a DIRECT CORRELATION between a business’ income and the number of in-house employees that they have.

Why is it that the Real Estate industry has not taken their cues from these big, successful companies and followed suit?

Don’t get left behind. Discover the benefits of leveraging MyOutDesk Real Estate Virtual Assistants into your business. Schedule your Double My Business Strategy Session to find out how!

Surprisingly, despite the results and apparent realities that outsourcing has brought to these large companies, and their contributions to each one’s success, smaller businesses seem hesitant to adopt these practices for themselves. Real Estate is an industry in which a bulk of the daily, repetitive and tedious tasks can be delegated—however, being that the nature of this field has always been that a REALTOR ® usually wears multiple hats, taking on all the responsibilities in the business seems like the only option.

Real Estate Virtual Assistants are not a new idea by any means. Over the past decade, hiring Virtual Assistants have become more accepted as a viable business practice that saves Real Estate entrepreneurs on overhead costs and gives them the leverage they need to focus on dollar productive activities that grow their revenue and reach and increase their bottom line. MyOutDesk clients reported in 2018 that our Virtual Assistants have saved them over 55 million dollars in overhead costs.

As you can see in the infographic above, only 15% of REALTORS ® Have a Virtual assistant, and only 3% have at least 2. 82% of REALTORS ® do not have a Virtual Assistant.  Where do you fall in this category?

There are many factors to consider when hiring a Virtual Assistant, and if you do not have one, you may have many reasons why you made the decision. It all boils down to a couple of things: First, what do you want for your business, and second, what is your time worth?

If it is business growth you seek, then the second factor comes into play; what is your time worth? Steve Murray, president and founder of Real Trends told us in a conversation that he decided to hire an assistant because he was a $1000 an hour guy and he realized that he had to stop doing $10 an hour work. Within a few months, he began to see substantial growth in his revenue because he decided to focus only the things that affected the outcomes of his business and delegated the rest.

If it is the cost that you are worried about, then you should consider what it would cost you to hire in-house (overhead costs) and what it would cost your business to someone without experience or the level of skill you need to run your systems and work with your processes. Think about it as buying back your time for a fraction of the cost.

Do you feel like exploring this step? Let us help you figure things out and find a way we can bring you the leverage you need to grow your business. Schedule your Double My Business Strategy Session, and one of our Real Estate experts will walk you through a road-map to success.

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How to Travel Light This Summer

Time to break out those shades and pineapple floaties, homies – summer is FINALLY on the horizon! I don’t know about you, but I thought this winter might never end. It could be the fact that gray skies hung their insistent presence overhead for what felt like the last MILLION MONTHS... or, it could be that I spent my winter rehabbing a bum shoulder after a snowboarding accident... either way: warmer climes are finally here to stay!

Fellow traveler Kristen Kellogg (@borderfreetravels) arrives to Sukau Rainforest Lodge, Borneo

I’m avidly filling my summer calendar with adventures both near and far. I’m excited to be spending time trekking California’s High Sierras, sailing the Norwegian Arctic on assignment, and bumming around northern Europe for a little R&R. I’m also planning my first-ever assignment in the Galapagos Islands—a trip that’s got me scrambling to assemble my favorite island travel gear!

A recent job in Borneo, Malaysia is inspiring me to travel light this summer. Why? Because I traveled the lightest I’ve ever traveled on that trip… and not because I wanted to, but because the airline lost my luggage en route. Womp womp. What’s wild is, I realized I needed very little “stuff” to get out there and enjoy life on the road! A single outfit, sneakers, sunglasses, socks, underwear and sunscreen were virtually all I needed to successfully explore the remote jungles and bustling city centers of Borneo.  

Photographers Meghan Young (@missmeghanyoung) & Kristen Kellogg (@borderfreetravels) track monkeys in Malaysia

The stuff I needed aside from those few personal items was all camera- and tech-related, which I thankfully had with me in my carry-on bag. (Pro tip: never check your camera gear in your checked bag if you can avoid it, as that will keep your cameras safe from both mishandling and potential theft). Truth is, I never board a plane without my cameras—especially if I’m headed to a destination as luscious as an island known for biodiversity. For my upcoming adventures this summer, my gear checklist will be virtually the same as it was in Borneo. Here’s how it’ll look:

- Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III Camera

- M.Zuiko 14-42mm EZ Lens (*kit lens included with Mark III)

- Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II Camera

- M.Zuiko 12-100mm f4 ProLens (*kit lens included with Mark II)

- M.Zuiko ED 40-150mm f2.8 PRO Lens (used for shots requiring a long lens, like landscapes and wildlife)

- M.Zuiko 17mm f1.8Lens (used for low light, portrait, and street photography)

- SanDisk Extreme PRO memory cards ranging from 32-128 GB

- 2-4 batteries per camera

- Camera charger for each camera

- “Shotgun” microphone for audio recording

- Lavalier microphone for audio recording

- Headphones to listen to video/audio playback

- Lens cleaning brush pen

- Lens cloths

- Lens cap “leashes” to ensure no caps fall off while traveling

- Interchangeable camera straps & clips, including 1 Slide, 1 Clutch, and 1 Capture

- Hard drive for memory card backup

Because that’s a fair amount of gear to keep organized, I like to keep it all in a backpack, where the weight is distributed between my shoulders and waist. I like bags that are intelligently designed, water resistant, and full of customizable compartments, like the 30L Everyday Backpack. That’s my go-to gear bag these days, whether I’m headed out on a weekend getaway or a Himalayan hike.

Sunset from the Himalayas along the Bumdra Trek, Bhutan

However you choose to pack your bags for adventure, it’s important not to get too bogged down in the unnecessary, especially when it’s summertime, since carrying any number of bags will make you sweat. How, pray tell, can you cut down on the packing list? Well, you may think you need the extra pair of swagtastic shoes, but you usually don’t. You may also think you need a few extra pairs of underwear, but—gasp!—you actually don’t need those either if you’ve got pairs you can wash in the sink that’ll quick dry overnight (e.g. ultralight mesh briefs).

You can also cut down on the photography gear if you’ve got the right cameras on hand. Mirrorless cameras have made leaps and bounds from the heavy DSLRs of the past, both in weight and technological ability. My favorite super-portable camera is the OM-D E-M10 Mark III, known for being not only lightweight and good-looking, but also super freaking smart.

This little guy weighs in at just 410 grams (including battery and memory card), but packs a ton of features. It has a tilting touch screen, built-in WiFi (which means you don’t need to lug around a memory card reader), and offers four shooting assist modes so users who are switching from smartphones to interchangeable-lens cameras can shoot without the guess work. Bonus: there are a bunch of “scene” modes that offer beautiful results, too. My favorite feature is the 5-Axis Image Stabilization, which helps you capture blur-free photographs (even at night, without that heavy tripod) and 4K video (sans that bulky stabilizer rig you might’ve seen DSLR-owners lugging around).

Crisp dewdrops sit atop a flowering plant in the Borneo Mangroves, shot with the Mark III

If you want to check out the OM-D E-M10 Mark III for yourself, it’s well worth perusing. If you click “Buy Now”, you’ll get $100 off the kit through June 2nd! The kit price (camera + M.Zuiko 14-42mm EZ Lens) is normally $799 USD, but right now it’s down to $699, so you should probably strike while the iron—and weather—are hot.

No matter where this summer brings you, remember: the most important things to pack on any journey are an open mind and a sense of adventure. Oh, and tooth paste. Please pack tooth paste.

Your friend,

Rachel

This piece is written in partnership with Olympus, though all opinions and experiences are compliments of yours truly.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Consumer Goods - Thematic Research published on

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Consumer Goods - Thematic Research

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Consumer Goods – Thematic Research

Summary

AI initiatives in fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies are sporadic. Pilot projects are popular, but few companies have created comprehensive AI strategies.

PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Unilever, and Procter & Gamble are leading the market with multi-level AI strategies, whereas Mondelez, Kellogg, and Imperial Brands are industry laggards in the AI theme. AI can be used across the FMCG industry and is accessible to businesses regardless of size. Big companies have the investment capital required, and small companies and start-ups are agile enough to tech-enable their businesses quickly. For example, in 2017 start-up HelloAva launched a virtual assistant integrated with an ecommerce platform, creating a digitalized consumer journey.

