That being said. I'll take a few more dollars since I'm required to be at work every day ;) ... Ahh yes. The classic “let’s take it out on our remote coworkers, because they’re the easiest targets” instead of taking a pragmatic approach to figuring out how we arrived here.

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The escalation in the Middle East has inadvertently triggered a surge in defense stocks, marking an opportune moment for investors eyeing this sector.Conflict Fuels Defense StocksThe recent flare-up between Israel and Hamas and the ensuing apprehension of potential further escalation in the Middle East have inadvertently buoyed the stock prices of defense companies.

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AI technology is firmly carving out a niche in defense technology. News reports refer to partnership agreements between large defense technology corporations such as Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and startups in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML), Image Intelligence (IMINT) Recognition, Battlefield Awareness, Multi‐Domain Battle Management Team (MBMT) Mobility Platform, Tactical Augmented Reality (TAR), Radio Frequency and Wireless Surveillance (RFWS) Systems. At the same time, defense startups like Palantir and Anduril, which have relied on the use of AI since their inception, have now emerged as major game-changing market players. Undoubtedly, this trend will continue in the future and we will soon see significant changes in the direction of enhanced national security and deployed defense technologies. As proof, Project Maven, announced in 2017 according to various sources, is being tested in combat use in military conflicts in Ukraine and Israel. A wearable mobile platform with a high-performance computing module within the Soldier-as-Sensor concept is expected to complement the Battlefield Management System (BMS) and Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) ecosystems. At least a few defense agencies periodically publish innovation requests for these and related research and technology areas in the prototype stage. Today's highly mobile battlefield threats and higher demands on the cognitive capabilities of operators are driving the need to act simultaneously on multiple fronts. Everyone is required to have accurate Tactical Situational Awareness, Friend-or-Foe Identification, Synthetic Day/Night Vision, BLOS Communications, Sensors, Signal Intelligence, RF Wideband Digital Beamforming, and be an element for sharing this information in peer-to-peer networks. Until recently, some technological limitations have prevented the creation of a convenient mobile platform with dimensions that would allow a person to wear an electronic device for extended periods. For several years, Microsoft tried to adapt its HoloLense 2 device for the IVAS defense project. However, immersive technologies (AR/MR) designed for entertainment, education and training are not well-suited for the military. At Furtherium, my team and I initially created the concept of AI-powered Tactical Situational Awareness Mobility Platform primarily for the military, security forces, rescuers, and firefighters. The key advantages of this technology are its compact design, fast performance, integration of all important functions, and affordable price. And a special feature is the application of several AI technologies on a local device. I founded Furtherium in 2021 and started developing an integrated product ARHUDFM (Augmented Reality Head-Up Display Fullface Mask) - Hardware modules, SaaS and Healthcare modules. Several detection and recognition functions cover visual information in the visible and infrared spectrum, sound and radio frequency waves over a very wide range, passive radar signatures and an EOD scanner for explosive detection. The core of the technology is not only pre-trained Machine Learning models, but also neural network generative AI models that are trained together with each user. For this purpose, advanced CPU and NPU technologies are used in each device. You could say this is the next step in using generative AI in mobile platforms, focused not only on defense applications, with huge dual-use potential. Fine-tuning a local model on a user's device still looks unfamiliar right now, but that's the future. In addition to the key goals of detection and recognition, other basic functions are Omnichannel Messenger, Media Capture and Exchange, Ballistic Fire Assistant and Spotter, Multi-Domain Operations, RC Universal Controller for drones and robots. You don't have to look into the future to understand the trends, just open YouTube and see for yourself the training programs at the U.S. Marine Corps and Army. I'd like to share the new YouTube video we created that demonstrates the capabilities of my startup's mobile platform, controlled primarily by a voice assistant that adapts to each user. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIUt2jbYHMs&embedable=true It seems natural and logical now, but we didn't come to this immediately, it took several years of research into behavioral capabilities, cognitive constraints, tactical documentation and the capabilities of different electronic component architectures. The technical requirements of the military are very different from civilian applications. This applies not only to Hardware, but also to Software, including how generative AI models should be used, what criteria they are required to meet. Many features must be considered when designing for military applications: Night Vision and Augmented Reality without outward illumination, protection against ionizing radiation, main and backup power system, battery life, active cooling, shock wave and fragments exposure, encryption and hopping frequencies for data exchange, reduced traffic while maintaining data quality. It would be wrong to think about the protection of the device and not provide for the protection of the user. For this purpose, several options are created simultaneously for hearing protection and protection against concussion, eye and face protection, respiratory protection, built-in drinking system, automatic tourniquets to stop acute bleeding. Sensors in the user's arms, legs, back, and chest allow health monitoring during exercises, training, and tactical missions. SAM (Serviceable Addressable Market) for this technology estimates exceed $31B and include markets in over 32 NATO countries and its allies. Amid the Research, Development, Test & Evaluation budget of the U.S. DoD alone of $148B this looks promising. Military innovation budgets are on the rise, that's another trend today. My startup's project involves integrating products from companies such as Palantir, Anduril, Teledyne FLIR, Shield AI, Epirus, Elbit Systems, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, and