This report offers expert market analysis and comparison of FMCG companies’ adoption of the following AI technologies: machine learning, data science, conversational platforms, computer vision, AI chips, smart robots, and context-aware computing. It also provides market size and growth forecasts of consumer goods companies’ AI platform adoption, from 2019 to 2025.

Scope

– One of the best ways to excel in a tech theme is to acquire a company or start-up. McCain Foods has acquired a minority stake in machine learning company Fiddlehead Technology in February 2021 and L’Oreal has been successful in the AI theme after acquiring AI and augmented reality start-up ModiFace in 2018. – Consumer goods investment in AI platforms is gathering momentum and is forecast to reach $3.5bn globally by 2024. – GlobalData’s latest forecasts show a 3.8% decline in consumer product sales globally for 2021, compared to baseline predictions before the COVID-19 pandemic, equivalent to $341.5bn lost revenue. AI cannot resolve issues of consumer income decline, but it can save costs along the supply chain, and maintain customer engagement. – AI is a key strategy for digitalization in the FMCG industry over the next few years. It can support customer engagement via conversational platforms, understand consumer demands using big data, drive personalization and target growth using data science, and intelligently automate manufacturing and supply chain management using context-aware computing.

Reasons to Buy

– Develop business strategies by understanding the AI technologies affecting and shaping specific consumer goods sectors and different areas of the consumer goods value chain. – Support your internal business case for investment in AI by including an independent view of how you rank against competitors in a key technological theme that will disrupt the consumer goods industry within the next three years. – Identify AI vendors in the consumer goods industry for potential partnerships or acquisition, based on their areas of expertise. For example, Journey Foods specializes in machine learning and data science for product innovation. – If you are a vendor, formulate effective sales and marketing strategies by identifying the consumer goods market segments and companies with the greatest unmet demand for AI. – If you are a consumer goods company, you can review the competitive landscape and analyze the performance of various competitors, identifying your weaknesses and informing your business development areas.

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Homemade Sugar-Free & Grain-Free Granola

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Want to ditch the sugary cereals and make selfmade grain-free granola as an alternative? It’s the straightforward selfmade sugar-free pantry recipe everybody’s been raving about. You could make your personal selfmade granola from substances which might be in all probability sitting in your pantry proper now. And who doesn’t love simple wholesome pantry recipes?

This is my longest submit up to now. But bear with me and skim it all and watch the movies, as a result of should you can perceive what's fallacious with breakfast cereals. You will perceive what's fallacious with fashionable meals manufacturing, advertising and marketing, complete grains, the Heart Foundation tick, why low fats is so unhealthy (and may truly enhance your threat of coronary heart illness) and the way sugar has discovered its approach into every thing we eat.

Easy Homemade Grain-Free Granola

What is fallacious with common boxed cereal/granola? You could also be pondering what's fallacious along with your “healthy” cereal, why is it so unhealthy? It’s stuffed with complete grains, proper? Full of nutritional vitamins? Part of a balanced day? Starts you off effectively and retains you full? It’s natural and so have to be wholesome? These are all myths. The invention of breakfast cereal is without doubt one of the first comfort meals. They are low cost to make and are seen as a straightforward reply to the morning schedule. They have turn into nothing greater than a bowl of sugar, corn or wheat, with milk and nutritional vitamins added. They have virtually turn into desserts. If you understand what is wrong with breakfast cereals, you'll understand what is wrong with modern food production.Click to Tweet They are packaged in brilliant, vibrant, thrilling packages aiming primarily at kids. Or the “healthy cereals” often have fields and nature on the entrance, and sometimes in brown recycled paper packing containers, to in some way give it “sustainable and healthy” credentials. And should you suppose it’s solely kids’s cereal which accommodates excessive quantities of sugar, suppose once more. Watch the video under to see how a lot sugar (pure or not) is hidden in even “healthy” cereals. UPDATE – One reader despatched me his steady blood glucose readings after having fun with my grain-free granola with berries and unsweetened yoghurt.

Now add in a glass of “natural, healthy” fruit juice, and you've got gone over your restrict of sugar for the day. But making an attempt to get folks to grasp why a wholegrain cereal and a glass of juice is so unhealthy, is just about like hitting your head towards a brick wall. That is the ability of the meals promoting and advertising and marketing trade. “And if you understand how cereal is marketed, produced, manufactured, sold, you will understand modern food production. This is a wonderful documentary about the propaganda, marketing and industry behind breakfast cereals and how cereals have become synonymous with a healthy breakfast.” Fast ahead to 7 minutes, and see how cereals all stem from one place, 2 brothers and Battle Creek! This is fascinating. See how the Kellogg’s brothers break up and the way sugar added to cereal started. How they purchased low cost grain for 75c and make $12 of cereal! Myth 1: Whole Grains Are Good For You Whole grains are excessive in carbs, raises blood sugars dramatically, causes insulin spikes, will increase urge for food, causes leaky intestine, malabsorption of nutritional vitamins, stuffed with gluten, gliadin, and amylopectin A. Modern wheat (which is NOT the identical as wheat eaten by our ancestors for hundreds of years) could also be a set off for autoimmune illness equivalent to kind 1 diabetes, dementia, a number of sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis to call a couple of. Take dwelling message – Wheat is a quickly absorbed carbohydrate with a excessive GI stuffed with reactive proteins inflicting a leaky intestine.

Myth 2: Cereals Are Packed With Vitamins Another fantasy fed to you by the cereal trade. This is as a result of they're fortified with artificial nutritional vitamins and minerals. Cereals are stripped of their vitamins throughout processing and they're fortified, they turn into socially acceptable processed grains. Why do you suppose they present a bowl of cereal with milk and berries? To provide the thought you're consuming a balanced breakfast. The cereal itself is nearly incidental to the vitamin consumption from the fortification or the added fruit and dairy. By including nutritional vitamins and minerals, cereal producers could make well being claims and enhance gross sales. In truth, many sorts of cereal solely obtain well being star rankings as a result of addition of dairy to the serving. To produce corn flakes, they take the kernel and take away the outer husk, to permit the sugar, malt and salt to penetrate. They take away the internal germ which accommodates oil as a result of the oil goes rancid and would shorten the lengthy shelf life and scale back revenue. It will get cooked, dried, rolled out, toasted, They flip low cost grain into premium merchandise by means of advertising and marketing, promoting, fortifying and processing. Take dwelling message  – cereals are usually not full of naturally occurring nutritional vitamins, they're fortified and ultra-processed.

Myth 3: It’s Organic So Must Be Healthy Yes, natural merchandise are nice and don’t have the pesticides and residues of different cereals, however this doesn’t change their carb/fats/protein content material. Sugar and carbs will elevate your insulin irrespective of whether or not they're natural, pure, or extremely processed. Sugar, honey, Medjool dates, dried fruit ALL are seen by the physique as sugar and lift insulin, enhance urge for food, cease fats burning, and promote fats storage. Take dwelling message – natural cereals might be simply as excessive carb/sugar because the non-organic merchandise. Myth 4: Low-Fat Cereals Are Better Low-fat merely means they've diminished the unique fats content material. But what was the fats changed with? You guessed it, sugar. Next time you're within the grocery store, examine 2 merchandise which might be common and reduced-fat (or lite). Look at their carb content material and sugar content material. I’m guessing you’ll discover the diminished fats cereal (or any reduced-fat product for that matter) is greater in carbs. Why? Because if you take away one thing, you need to exchange it with one thing else, and sugar provides flavour and acceptability. Take dwelling message – low-fat merchandise have the fats eliminated, and have sugar added to present it flavour and substance. Myth 5: It Has A Heart Foundation Tick So Must Be Good For My Heart? Again that is advertising and marketing. Firstly there are main requires the Heart Foundation to completely reassess their suggestions on fat and sugar, and secondly, corporations primarily re-formulate their merchandise to suit the factors to obtain the Heart Foundation Tick. Study after examine has repeatedly proven that low-fat diets don't cease coronary heart illness, however may very well enhance your threat. The proven fact that cereals containing 27% sugar might be awarded the tick, is fairly outrageous.

 This Milo cereal just about sums up all the above myths. 1. Contains complete grains, wheat and corn (bear in mind, low cost grains are processed into excessive priced, socially acceptable cereals). And by containing these grains milo cereal accommodates a whopping 72% carbs (64.4% web) and 27.3% sugar. What??? And they nonetheless get the guts basis tick? 2. Packed with nutritional vitamins – the ingredient listing exhibits added calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc, nutritional vitamins A, C, B1, B2, B6 and folate. 3. It’s not natural, so at the least they will’t declare this well being profit. 4. Low in fats – Low fats, however have a look at the 72% cabs. Low fats, so we're hungry in an hour. Low fats, and so low in nutritional vitamins A, D, E and Okay. We don’t need low fats. Fat is sweet, it makes us fuller for longer, fats is full of our fat-soluble nutritional vitamins. 5. Heart Foundation Tick – so a cereal can comprise 64.4% carbs and 27.3% sugar and nonetheless get a Heart Foundation tick!

More Healthy Sugar-Free Breakfast Ideas

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How To Make Sugar-Free And Grain-Free Granola 

This is the simplest recipe that I all the time begin my new Ditch The Carbs PRO members onto. a) It’s such an adaptable pantry recipe. You can simply swap in/out totally different nuts and seeds to what you might have obtainable and the flavour can simply be modified to chocolate, fennel, cinnamon and so on. b) The grain-free granola might be saved for a couple of weeks, and even frozen for months. c) By all the time having a big provide of sugar-free and grain-free granola in your cabinet, means breakfast is fast, simple, wholesome, nutritious PLUS it can maintain you on observe. Place all of the coconuts, seeds and nuts in a big roasting or baking dish with excessive sides. This recipe under contains cinnamon and ginger, however any favorite breakfast flavour will do.

Once you discover ways to make the essential grain-free granola, you'll be able to experiment with all of the flavours you presently love. I've already made cinnamon grain-free granola, fennel and ginger grain-free granola and chocolate grain-free granola.

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Sugar-Free Grain-Free Granola

Make a giant batch of sugar-free grain-free granola to maintain your loved ones stocked for a few weeks. The good simple wholesome pantry recipe. Prep Time10 minutes Cook Time20 minutes Total Time30 minutes Course: Breakfast, Snacks Diet: Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Grain free, LCHF, Low Carb, No Sugars, Paleo, Wheat Free Diet: Diabetic, Gluten Free Keyword: Grain-free granola, Homemade granola Total Carbs: 9.4g Fibre: 5.3g Instructions Place all of the coconuts, seeds and nuts in a big roasting or baking dish with excessive sides. Melt the coconut oil and add the cinnamon and ginger. Add sweetener if required. This is totally non-obligatory and could also be a helpful addition for rookies. Pour over the grain-free granola combine and blend completely with a big spoon or spatula. Make certain every thing has a high-quality coating of the oil and spices. Bake at 180C / 350F for 20 minutes. The combination can burn very simply so I flip the combination with the big spoon each Three minutes. Allow to chill completely and place in hermetic containers. Want to begin low-carb FAST?Grab your FREE 5-day meal plan, pantry information, procuring listing & tracker CLICK HERE NotesAdd some other spices or flavourings chances are you'll get pleasure from equivalent to orange zest, cardamom, cocoa powder. Serving measurement is half cup approx 42g. = 4.1g web carbs Nutrition Facts Sugar-Free Grain-Free Granola Amount Per Serving (42 g (1/2cup)) Calories 317 Calories from Fat 262 % Daily Value* Fat 29.1g45% Carbohydrates 9.4g3% Fiber 5.3g22% Sugar 1.9g2% Protein 6.2g12% * Percent Daily Values are primarily based on a 2000 calorie eating regimen. NEED MORE HELP?Ditch The Carbs PRO – your low-carb course PLUS the FAMOUS mini-challenges that cease you falling again into previous habits – JOIN US Cookbooks & Meal PlansTake the stress out of cooking, all of the assets you’ll ever want – SHOW ME Need assist, suggestions & tips?Join our pleasant SUPPORT GROUP to assist help and information you and your loved ones to reside low-carb for all times!

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We are in an age where traditional business models may no longer be enough to scale and grow your business. The ability to be flexible and adapt to ever-changing horizons is key to not only survival but to flourish.

One specific model that has been gaining traction over the past few years is the blended business model – a hybrid org chart capable of cutting your labor costs by over 60% while simultaneously increasing your productivity and offering flexibility in department labor allocation. You can put the blended business model to work in your own business now when you schedule your Double My Business Strategy Session today and find our how a MyOutDesk Virtual Assistant can support you to boost your business.

WHAT IS THE BLENDED BUSINESS MODEL?

Basically, it is engineering a blended org chart with part of an organization being in-house and another part working virtually.

If you are in any of the following scenarios, it might be time for you to consider adopting the blended business model:

Your workload is starting to get overwhelming and the quality of your life is suffering.

Company revenue productivity is suffering because your time is spent on on-revenue efforts.

Your growth curve is flat because you’re stuck with administrative work.

You know you need support but do not want to go through the tedious process of hiring, only to have your hires leave after a period of time, thus putting you in a vicious cycle.

Hiring Virtual Assistants solve a lot of problems and actually bring many benefits. For example, a full-time Virtual Assistant will cost you 25%-30% the cost of an in-house employee. A Virtual Assistant will have their own equipment and software, and will not take up any precious office space, so overhead costs are cut-down as well.  Organizations like MyOutDesk cover HR concerns, benefits and even things like paid time off; while all you do is pay your monthly subscription.

Building a blended org chart with Virtual Assistants is an extremely cost-effective way to grow your business!

Stanford Studies have shown that remote workers show increased productivity by 16%. Those who work from home seem to be more focused with fewer distractions. They also found that employees working in open offices took 62% more sick days than virtual employees.

Deloitte’s Millennial Survey 2017 found that remote work arrangements are “strongly linked to improved performance and employee retention.” Furthermore, 38% of respondents reported they were likely to leave their current employer within the next two years, with many citing work/life balance and flexibility as major contributing factors.

Large companies are benefitting from using a blended employment model. In fact, a new regulation stemming from the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act has given us a clearer picture of the extent to which some of the largest U.S. companies employ global talent. As part of this act, publicly traded companies are now required to disclose how many foreign employees they employ. While this act was passed back in 2010 in response to the 2008 global financial crisis, the SEC only approved guidance for companies outlining how to implement and comply with the mandate in September 2017. Therefore, data regarding the degree to which these major corporations use global talent is only just beginning to emerge. Even after just one quarter of such reporting, it is clear that many of the most recognizable U.S. brands hire workers in lower-cost countries as a means of leveraging their businesses.

You might be surprised at the high percentages of global talent that successful companies have reported so far:

Kellogg: 80%

General Electric: 66%

United Technologies: 68% Whirlpool: 80%

Merck: 55%

Honeywell: 58%

Hanes: 80%

Mattel: 78%

Wal-Mart: 35%

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SMX West '15 Series: Diving into SEO with Googler Gary Illyes

A significant West Coast search marketing education occasion, Search Marketing Expo (SMX) West, concerns San Jose in one month. If you have an interest in going to, heads up! Early riser rates expire Friday. Include our discount code for friends and clients, BRUCECLAYSMXW15, to get 10 percent off the expense of all passes and workshops, including Bruce Clay's SEO Workshop on Monday, March 2. Today we're starting a month of interviews with dazzling minds from the SMX West speaker line up, consisting of Duane Forrester, Senior Item Manager at Bing; Expense Tancer, General Supervisor at Experian and New york city Times best-selling author; Dr. Pete Meyers, Marketing Researcher at Moz; and Luke Summerfield, Partner Solutions Program Supervisor at HubSpot. Try to find these white-hot interviews every week.Up initially is an interview with an extremely unique guest: Google Web designer Trends Analyst Gary Illyes. SMX West guests can catch him speaking in two sessions on Wednesday, March 4:

Things You Do Not Know About Mobile SEO, But Must (9 a.m.)

The Best Ways To Secure Your Site for Google's HTTPS Algorithm (3:30 p.m.)