Thales Group. Combining non-competing systems creates unique synergies. I am also pleased to announce that we are close to raising funds. Investors are expected to include companies with expertise in the Defense and Security area. More Details Furtherium, Inc. | Website | Wiki | Community | Pitch Deck AI technology is firmly carving out a niche in defense technology. News reports refer to partnership agreements between large defense technology corporations such as Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and startups in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML), Image Intelligence (IMINT) Recognition, Battlefield Awareness, Multi‐Domain Battle Management Team (MBMT) Mobility Platform, Tactical Augmented Reality (TAR), Radio Frequency and Wireless Surveillance (RFWS) Systems. At the same time, defense startups like Palantir and Anduril, which have relied on the use of AI since their inception, have now emerged as major game-changing market players. Undoubtedly, this trend will continue in the future and we will soon see significant changes in the direction of enhanced national security and deployed defense technologies. As proof, Project Maven, announced in 2017 according to various sources, is being tested in combat use in military conflicts in Ukraine and Israel. A wearable mobile platform with a high-performance computing module within the Soldier-as-Sensor concept is expected to complement the Battlefield Management System (BMS) and Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) ecosystems. At least a few defense agencies periodically publish innovation requests for these and related research and technology areas in the prototype stage. Today's highly mobile battlefield threats and higher demands on the cognitive capabilities of operators are driving the need to act simultaneously on multiple fronts. Everyone is required to have accurate Tactical Situational Awareness, Friend-or-Foe Identification, Synthetic Day/Night Vision, BLOS Communications, Sensors, Signal Intelligence, RF Wideband Digital Beamforming, and be an element for sharing this information in peer-to-peer networks. Until recently, some technological limitations have prevented the creation of a convenient mobile platform with dimensions that would allow a person to wear an electronic device for extended periods. For several years, Microsoft tried to adapt its HoloLense 2 device for the IVAS defense project. However, immersive technologies (AR/MR) designed for entertainment, education and training are not well-suited for the military. At Furtherium, my team and I initially created the concept of AI-powered Tactical Situational Awareness Mobility Platform primarily for the military, security forces, rescuers, and firefighters. The key advantages of this technology are its compact design, fast performance, integration of all important functions, and affordable price. And a special feature is the application of several AI technologies on a local device. I founded Furtherium in 2021 and started developing an integrated product ARHUDFM (Augmented Reality Head-Up Display Fullface Mask) - Hardware modules, SaaS and Healthcare modules. Several detection and recognition functions cover visual information in the visible and infrared spectrum, sound and radio frequency waves over a very wide range, passive radar signatures and an EOD scanner for explosive detection. The core of the technology is not only pre-trained Machine Learning models, but also neural network generative AI models that are trained together with each user. For this purpose, advanced CPU and NPU technologies are used in each device. You could say this is the next step in using generative AI in mobile platforms, focused not only on defense applications, with huge dual-use potential. Fine-tuning a local model on a user's device still looks unfamiliar right now, but that's the future. In addition to the key goals of detection and recognition, other basic functions are Omnichannel Messenger, Media Capture and Exchange, Ballistic Fire Assistant and Spotter, Multi-Domain Operations, RC Universal Controller for drones and robots. You don't have to look into the future to understand the trends, just open YouTube and see for yourself the training programs at the U.S. Marine Corps and Army. I'd like to share the new YouTube video we created that demonstrates the capabilities of my startup's mobile platform, controlled primarily by a voice assistant that adapts to each user. the new YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIUt2jbYHMs&embedable=true https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIUt2jbYHMs&embedable=true It seems natural and logical now, but we didn't come to this immediately, it took several years of research into behavioral capabilities, cognitive constraints, tactical documentation and the capabilities of different electronic component architectures. The technical requirements of the military are very different from civilian applications. This applies not only to Hardware, but also to Software, including how generative AI models should be used, what criteria they are required to meet. Many features must be considered when designing for military applications: Night Vision and Augmented Reality without outward illumination, protection against ionizing radiation, main and backup power system, battery life, active cooling, shock wave and fragments exposure, encryption and hopping frequencies for data exchange, reduced traffic while maintaining data quality. It would be wrong to think about the protection of the device and not provide for the protection of the user. For this purpose, several options are created simultaneously for hearing protection and protection against concussion, eye and face protection, respiratory protection, built-in drinking system, automatic tourniquets to stop acute bleeding. Sensors in the user's arms, legs, back, and chest allow health monitoring during exercises, training, and tactical missions. SAM (Serviceable Addressable Market) for this technology estimates exceed $31B and include markets in over 32 NATO countries and its allies. Amid the Research, Development, Test & Evaluation budget of the U.S. DoD alone of $148B this looks promising. Military innovation budgets are on the rise, that's another trend today. My startup's project involves integrating products from companies such as Palantir, Anduril, Teledyne FLIR, Shield AI, Epirus, Elbit Systems, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, and Thales Group. Combining non-competing systems creates unique synergies. I am also pleased to announce that we are close to raising funds. Investors are expected to include companies with expertise in the Defense and Security area. More Details Furtherium, Inc. | Website | Wiki | Community | Pitch Deck Website Wiki Community Pitch Deck