Diving into SEO with Advice from Google's Illyes

Gary llyes is an avid sky diver and scuba diver. (That's him above!) His adventuring character most likely serves him well when it comes to creating new frontiers in online security and mobile user experience. Here are some highlights from our interview, with Illyes' comments in strong:

What Gary deals with at Google: We're focusing on helping site owners and content creators develop beautiful, helpful websites by improving and extending our outreach channels.On the value of producing

a great mobile experience: In several countries there are a great deal of people that access the internet primarily through a smart phone. Neglecting those people is hardly an option anymore, if you want to remain in business.On Google's future: Recommendations and feedback from the community

assist us a lot, really ! My group's objective is to assist website owners with their concerns, and the feedback will help us affect groups inside Google to provide functions and enhance our products, consisting of Webmaster Tools and Search.Information Gary looks for to do his task: Knowing what sort of content would service owners read, what's the authors'technical level in

basic, or how can we better reach designers willhopefully steer our web designer outreach in another, so far untouched, much better direction. We don't even understand if we're utilizing the word"web designer"properly either; it would be great to fix that, too.Read the entire interview below. Let's dive in!Kristi Kellogg: What tasks are you associated with as a Webmaster Trends Expert? Exactly what does your day-to-day appear like at

Google?Gary Illyes: I'm focusing primarily on large scale analysis

and advancement, but I'm sort of the oddball in my group. We're concentrating on assisting website owners and content developers establish stunning, useful

websites by improving and extending our outreach channels. This indicates that when needed, we might publish paperwork for a new function or evangelize it at conferences, or try to figure out exactly what brand-new audiences need to we reach to assist with developing a site. Indirectly all these efforts likewise assist our users, those who search on Google, as they will discover better results, and sites that are usable anywhere on any device.This, naturally, also means that we need to work with numerous groups inside Google, virtually any team that establishes features that might have an effect on web designers. To note a couple of, Web Designer Tools, Web and Image Browse, News, however really

, I would require much more hands to count how many teams we work with.Google Webmaster Trends Analysts John Mueller and Gary Illyes at Google's Zurich campus.KK: Prior to you were a Googler, you taught journalism. Do you ever feel you utilize your journalism background in your role as a Google Web Designer Trends Analyst?GI:

I was teaching reporter brand-new grads ways to apply exactly what they found out-- traditional offline journalism-- on the online environment and ways to publish interesting stories online. I don't really utilize this skill now at Google, however of course my journalism background does assist when interacting with journalism in basic, or

when I talk at conferences. I'm utilized to talking with huge audiences, and that's been really useful.KK: At SMX East, you openly stated" You can blame me for the HTTPS ranking increase."Your Google+profile lists web security as one of your interests. On what fronts do you predict Google combating dangers to online security in 2015

? GI: Numerous groups across Google, including Chrome and Search, are trying to find methods to make the Web a better, safer location. This is an ongoing effort and we'll make statements as we release a new feature or improvement.KK: What's your 30-secondpitch to your preferred small company owner on the value of creating a good mobile site UX?GI: I believe my pitch would depend on what type of website we're speaking about

, but for an online store with international delivery I would probably choose this, with a referral to this Time post: In several countries there are a large number ofpeople that access the web mostly through a mobile phone. Ignoring those people is hardly an option any longer, if you wish to stay in business.KK: Do you have any premonitions on the future of mobile site advancement and optimization? Whether related to brand-new devices or Google's guidelines and expectations of an excellent mobile UX?GI: I don't truly have premonitions on the future of mobile site development, however I do hope that it will end up being natural for site owners to develop lovely,usable mobile friendly sites. Currently it feels that site owners believe that producing such a website is a hassle, and they pick to postpone advancement or not to do it. I really hope this will change; whether to create a

mobile friendly site shouldn't be a concern at all!KK:+ Google Webmasters invited suggestions for enhancements to Web search and Webmaster Tools in 2015. How much do suggestions and feedback from users influence the jobs you and the Web designer Trends group work on?GI: Recommendations and feedback from the neighborhood assist us a lot, actually! My group's goal is to help site owners with their issues, and the feedback will help us affect teams inside Google to deliver features and improve our items, consisting of Webmaster Tools and Search.KK: There's a typical refrain in Google's guidance to SEOs and web designers: do exactly what's best for users. Does any group, maybe the Google Webmasters team, keep an eye out for

webmasters, website owners and organisations as a priority?GI: Among our objectives is to aim to figure out exactly what's best both for our users and the site owners, type of trying to find the sweet area. This is a difficult, however generally gratifying position to be

in, as, if our input is taken in account during a feature advancement, we can assist millions of webmasters, company owner, and ultimately users of search.KK: Need to we be preparing for any unique statements when you take the stage at SMX West?GI: If I informed you we'll have any special statement at SMX West, I 'd set an

expectation which is not always a good thing; typically we attempt not to pre-announce things, and the exact same uses on statements as well. Also, pre-announcing a statement feels too meta, and frankly we're also rather far from

SMX so things might change on our end.KK: Great point. Google has a program that sends Googlers to businesses in Europe and North Africa to observe firsthand how developers, designers, content creators, SEOs and decision-makers are handling their sites' material and infrastructure. How is that program going? I discovered this because you shared it on Google+. What's your interest in this program?GI:

This program was started by my team and it's a continuous effort. The vacations and other, unassociated issues slowed us down a notch, but in general it will assist us better help those who are included in creating websites. Understanding exactly what type of material would company owner read, what's the authors 'technical level in general, or how can we much better reach designers will ideally steer our webmaster outreach in another, up until now uncharted, better direction. We don't even understand if we're utilizing the word"web designer"properly either; it would be nice to fix that, too.KK: You speak at a lot of conferences on behalf of Google. Where will we see you in 2015? GI: I have several conferences lined up for the first 2 quarters. It looks like the SMX organizers would not mind having me at their occasions, so there's that, however I'll exist at numerous other conferences as well, including Superweek in Hungary, RIMC in Iceland,

and a few others that don't have their schedule up yet.KK: What were the finest books(of any kind)you read last year? What's on your reading list for this year?I'm a collector with special interest in Japanese culture, so I check out rather a bit on that (for instance or Nihon Shoki) , but I do read contemporary authors, as well. Dan Brown, John Green, Steven Levy to name a few, they're all present on my bookshelves. I don't typically read"SEO"books or anything near that subject so I ca

n't recommend anything from that classification, but if I needed to select something random, for personal factors I 'd

go with Colleen McCullough's The Thorn Birds. KK: Sounds like you have an outstanding bookshelf. Thanks for the book recommendation! Do you have any individual resolutions for 2015? GI: I'm an individual who lives for the minute: whatever comes, I'll take it on. I'll most likely leap from a couple of perfectly well-functioning planes, leap off of

a few bridges, and check out the bottom of the Antarctic Ocean, but I do not have particular plans yet though.KK: Well that noises exciting! What's the very best way to connect with you online?GI: I use Facebook for communicatingonline with my buddies and sometimes check Twitter, however the finest method is still Google +; I'm there 24/7. Have a concern of your own for SMX West speaker Gary Illyes? Ask in the remarks.

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Refugee ETF Wins 2020 Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge

Morgan Stanley’s Institute for Sustainable Investing and Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management today announced that the Refugee ETF team was named the winner of the 2020 Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge. The team was one of 12 finalists competing in the digital Challenge on Friday, April 17th..

The winning team of graduate students from New York University Stern School of Business and Wagner School of Public Service captivated the judges with their Refugee ETF proposal. The team presented their exchange-traded fund as the first retail investment product designed to help drive economic integration of refugees. The ETF aims to achieve its social and financial goals through investments in a global index comprised of listed companies with robust refugee-focused policies and initiatives.

Now in its tenth year, the Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge is an annual global competition designed to inspire future leaders to develop innovative financial vehicles to help address environmental, social and governance (ESG) challenges. The 12 finalist teams were selected from 308 students hailing from 56 different countries. They represent 74 graduate schools and their projects targeted impact in 34 countries.

“The students in this year’s Challenge represent the future of finance as they are leading the charge for the industry to craft and accelerate strategies that drive both market returns and social impact,” said Matt Slovik, Head of Global Sustainable Finance at Morgan Stanley. “The impressive proposal showcased by the Refugee ETF team demonstrates one of the many creative solutions that can be developed to help tackle increasingly complex global sustainability challenges.”

Due to COVID-19, the in-person finals event was modified into a fully remote-virtual event through video, web conferencing and other forms of virtual collaboration to maintain our commitment to hosting the best competition possible. Finalists presented their proposals and took questions from a panel of judges over live video conference. After all teams presented, judges reconnected over a separate video call to determine the winner, first runner up and plastics winner.

In support of the Firm’s Plastic Waste Resolution, Morgan Stanley provided an additional prize of to the best student proposal focused on addressing plastic waste. Six of the top 12 finalist proposals this year were plastics focused.

The winning team, SeaLess Plastic, consisted of Mark Gallo, Clarie Ng, Jose Andres Montes Lopez and Maximilian Rychwalski from the United States, Singapore, the United States and Germany, respectfully.

This year’s runner-up was SWEEPCO Bonds from Columbia Business School. The SWEEPCO team proposed an innovative municipal green bond solution to help upgrade cities’ material recovery facilities, increase plastic recycling rates and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

“This year’s finalists displayed an incredible level of financial sophistication and intellectual rigour,” said Megan Kashner, Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of Social Impact at Kellogg School of Management. “We want to congratulate the 12 finalist teams, our winners, and every student who entered the competition and challenged themselves to use help create positive change in the world using creative finance as their lever.”

The Challenge seeks to inspire the next generation of sustainable investing practitioners, connect emerging leaders with industry professionals, and foster greater emphasis on sustainable finance at graduate schools around the world. More information on this year’s finalists and winner can be found on Morgan Stanley's website. You can also follow the conversation on social media with #SIChallenge.

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The Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing builds scalable finance solutions that seek to deliver competitive market rate returns while driving positive environmental and social impact. The Institute creates innovative financial products, thoughtful insights and capacity building programs that help maximize capital to create a more sustainable future. For more information about the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing, visit www.morganstanley.com/sustainableinvesting.

About Kellogg School of Management

The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University develops brave leaders who inspire growth in people, organizations and markets. Based just outside of Chicago, the school is a global leader in management education, renowned for its distinctive thought leadership and pioneering approach to learning. Kellogg offers an innovative portfolio of programs: four Full-Time MBA programs including leading one-year program and joint degree programs with the engineering, law and medical schools; a Part-Time MBA Program; the premier Executive MBA global network; and extensive non-degree Executive Education programs. To learn more about Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, please visit http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu.

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Top 19 influencer advertising companies in 2020

The upward push of influencer advertising has therefore caused the upward push of organizations offering content introduction and control services in particular for influencer campaigns. Whether  Digital Marketing Agencies in Dallas or not you are seeking out an enterprise totally committed to finding and vetting influencers, or a boom advertising and marketing corporation that gives a spectrum of extra services, such as performance advertising, media shopping for or in-residence production, you’ll need to work with companies that guarantee to fulfill your agency’s needs. We’ve rallied together a listing of the top influencer advertising corporations in 2020:

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nogood

obviously

kairos media

carusele

open have an impact on

ima company

pmyb

influencer country

julius

leaders

socialfly

audiencly

august united

sugarfree

social studies

gofish virtual

sundae collective

viral kingdom

village marketing

 1. Nogood

nogood influencer business enterprise

 focuses on: saas, e-commerce, dtc, b2b

 pricing: inquire through internet site

 customers: nike, microsoft, p&g, citi, steer

 nogood designs and runs custom designed influencer campaigns that focus on groups authentically, driving sales and person increase. Nogood specializes in helping startups of almost each size, vertical and commercial enterprise model develop with the aid of constructing service round insights and first-hand learnings. They know what it takes to methodically assist manufacturers grow from one stage to the following holistically, with influencer marketing as a powerful device in their arsenal. This group provides trackable and scalable insights that help any agency walk away with a deeper understanding of what works and what’s subsequent. 2. Glaringly

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 specializes in: cpg, e-commerce, fashion

 pricing: $25k – 100k

 clients encompass: sephora, coca cola, saks fifth ave, uniqlo

 obviously is a full-service influencer advertising and marketing business enterprise that guides clients through every step of the procedure and tailors each marketing campaign to emblem needs. With a database of 400,000 influencers across numerous important channels, they can create modern advertising programs of any size or complexity. They take care of all factors of the influencer advertising revel in from communications, shipping merchandise, and analyzing outcomes. Three. Kairos media

kairos-logo

 specializes in: saas, cpg, e-commerce

 pricing: inquire thru internet site

 clients include: audible, hellofresh, lg, unilever

 kairos media has a group of innovators, storytellers, and social experts that create impactful, creative-led campaigns to supply robust roi for customers. Their award-prevailing group does social and virtual making plans, media buying, and audience analytics with their proprietary software program, kairos insights. They goal and spark off area-leading influencers who're assured to provide results. 4. Carusele

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 specializes in: ecommerce, cpg

 pricing: inquire via website

 clients encompass: revlon, tyson, vera bradley

 carusele is an influencer business enterprise that gives both complete-provider application management or guide services for in-house teams to attach manufacturers and consumers through proper content. Carusele is familiar with the trouble with most influencer marketing models is the dearth of ability to generate and measure real business consequences, so their technique uses real-time records to optimize programs every day in an effort to generate the most efficient outcomes. Those applications provide aggressive pay-per-click on marketing and pressure a measurable sales elevate for customers. Five. Open influence

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 makes a speciality of: cpg

 pricing: inquire thru internet site

 customers include: kelloggs, lincoln, puma, bose

 open have an effect on unlocks innovative and strategic insights that elevate campaigns with exceptional-in-elegance content, ensuing in emblem reports that remember individual creativity. This crew believes in real people loving real human beings. They produce contagious innovative that sticks with purchasers lengthy when they’ve scrolled away. They act as an extension of your group, ensuring that every one parties continue to be aligned with and committed in your purpose. 6. Ima corporation

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 specializes in: saas, e-commerce, cpg

 pricing: 50-500k

 clients consist of: samsung, marshall, underarmour, nivea

 ima corporation executes effective techniques based on emblem dna to handpick the right influencers whenever for conversion-led campaigns. With 10 years of enjoy, this group has evolved infinite campaigns over a variety of countries with palms-on execution, underpinned through in-depth reporting. They also can name on their in-house production crew and performance entrepreneurs whilst wanted, as an brought perk. 7. Pmyb

 pmyb-emblem

 makes a speciality of: saas, e-trade, dtc

 pricing: inquire thru website

 customers encompass: applemusic, groupon, musical. Ly, ancestry

 pmyb’s chromo-evaluation™ scoring gadget identifies the simplest influencer for optimized spend and protection from influencer fraud. Chromo-influencers™ are influencers that skip pmyb’s information-driven five level chromo-evaluation and are much more likely to reap a excessive roi to your logo. This team’s exact selection technique ensures the influencer’s picks fee exceedingly towards the important thing 46 statistics factors observed to effect patron behavior. Eight. Influencer country

 influence-brand

 specializes in: cpg

 pricing: inquire via internet site

 clients encompass: coty, dean and deluca, a&e, walgreens

 influence kingdom has a database of over 3,000 influencers across several client verticals and social systems. Those influencers are prepared to create authentic, extraordinary, attractive content to drive engagement to your brand in a relevant way with your target audience. Partnerships with influencer state include: emblem storytelling, content material syndication and amplification, patron product reviews, advertising studies, and patron insights. 9. Julius

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 specializes in: b2b

 pricing: inquire thru internet site

 clients consist of: digitas, edelman, viacom, godaddy

 julius offers a ramification of gear that streamline influencer advertising campaign management for customers- activating campaigns, calculating roi, and tracking success. The crew of analysts works on each profile so that you get a nuanced view of every influencer as a human, no longer a set of facts factors. Julius investigates how competition use influencers and what works in your enterprise to control offerings inside the only manner possible. 10. Leaders

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 specializes in: cpg, b2b

 pricing: inquire thru website

 customers include: clinique, fiat, venus, mediacom

 leaders boasts 10+ years of experience. 1200+ campaigns using a facts-driven technique and creative strategies to locate top influencers, force social engagement, and make roi-boosting effect. The group’s ambassador version leverages what they call “the hippest humans,”  who are true, credible, and basically, have a loyal network of fans to build buzz around your brand. 11. Socialfly

socialfly-brand

 specializes in: cpc, ecommerce

 pricing: 300k +

 clients encompass: il makiage, twentieth century fox, georgia pacific, modell’s

 socialfly is a full-carrier social media advertising and marketing business enterprise that specialize in complete campaign method and management with an extensive database of social influencers to enhance emblem presence. They manipulate media planning, increase hacking, and analytics in order that your band can cognizance on the effects. 12. Audiencly

audiencly-brand

 specializes in: saas

 pricing: inquire via website

 customers consist of: google, facebook, amazon, wix

 audiencly makes influencer advertising and marketing effortlessly handy to any organization, growing successful influencer campaigns through great analyzes. Their influencer management includes: sponsoring, channel control, innovative studio, occasion control, and product distribution. Their portfolio of famous and famous influencers produce day by day content material on platforms like youtube, twitch, and instagram to grow your logo’s attain. Thirteen. August united

august-logo

 specializes in: cpg, saas

 customers consist of: microsoft, petsmart, dial, renuzit

 pricing: inquire thru internet site

 august united is a complete-service influencer corporation presenting an array of offerings along with strategy, activation, network development, and content material advent. This crew believes inside the sea of sameness, influencers can create a ripple impact to an countless type of groups. Their pairing of thumb-preventing social media approach with agile execution has led to achievement for dozens of clients. 14. Sugarfree

sugarfree-brand

 makes a speciality of: cpg, e-trade, saas

 pricing: 50-500k

 customers encompass: gillette, tiktok, airbnb

 sugarfree ensures proactive, actual-time communication whilst creating genuine, records-pushed campaigns, including content introduction, strategy route, influencer recruitment, contracting, and reporting. The team is a numerous institution of marketing specialists, social media authorities, proficient creators, and facts analysts, all operating collectively to create a continuing experience. Their authentic campaigns get to the heart and soul of your brand tale. 15. Social research