AI's Influence is Going to Go Deeper Than Just the Corporate Sector

AI এর প্রভাব শুধু কর্পোরেট সেক্টরের চেয়ে গভীরে যেতে চলেছে৷

Der Einfluss der KI wird über den Unternehmenssektor hinausgehen

La influencia de la IA va a llegar más allá del sector corporativo

L’influence de l’IA va s’étendre au-delà du secteur privé

एआई का प्रभाव सिर्फ कॉर्पोरेट क्षेत्र तक ही सीमित नहीं रहेगा

AIの影響は企業部門だけにとどまらない

AI의 영향력은 기업 부문에만 국한되지 않고 더욱 깊어질 것입니다.

A influência da IA vai além do setor corporativo

Влияние ИИ выйдет за рамки корпоративного сектора

Yapay Zekanın Etkisi Sadece Kurumsal Sektörle Sınırlı Kalmayacak

Ảnh hưởng của AI sẽ không chỉ giới hạn trong lĩnh vực doanh nghiệp

人工智能的影响将不仅仅局限于企业领域

Growing geopolitical unrest can be catastrophic on a humanitarian scale while leading to significant levels of volatility across international markets. For opportunistic investors, however, geopolitical uncertainty can pave the way for fresh opportunities to pick up defense stocks. Although the topic of buying defense stocks has historically proven to be a difficult one for retail investors to come to terms with on a moral basis, the industry is forecasted to grow to a market size of $367.3 billion by 2029 and will be buoyed by further government spending should the uncertain climate remain. Using the iShares US Aerospace & Defence ETF, an industry-specific exchange-traded fund with $6.3 billion AUM, we can see that since the flare-up of conflict in Ukraine in February 2022, the fund has grown around 40%. The ETF’s upward trend was sustained by an escalation of violence in the Middle East in late 2023, and the implications of these heightened aggressions are clear on Wall Street. “Increased geopolitical tensions usually force governments to allocate more money to the defense budget,” explains Maxim Manturov, head of investment advice at Freedom24. “Companies that supply essential defense equipment, technology, and services will benefit from this increased spending.” “Look for defense companies with a diversified portfolio across different defense sectors such as aerospace, cybersecurity, and military equipment manufacturing. Diversification helps reduce risks associated with fluctuations in specific defense segments and provides stability to the overall investment,” Manturov added. Despite its sustained growth in recent years against the backdrop of geopolitical uncertainty, investors may still need to be wary of an overvaluation creeping in throughout the sector. According to a recent Goldman Sachs warning, European defense stocks had been trading at a 45% premium to broader equity markets, placing stocks at risk of a market correction. The value of the industry is likely to be determined more by its growth in light of the changing geopolitical landscape. Should escalations in Europe and the Middle East begin to slow, it’s inconceivable that the sector can sustain its strong rate of growth. With this in mind, investors should look to conduct sufficient research when diversifying their portfolio with defense stocks and choose only companies with a sustainable commitment to innovation to buy. Let’s explore three defense stocks that could offer the best upside for investors moving forward: 1. Lockheed Martin (LMT) With a market capitalization of $110 billion, it’s impossible to ignore Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) when looking at picking up defense stocks. Despite supply chain concerns impacting profits in 2024, Lockheed Martin beat sales predictions by 7.5% and earnings estimates by 10% in its first-quarter report and managed to earn $6.39 per share on sales of $17.2 billion for the period. Lockheed Martin is one of the world’s largest defense contractors and has built a reputation for its commitment to delivering a diverse portfolio of aerospace and defense solutions that feature aircraft and cybersecurity solutions among its wide repertoire. The firm is also renowned for its famous ‘Skunk Works’ research center in California, and Lockheed Martin continuously benefits from this industry-leading R&D to build next-generation electronics that can be seen across its suite of aerospace and defense products. 