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 makes a speciality of: cpg, e-trade

 pricing: inquire via website

 clients consist of: birchbox, panera, nutrafol, klarna

 social studies changed into named the quickest-developing influencer business enterprise by means of adweek. Their discover-extend-authenticate approach connects progressive brands with perfect talent, manages campaign approach, and draws measurable insights that allow brands to rinse and repeat. Their weblog is an delivered bonus for staying up to date with the modern-day influencer trends. Sixteen. Cross fish virtual

gofish-logo

 specializes in: saas

 pricing: inquire via internet site

 clients encompass: symantec, survey monkey, zendesk, geico

 move fish guarantees to boom logo recognition and engagement by means of forming and growing ongoing relationships with influencers across a spread of niches. In conjunction with influencer marketing, this team makes a speciality of search engine optimization, online popularity control, conversion charge optimization for both nearby and country wide corporations. 17. Sundae collective

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 specializes in: saas, cpg, dtc

 pricing: inquire thru internet site

 customers consist of: lg, allstate, birchbox, regis

 sundae collective presents a mix of brand stewardship, creativity, and overall performance to supply on logo desires with actual-time content and media optimization. Borne out of cultural powerhouse 72andsunny, sundae is reinventing the business enterprise version to supply the real-time content material and media optimization of a overall performance marketer paired with the approach and carrier of a creative organization. 18. Viral kingdom

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 makes a speciality of: saas, cpg

 pricing: 25-500k

 customers include: calm, crayola, budlight, facemoji

 viral state enables each influencers develop their business and keeps relationships with a group of organizations and brands to comfy ideal partnerships for every social marketing campaign. Their award-prevailing, full-service campaigns go past the publish, with paid boosting, whitelisting, retargeting, and experiential talents. 19. Village advertising

village-brand

 makes a speciality of: cpg, fashion, saas

 pricing: inquire through website

 customers consist of: m. Gemi, minibar, squarespace, equinox

village advertising and marketing principles campaigns  Digital Marketing Company in Chicago and suits the most influential social media personalities to the right brands to create content material that feels human. Their collective guides the whole creative procedure with network speak in mind. From content material production to influencer occasions, the all-girls team connects offline reports to on line communities in spaces designed for social.

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  Sano Ti Amo is a topical product based company in Ohio. Their new signature cream is currently being manufactured in an FDA approved facility and is undergoing the final steps for FDA registration. The cream, R &R Pain Relief cream was created by Co-Owner Paul Amoroso, a licensed Massotherapist, who has treated patients for over twenty years. Paul met Co-Owner Karen DeLuca while he was refining the cream. Karen has over fifteen years of sales experience, helping start-up companies, and product development.

  What is Sano Ti Amo and how did you come up with the idea?

Paul: The name Sano Ti Amo means healing with love because everyone that tried our cream kept saying they loved it. I’ve been developing the cream for years and really wanted to make it perfect. Our goal was to help as many patients as possible. Sano means healing and Ti Amo means love or I love you.

Karen: In addition, since the FDA won’t allow us to use the word ‘healing’ we decided to use our Italian roots instead. We’re both Italian and wanted to reflect that in our company name. Also, we picked the deaf sign of I love you as our logo to go along with our name.

Can you give me a quick background on yourself?

Paul: Ever since I was young, I liked learning about alternative medicine including Eastern medicine, Native medicine, and Ayurvedic medicine. I became a Massotherapist in 1997 and now use seventeen different styles of therapy to help patients. I also learned Chinese herbal techniques and have focused on learning from as many cultures as possible. I own a 44-acre horse farm and part of my inspiration for developing our products has been from treating horses to help them recover faster. One of my goals is to help veterans with PTSD through therapy with horses. I use alternative healing methods as well as traditional therapy with licensed therapists to help veterans recover.

Karen: I started in sales and marketing with Fortune 500 companies like Kellogg’s, M&M Mars, and Pfizer. Eventually, I decided to use my business knowledge in a more direct way. I wanted to become an entrepreneur and have since helped start and run three companies. I’ve started a skincare company, a gluten free bakery, and now my main focus is on Sano Ti Amo. I also am the author of “Living Your Life in Gratitude” but, aside from my professional life, I love baking. I wanted to make an appealing gluten-free food you wouldn’t find in a grocery store, so someone with a gluten-free or specialty diet still could have the opportunity to have great tasting food and that’s how I came up with Ovenly Delights.

  What are some of the products you sell?

Paul: Right now, we’re working on a gout and an arthritis cream, but our main product is our Relief & Repair cream. We use a full spectrum hemp oil that has all the cannabinoids in it. Now that federal legalization is occurring, we’re looking at ways to implement cannabinoids into our products. Plus, because our cream is a topical, when it’s absorbed through your skin, you won’t feel any high. In other words, you’ll still have mental clarity along with all of the health benefits of the cream.

  What makes Sano Ti Amo unique? (talk about FDA cream product/what’s in it)

Karen: Our main product R&R cream has four special ingredients that have never been used before in a topical. What makes our product different is it flushes out the toxins in your body allowing for faster healing. Instead of numbing the skin like other creams, it helps repair the tissues at a deeper level.

  Why did you make the cream?

Paul: I wanted a cream for people that could penetrate the skin and go down into the muscle and nervous tissues with the intent of healing and repairing the tissues and not just masking the pain like most pharmacological ones. Pharmaceuticals are designed to mask pain signals temporarily so you end up in an endless cycle of constantly applying topicals and taking orals for the pain.

  That’s why I worked with Dr. Ronald Anders, a veterinarian who is a triennially trained Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and he also studied Chinese herbals. Since many of the herbals we use are purified down to their essential oil or concentrated form, they provide our patients the most potent form of the herbals. Dr. Anders’ style of veterinary medicine is to heal the patient as quickly as possible and not just mask the symptoms. He is world renowned with his practice and works on multi-million dollar breeding animals and show horses. 

  We worked together to combine our knowledge and expertise to create a cream that would not only calm and soothe the muscles and the nervous tissues that report the pain but find the right combination of ingredients that would speed the healing process by increasing the lymph flow first to remove the sludge in the tissues. The cream also increases blood flow so the damaged tissues can repair the micro tears letting the area heal from the inside out.

I also really like helping people. I have worked with over 4,000 fibromyalgia patients over the years and noticed their skin and muscle tissue was different when treating them. I was inspired to help patients with fibromyalgia and started to research the formula for our cream because massages can be expensive when they’re needed every other day. But, with the cream, it can be used as a long term solution for more people as a daily application or as needed. It only takes around fifteen minutes to start feeling the effects and there’s enough in each container for multiple applications.

  Are there any side effects from using the cream?

Paul: There have been no known side effects of the cream. However, the cream shouldn’t be used by women breastfeeding or pregnant. We have had our product triple checked by a medical doctor (MD) and medical assistant (MA) with a chemistry background who compared our ingredients against pharmaceutical drugs and interactions between ingredients to ensure our cream would be safe and the ingredients within wouldn’t cause any reactions with our patients. We also took our cream to an FDA registered facility in Streetsboro, Ohio and had their scientists test our product. We wanted to have as many eyes as possible review our product before publicly introducing it.

  What kind of feedback have you gotten from clients using the cream?

Paul: A lot of times what we hear is that our product is subtle. It has a delicate scent and it doesn’t have a freezing feel like Bio Freeze or Icy-Hot. Customers also can’t believe how fast acting our cream is for a multitude of things. People recovering from surgeries have said it helps with their pain management and recovery. We also get a lot of people with fibromyalgia who say they have more energy after using the cream. Normally, fibromyalgia requires patients to frequently rest and it causes chronic pain. The cream helps alleviate both and gives patients their lives back.

Karen: I have a friend with CMT (a foot deformity) and he has an extremely tough time walking. He needs braces to help walk and it’s extremely painful. I’ll never forget when he said “You gave me my life back”. The first time he used the cream, his entire team noticed he was walking normally and his pain was reduced. It was a very humbling experience I’ll never forget. Walking is something we take for granted, and, with the chronic pain from CMT, it was amazing to hear the results from him.

  The cream is being registered with the FDA now, what advantage does that give Sano Ti Amo?

Karen: It gives the cream credibility. The FDA has strict purity and quality requirements. The FDA registration also allows us to tell people what the cream does. Although we’re restricted with the amount of information we can share right now, having registration with the FDA means we can sell our hemp product virtually in all fifty states without any legal issues. Retailers also don’t have to worry about our product being seized because it is registered, every other product on the shelves could be recalled or seized if it isn’t FDA approved.

Getting FDA registration is definitely an arduous process but it is the only way for us to make medical claims. So far, our product has undergone stability testing to show it has a shelf life of two years but will likely have a four-year shelf life after testing is completed. The stability testing guarantees our product is safe.

Paul: Epidiolex is FDA approved as well and is in every state. What you’ll see moving forward is more and more products being FDA approved because of the credibility it gives their product. For example, labeling products with 100mgs of CBD when it isn’t true – mislabeling ­­– can cause your product to get pulled and fined and customers want consistency in their products. Also anyone with a medical license such as a doctor or nurse can legally use and recommend our product because it will be FDA approved and they won’t have to worry about losing their license.

   What was the process like for registering your product with the FDA?

Paul: We first had to become familiar with the FDA registration process, so hiring consultants and experts who know the ins and outs of the process was very helpful. It’s a very complicated process that requires tremendous amounts of time and expertise. Because the FDA isn’t a legal entity, they can only make recommendations but it’s very important to follow their directions to gain approval. It’s very time consuming with tons of hurdles; however, we’re expecting to gain approval within the upcoming weeks.

Karen: We worked extensively with an FDA facility and originally we were told it would take over ten years and around ten million dollars. By working with the facility, we were able to cut the process down to three years and save millions of dollars through our partnership. We were able to convince the facility to work with us by letting their employees test our product and vouching that it was the best product they had ever seen. The chemist at the facility actually took some of our product home for his mother’s swollen foot and within a few hours she could walk again and was able to play with her grandchildren.

  Are there any ways to support Sano Ti Amo?

Paul: Absolutely through Indiegogo, we’re looking for funding to help a major production run and launch our product on a larger scale to help as many people as we can that are ready to feel better.

Karen: The Indiegogo campaign is meant to help raise money for our first major production run and it wouldn’t just help Sano Ti Amo but it would help millions of people who suffer from chronic pain. The funds would help us get off the ground and start helping others. Our product is a need based one for patients with conditions like fibromyalgia, shingles, neuropathy, neck & back pain, and even acute injuries to name a few.

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Why Choose AWS For Your Next Project?

Enterprises of different domains have already migrated to cloud computing like AWS – Amazon Web Services from the traditional platform. The reason of migration is that businesses are looking to single package for everything. Everything here means a decrease in capital expense, productivity, flexibility, fast & efficient hardware, and a robust security system. However, the market provides several cloud service platforms, but why should you go with AWS? Businesses around the world are adopting popular cloud services so that they can streamline their business, and now this is your turn to switch to cloud services and if you are skeptical to take advantage of Amazon Cloud Service, scroll down a little and get to know the top five reasons as the answer to your question.   1) Reasonable Price 2) High-Performance & speed 3) Flexibility & Scalability 4) Cloud Security 5) Convenient & Easy To Use Without wasting more time, let’s jump into the reasons and find out through these 5 points that AWS is a good enough choice for your business. 1) Reasonable Price AWS is available as a flexible cloud computing platform. It offers pay-as-you-go pricing service covering more than 120 fantastic cloud services. Therefore, you need to pay only for the services you have utilized. For your assistance, Amazon also has introduced TCO calculator and a Monthly calculator that you can use to estimate your monthly bill. 2) High-Performance Though for some, it is tough to believe AwS offers high-performance as it is so good speed. That makes it highly popular among developers and industry people. While testing an app, it ensures faster assistance and improves the website's performance while granting it new features. AWS Managed Service Provider with AWS help you save lots of money while enabling you to achieve high performance for the app. 3) Flexibility & Scalability Flexibility for developers and scalability of the app are the crucial factors of any application development process. Amazon web services support both the components efficiently. It adds flexibility since it is possible to choose programming languages, OS, database, and other services to use in its virtual environment. If you are working on any migration project, you no longer require 'physical computing infrastructure,' provided with storage as needed, get access to server non-stop and pay only for the services opted. This way, you can focus on your work and AWS look up to other functionalities easily. On the scalability front, it is possible to perform scale up or scale down anytime easily as per business requirements.   4 ) Cloud Security Did you know AWS is helping big names such as Expedia, Netflix, Vodafone, Kellogg's, Yelp, Nasa and the list goes on? These world-renowned businesses have opted to Hire cloud experts not just for the scalability, flexibility, and reliability but also the security features it offers. When you switch to AWS based infrastructure, it is powered by high-end security that grants you benefits such as: a) AWS is strong enough to protect your customer’s privacy through AWS data centers. b) AWS manages multiple compliance programs. c) You can get high-end security at lower cost. d) AWS keeps your data safe irrespective of the size of your business. Whether you are a small, mid-sized or large scale business, AWS is a perfect fit for all.   5) Convenient & Easy To Use AWS allow you to communicate more effectively with the team or with anyone. Like in meetings, you can hide the data you don't want to share with others and can only display/share the data you want to show. AWS architecture offers you that authority  on your data. With AWS, it is possible to host apps quickly and in a secure way.

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Chicago startups you should pay attention to in the next years

Chicago used to be referred to as a “flyover city” during the late 1990s, since big venture capital funding in Boston and Silicon Valley would fly to each other looking at deals while ignoring Chicago startups entirely.

They would even insist that any startup that wanted their funding needed to relocate to their city in order to get a closer look a financing, leverage their expertise, and tap into the local ecosystem.

That was then. Now Chicago startups have an ecosystem all their own. Angel investors have organized into a number of networks, including Hyde Park Angels, Cornerstone Angels, and Wildcat Angels.

A number of incubators, accelerators, and startup office spaces have come to the city, as well, including Lightbank, Tech Nexus, TechStars Chicago, Sandbox, Catapult, and 1871.

Local universities have also done a lot to formalize their entrepreneurship programs, including U-Chicago, Northwestern, DePaul, Loyola, IIT, and UIC. Built-In Chicago, the Illinois Technology Association, and the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center have done a lot to help to make business networking more accessible for digital tech startups in Chicago.

This list Chicago startup documents some of the ones you should keep an eye on. These new startups are taking advantage of the unique and vibrant startup economy that has taken root in Chicago. Their new ideas, business models, and hard work are almost certain to pay off.

ExplORer Surgical

This surgery workflow tool helps to create better communications in operating rooms, a place where that is very important.

The startup has created a “surgical playbook” that can be used by medical professionals in the operating room, helping everyone from surgeons to assisting staff to be sure they are on the same page. They have raised $3 million last year,  $500,000 of which came from the UChicago Startup Investment Program.

Kin Insurance

This Chicago startup makes it easier to buy home insurance by making use of data from sources that better assess risk. They also put the whole process online.

Data from satellite images, public records, building permits, and MLS information is used to build policies. Kin makes home insurance much easier and much smarter.

BallotReady

This startup company is a voter information company that provides people with info about all the candidates on the ballot. Their goal is to help voters be more informed on who they are voting for, especially in local elections.

RXBAR

RXBAR is a $600 million company. They have a savvy digital marketing campaign and an undeniably delicious line of nutrition bars that uses egg whites, almonds, cashews, and dates to create healthy and filling meals for people on the go.