2. Raytheon Technologies (RTX) Another stock that’s proved its worth in 2024 is Raytheon Technologies (NYSE:RTX). Posting Wall Street growth of more than 15% over the first half of the year, Raytheon Technologies has rallied higher in recent weeks off the back of a positive first-quarter earnings report that saw earnings per share climb to $1.34, beating analyst expectations of $1.23. The company’s revenue of $19.31 billion also surpassed its $18.41 billion expectations by 4.86%. While Raytheon Technologies doesn’t have the same level of diversification as Lockheed Martin without the production of vehicles like warships and fighter jets, the firm is a key player throughout a wide range of global military platforms led by other contractors. Crucially, if investors were to have added the stock at the time of the landmark merger between Raytheon and United Technologies on April 3 2020, their ROI today would be in excess of 110%. This makes the stock one of the best performers on this list, and certainly a firm to keep a close eye on. 3. Northrop Grumman (NOC) One of the strongest five-year performers in this list is Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC). Despite widespread difficulty throughout Wall Street in 2022, NOC recorded growth of more than 36% throughout the calendar year. Although the stock has failed to build on its momentum entering 2024, posting a slight decline over the first two quarters of the year, Northrop Grumman managed to comfortably beat earnings expectations for the first quarter, posting earnings of $6.10 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $5.95 per share. Perhaps most impressively of all, is that this means NOC has managed to beat the consensus EPS estimates four times over the past four quarters, making it a stock that’s consistently confounding analysts. Another firm that specializes in aerospace and defense technology, including unmanned systems and cybersecurity innovation, Northrop Grumman is a key player in the growing stealth warfare industry and has developed a large space-focused portfolio. \ Given its long-term commitment to innovation, the firm appears to be a solid long-term bet for more sustained growth in the future. Opportunities for Research-Focused Investors The long-term growth of these defense stocks will rely heavily on the wider geopolitical landscape and the necessity of government spending on increasing defense-focused budgets. With this in mind, investors seeking to diversify their portfolios and add defense stocks should be mindful to conduct sufficient research into the state of defense spending and look to geopolitics for indicators as to whether industry-focused stocks are likely to show continued outperformance in the future. As uncertainty continues to afflict the geopolitical landscape, investors can still find opportunities within the growth of the defense sector with plenty of potential upside for its most innovative stocks. Growing geopolitical unrest can be catastrophic on a humanitarian scale while leading to significant levels of volatility across international markets. For opportunistic investors, however, geopolitical uncertainty can pave the way for fresh opportunities to pick up defense stocks. Although the topic of buying defense stocks has historically proven to be a difficult one for retail investors to come to terms with on a moral basis, the industry is forecasted to grow to a market size of $367.3 billion by 2029 and will be buoyed by further government spending should the uncertain climate remain. difficult one for retail investors difficult one for retail investors $367.3 billion by 2029 $367.3 billion by 2029 Using the iShares US Aerospace & Defence ETF, an industry-specific exchange-traded fund with $6.3 billion AUM, we can see that since the flare-up of conflict in Ukraine in February 2022, the fund has grown around 40%. The ETF’s upward trend was sustained by an escalation of violence in the Middle East in late 2023, and the implications of these heightened aggressions are clear on Wall Street. “Increased geopolitical tensions usually force governments to allocate more money to the defense budget,” explains Maxim Manturov, head of investment advice at Freedom24 . “Companies that supply essential defense equipment, technology, and services will benefit from this increased spending.” Freedom24 Freedom24 “Look for defense companies with a diversified portfolio across different defense sectors such as aerospace, cybersecurity, and military equipment manufacturing. Diversification helps reduce risks associated with fluctuations in specific defense segments and provides stability to the overall investment,” Manturov added. Despite its sustained growth in recent years against the backdrop of geopolitical uncertainty, investors may still need to be wary of an overvaluation creeping in throughout the sector. According to a recent Goldman Sachs warning , European defense stocks had been trading at a 45% premium to broader equity markets, placing stocks at risk of a market correction. recent Goldman Sachs warning recent Goldman Sachs warning The value of the industry is likely to be