The company has gone from its cofounder’s basement to the Kellogg Company boardroom in under four years. They are likely to become an even bigger presence after their acquisition by the food giant and plan to grow their team a lot in the coming year.

CityBase

This company wants to help local governments make their websites more accessible using cloud-based technology.

They hired a new COO in 2017, former DialogTech SVP Josh Mallamud. It was recently honored by the city of Chicago by adding 50 new hires to its busy team.

Braviant Holdings

This company makes use of advanced machine learning and proprietary technology to streamline the online lending process and help improve access to credit. They have nearly tripled the size of their team since they opened their doors in 2016 and plan to keep growing.

Amper

Amper’s goal is to help factories improve both machine and labor productivity by monitoring machine metrics in real-time. Their app helps companies react to issues and make plans using real-time data now hat is going on their assembly lines.

Truss

This commercial real estate platform helps small companies make use of tech to help find office space. Its brokerage technology helps companies to more easily manage the whole office search in one platform.

A company can search for spaces, virtually tour the inside, negotiate price, and sign lease documents, all on Truss’ site.

Xaptum

Xaptum is the telecom for the internet of things, providing the infrastructure behind real-time, smart-thing communication.

TapGenes

TapGenes is a private family health network building healthy relationships between families, healthcare providers, and favorite consumer wellness brands.

Stridekick

Stridekick is a social fitness platform that integrates with the leading fitness trackers and smartwatches to allow individuals to participate in fun fitness challenges with friends, family and coworkers.

Rheaply, Inc.

Rheaply aims to drive scientific breakthrough by making science more efficient and connected. To that end, Rheaply has built a novel web application which allows academic researchers to connect with their colleagues in order to easily ask for help with experiments, find a collaborator, or search for surplus scientific supplies.

Rentgrata

Rentgrata is an apartment listing service-meets-resident referral platform that connects prospective renters with current residents of apartment communities. Users can browse apartments and chat with current residents who have also signed up with Rentgrata. Both parties can earn a split of a referral reward if the prospect signs a lease.

Phenix

Phenix provides global real-time IP video solutions and is the only company that can deliver synchronous streams with less than 1/2 second of latency/delay at broadcast scale. They offer an end-to-end solution by capturing signals at the source and handle encoding, ingest, transcoding, composition and content delivery to any endpoint.

Packyge

Packyge is an open Ecommerce ship-to-store network. It’s free for retailers to participate, and consumers get cash for picking up their shipments. As usage grows they create propensity models based on online purchasing and location data to build local audiences for advertisers. The platform is also available to retail chains on a white label basis…

Omega Grid

Omega Grid’s platform enables utility companies to create and manage a peer-to-peer energy market.

OjaExpress

OjaExpress is an ethnic grocery delivery platform, which allows US consumers to shop for their hard to find ethnic groceries in a convenient and efficient manner.

MortgageHippo

They work with mortgage lenders to devise and implement their digital mortgage strategies on their consumer-centric SaaS platform. Their platform guides consumers through every step of the mortgage process and facilitates the transaction between a borrower, the loan officer and other important parties (e.g. real estate agent).

Megalytics

They are a real-time aggregator of big data sources, bringing the most comprehensive & relevant data sets available for commercial real estate owners and asset managers.

Keyo

Keyo let’s you pay with just your palm at stores, no phone, nor wallet needed. They also save stores money by reducing their payment processing fees to a flat 1% per transaction. If you have entrepreneurial spirit and would like to join a motivated and energetic team, Keyo is the place for you. Payments are evolving and Keyo is ahead of the curve…

Kannatopia

Kannatopia is a social network for Cannabis enthusiasts and patients 21+ Kannatopia is a community to connect, socialize, experience, share, learn and explore with people who have similar interests. Their vision is to “Connect the Cannabis World & Elevate Experiences”.

Heretik

Heretik is a Relativity (leading eDiscovery platform) application that marries effective text analysis machine learning models and flexible document review capabilities. Their solution structures contract data for smarter, faster, and more favorable decisions.

Health iPASS

Health iPASS is like Square for Healthcare Patient Payments. They are the FIRST exchange to connect Consumers with their Healthcare Providers – and bring Transparency (into Cost of Care), Convenience and Trust to Healthcare Billing. Health iPASS is an innovative patient check-in and payment technology company that secures payment.

FanFood

FanFood enhances the fan experience at live events. They are a mobile ordering technology platform that delivers food and drinks to fans’ seats or picked-up via express line. FanFood is available on the iOS and Android app stores.

eazyScripts

EazyScripts makes it easier for telemedicine doctors to submit prescriptions. Its cloud-based software allows doctors to submit prescriptions using their smartphone or tablet.

Cooler Screens

Cooler Screens is transforming retail cooler surfaces into IoT-enabled screens. Their media platform reimagines the brick-and-mortar shopping experience for consumers in the cooler and freezer aisle while delivering new marketing opportunities and smart merchandising for brands and retailers.

Codeverse

Codeverse® is the world’s first fully interactive coding school and educational technology platform for kids aged 6-12, founded on the mission to teach a billion kids to code. To book weekly coding classes and 2018 Spring/Summer camps, visit www.codeverse.com.

CloudRanger

They make it easy to manage your backup policies, disaster recovery and server control for AWS.

CivicScape

CivicScape combines data and community input to effectively deploy law enforcement.

ChangEd

ChangEd uses spare change to help students pay off their loans!

Binfer

Binfer is a direct device to device data transfer platform that includes File Sharing, Sync, Web Drop, Communication and Private Cloud products. User data is never stored on any third-party servers.

ApartmentJet

ApartmentJet is a short term rental solution for the multifamily apartment industry that provides owners and property management companies the portfolio-level visibility, control, revenue opportunity, and ability to maintain a sense of community too easily sacrificed in today’s sharing economy.

Ending thoughts on these Chicago startups

Chicago startups have come a long way.

A number of venture capital firms have started to get more aggressive in investing in the area, including Pritzker Group, MK Capital, Origin Ventures, OCA Ventures, Apex Ventures, and Chicago Ventures.

The state government of Illinois and the city of Chicago have also helped Chicago startups, embracing them as a salvation for the city and state’s economic issues. This includes the launch of the Illinois Invest Venture Fund.

Groupon’s incredible rise, based in Chicago, also had a large halo effect on the local startup ecosystem. It put the city on the map and offered lots of inspiration to hundreds of other startups.

According to Built In Chicago, 367 digital startups launched in 2012, a 187% increase from 2011 and a 15 times increase from the 25 startups per year average that existed between 2004 to 2008, which was before Groupon. 59 of these companies successfully raised more than $1MM each, aggregating over $391MM in venture capital raised in 2012.

This was a 4 times increase from the $109MM average per year between 2004 to 2008. Things do not look to be slowing down.

Chicago has also drawn the attention of some major coastal venture capital firms. There have been multi-million dollar raises from  Activ, Analyte Health, Avant Credit, Belly, Big Machines, Braintree, BrightTag, Cleversafe, Fruition Partners, Future Simple, Groupon, GrubHub, inXpo, Mu Sigma, Narrative Science, Networked Merchants, Retrofit, SilkRoad, Singlehop, Sprout Social, 37 signals, Total Attorneys, Trunk Club and Valence Health, invested by major coastal VC’s like Accel, Alsop Louie, Andreessen Horowitz, Bain, Battery, Benchmark, Bessemer, Digital Sky, Draper Fisher, General Atlantic, Greycroft, Greylock, Highland, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed, Maveron, NEA, Sequoia, Trinity, and USV. Chicago is no longer a “flyover city” and has become a major destination for big venture funds. Chicago startups no longer need to relocate.

What’s more, these Chicago startup investments are leading to some very good returns. Groupon and Textura are IPOs, and it looks Grub Hub is looking for an IPO after its merger with Seamless. Braintree was sold to PayPal/eBay for $800MM.

Oracle acquired Big Machines for $400MM. Accenture bought Acquity got $316MM. ValueClick was bought by Dotomi for $259MM. This list goes and on and on, all of it very impressive.

If you enjoyed reading this article about Chicago startups, you should read these as well:

Awesome Boston startups to watch in the upcoming years

Amazing Australian startups that you can apply for a job at

Innovative virtual reality companies and their neat presentation websites

Startups in Amsterdam that you should keep an eye on (and their cool websites)

Cool startups in Los Angeles that you should check out

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