determined more by its growth in light of the changing geopolitical landscape. Should escalations in Europe and the Middle East begin to slow, it’s inconceivable that the sector can sustain its strong rate of growth. With this in mind, investors should look to conduct sufficient research when diversifying their portfolio with defense stocks and choose only companies with a sustainable commitment to innovation to buy. Let’s explore three defense stocks that could offer the best upside for investors moving forward: 1. Lockheed Martin (LMT) With a market capitalization of $110 billion, it’s impossible to ignore Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) when looking at picking up defense stocks. Despite supply chain concerns impacting profits in 2024, Lockheed Martin beat sales predictions by 7.5% and earnings estimates by 10% in its first-quarter report and managed to earn $6.39 per share on sales of $17.2 billion for the period. beat sales predictions by 7.5% beat sales predictions by 7.5% Lockheed Martin is one of the world’s largest defense contractors and has built a reputation for its commitment to delivering a diverse portfolio of aerospace and defense solutions that feature aircraft and cybersecurity solutions among its wide repertoire. cybersecurity The firm is also renowned for its famous ‘Skunk Works’ research center in California, and Lockheed Martin continuously benefits from this industry-leading R&D to build next-generation electronics that can be seen across its suite of aerospace and defense products. 2. Raytheon Technologies (RTX) Another stock that’s proved its worth in 2024 is Raytheon Technologies (NYSE:RTX). Posting Wall Street growth of more than 15% over the first half of the year, Raytheon Technologies has rallied higher in recent weeks off the back of a positive first-quarter earnings report that saw earnings per share climb to $1.34 , beating analyst expectations of $1.23. earnings per share climb to $1.34 earnings per share climb to $1.34 The company’s revenue of $19.31 billion also surpassed its $18.41 billion expectations by 4.86%. While Raytheon Technologies doesn’t have the same level of diversification as Lockheed Martin without the production of vehicles like warships and fighter jets, the firm is a key player throughout a wide range of global military platforms led by other contractors. Crucially, if investors were to have added the stock at the time of the landmark merger between Raytheon and United Technologies on April 3 2020, their ROI today would be in excess of 110%. This makes the stock one of the best performers on this list, and certainly a firm to keep a close eye on. 3. Northrop Grumman (NOC) One of the strongest five-year performers in this list is Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC). Despite widespread difficulty throughout Wall Street in 2022, NOC recorded growth of more than 36% throughout the calendar year. Although the stock has failed to build on its momentum entering 2024, posting a slight decline over the first two quarters of the year, Northrop Grumman managed to comfortably beat earnings expectations for the first quarter, posting earnings of $6.10 per share , beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $5.95 per share. posting earnings of $6.10 per share posting earnings of $6.10 per share Perhaps most impressively of all, is that this means NOC has managed to beat the consensus EPS estimates four times over the past four quarters, making it a stock that’s consistently confounding analysts. Another firm that specializes in aerospace and defense technology, including unmanned systems and cybersecurity innovation, Northrop Grumman is a key player in the growing stealth warfare industry and has developed a large space-focused portfolio. \ cybersecurity Given its long-term commitment to innovation, the firm appears to be a solid long-term bet for more sustained growth in the future. Opportunities for Research-Focused Investors The long-term growth of these defense stocks will rely heavily on the wider geopolitical landscape and the necessity of government spending on increasing defense-focused budgets. With this in mind, investors seeking to diversify their portfolios and add defense stocks should be mindful to conduct sufficient research into the state of defense spending and look to geopolitics for indicators as to whether industry-focused stocks are likely to show continued outperformance in the future. As uncertainty continues to afflict the geopolitical landscape, investors can still find opportunities within the growth of the defense sector with plenty of potential upside for its most innovative stocks.

Capitalizing on Uncertainty: 3 Defense Stocks To Look Out For as Geopolitical Tensions Rise

The US (IARPA) is looking “to develop systems capable of modeling population movement patterns around the globe” using AI and sensors connected to the Internet of Things (IoT) and smart cities. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity According to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence ( ), IARPA’s “Hidden Activity Signal and Trajectory Anomaly Characterization ( ) aims to establish ‘normal’ movement models across times, locations, and populations and determine what makes an activity atypical. ODNI HAYSTAC program “Expansive data from the Internet of Things and infrastructures provides opportunities to build new models that understand human dynamics at unprecedented resolution and creates the responsibility to understand privacy expectations for those moving through this sensor-rich world.” Smart City “This an unprecedented opportunity to understand how humans move, and HAYSTAC’s goal will be to build an understanding of what normal movement looks like at any given time and place” Dr. Jack Cooper, IARPA Leading the four-year research program is , who joined IARPA in 2020 after a stint at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) in the Research Directorate, where he was a senior staff scientist for predictive analytics. HAYSTAC Dr. Jack Cooper For the program manager, represents “ .” HAYSTAC an unprecedented opportunity to understand how humans move, and HAYSTAC’s goal will be to build an understanding of what normal movement looks like at any given time and place https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDkCthIoc2M&embedable=true “With , we have the opportunity to leverage machine learning and advances in artificial intelligence to understand mobility patterns with exceptional clarity,” said Dr. Cooper in a statement to the ODNI. HAYSTAC “ ,” he added. The more robustly we can model normal movements, the more sharply we can identify what is out of the ordinary and foresee a possible emergency , “Current human mobility modeling techniques can provide high-level insight into human movement for the study of disease spread or population migration.” According to IARPA However, “They don’t provide the complex, fine-grained modeling the Intelligence Community (IC) needs to identify more subtle anomalies with confidence.” That’s where and Dr. Cooper come in. HAYSTAC “With HAYSTAC, we have the opportunity to leverage machine learning and advances in artificial intelligence to understand mobility patterns with exceptional clarity” Dr. Jack Cooper, IARPA Dr. Cooper is also the program manager for at least two other IARPA research programs focused on detecting and characterizing human activities, which include: ( ), which is using satellite imagery to detect, monitor, and characterize human construction projects, as well as natural processes like crop growth. Space-Based Machine Automated Recognition Technique SMART ( ), which is creating automatic activity detectors that can watch hours of video and highlight the few seconds when a person or vehicle does a specific activity (e.g., carry something heavy, load it into a vehicle, then drive away). Deep Intermodal Video Analytics DIVA “Internet of Thing devices are a growing source of data that can be collected to learn intent” Dr. Catherine Marsh, IARPA Speaking at the Department of Defense Intelligence Information System (DoDIIS) Worldwide Conference back in December, 2021, IARPA director the coming program when she said: Dr. Catherine Marsh foreshadowed HAYSTAC “Internet of Thing devices are a growing source of data that can be collected to learn intent. “Developing these new sensors and detectors, as well as thinking about clever ways to collect multi-modal data to reveal what our adversaries are attempting to hide from us, is at the very core of what our collection programs are aimed at doing.” For its program, IARPA has already awarded several contracts to big defense contractors and consulting firms with ties to academia, NGOs, and tech companies. HAYSTAC These contracts went to: Raytheon Technologies Research Center L3Harris Technologies, Inc. STR Kitware, Inc. Leidos, Inc. Novateur Research Solutions Deloitte Consulting LLP Raytheon BBN “As the systems mature, they will be evaluated based on probability of detection and false alarm performance in creating relevant alerts, ultimately seeking to identify 80% of anomalous activity while generating normal activity that is only 10% detectable,” according to the . HAYSTAC program description This article was originally published by Tim Hinchliffe on The Sociable.

IARPA's HAYSTAC Program: Predicting People's Movements with AI and IoT

IARPA-এর HAYSTAC প্রোগ্রাম: AI এবং IoT দিয়ে জনগণের আন্দোলনের পূর্বাভাস দেওয়া

Das HAYSTAC-Programm der IARPA: Vorhersage der Bewegungen von Menschen mit KI und IoT

Programa HAYSTAC de IARPA: predicción de movimientos de personas con IA e IoT

Programme HAYSTAC de l'IARPA : Prédire les mouvements des personnes avec l'IA et l'IoT

IARPA का HAYSTAC कार्यक्रम: AI और IoT के साथ जन आंदोलनों की भविष्यवाणी करना

IARPA の HAYSTAC プログラム: AI と IoT で人の移動を予測

IARPA의 HAYSTAC 프로그램: AI와 IoT를 통한 사람들의 움직임 예측

Programa HAYSTAC da IARPA: Prevendo os movimentos das pessoas com IA e IoT

IARPA'nın HAYSTAC Programı: Yapay Zeka ve Nesnelerin İnterneti ile İnsanların Hareketlerini Tahmin Etmek

Chương trình HAYSTAC của IARPA: Dự đoán chuyển động của mọi người bằng AI và IoT

IARPA 的 HAYSTAC 计划：利用人工智能和物联网预测人员流动

Women Have Been in Tech Since the Beginning

What's your favorite quote? That's a trivial question. What I have on my mind are what I like to call "zipped" quotes. When you unzip these "compressed books" of thoughts, you get enough material to analyze, learn from, and remember as long as you're an entrepreneur. Meaning, as long as you live. These eight quotes shaped me as an entrepreneur. I'm sharing them with my fellow entrepreneurs and startup founders with a brief context, we may or may not agree about. Successful business is NOT based on DEMOCRACY but on MERITOCRACY! I don’t treat my employees equally because that would be totally unfair. I’m interested in results and merit. I need and reward hard-working corporate “soldiers.” I don’t have time for Divas and “individuals.” Those who think of themselves as precious individuals have all the time in the world to impress us all with their business ideas and entrepreneurship skills. Do you want to work and make money OR debate and waste time?! Make no mistake about it. You will find more democracy in meritocracy than liberalism in individualism! . -- This is your job. You want a clear conscience, go start a charity. But if you want your own island and your boss says you gotta go out there and take a beating, you go out there, take it and come back to work and say, 'do you need me to do it again Ben Affleck as Ivan Block in “Runner Runner” (2013) You know what, Jeff Bezos is being overly nice. I’d rather personally interview 500 freelancers and not recommend anyone than allow my clients to hire the wrong one to work on their projects on our platform. Hiring the wrong person is just like taking a wrong turn. You lose the precious time to get back on the right business road. Think twice because hiring twice can be very expensive and frustrating! It’s also better to wait a bit longer for the right match - the most important thing to remember. Never, never settle for choosing the “best” available candidate! Oh, but my business is going to suffer if I’m going to wait too long for my employee/prince charming. Seriously? I’m just going to hire someone for the time being. It’s going to be . a temporary solution This is exactly how business owners create . permanent problems If you want to be the best, choose the best of the best, say ‘thank you for your time’ to the rest. That’s one of my main criteria while hiring new remote team members. There’s nothing a good, hard-working worker with a good character can’t learn. I have all the time in the world to invest in my new employees learning new skills. However, I can’t and won’t even try to fix someone’s character. That’s not my job. Furthermore, it’s pointless and futile. Just to be clear about this one. I don’t hire new people whom I like but whom I believe my teams and clients would like. Good character is a good starting point. Skills and experience can and will come later. Here’s what I found about Peter Schutz: “Porsche removed long-time CEO Ernst Fuhrmann and started looking for a replacement. Ferry Porsche personally invited Schutz to apply as one of 12 potential candidates for the position. Porsche told Schutz that the company was simply not working as a unit, and needed someone to bring the various divisions together.” This “personal invitation” was the best confirmation that Porsche saw something special in Peter’s character. It turned out they were right: “Peter Werner Schutz was the president and CEO of Porsche between 1981 and 1987, a time in which the company greatly expanded sales, primarily in the United States.” “He was a motivational speaker” too. I dare to guess this great quote got mentioned many during his motivational speeches. Behind every great business quote, there’s a book that could be written about the entrepreneur who said it. So, this one is no exception. You can agree with it or not, like it or not, but you have to respect the man behind it. Welch was the youngest General Electric chairman and CEO. “Under Welch's leadership, GE increased market value from $12 billion in 1981 to $410 billion when he retired, making 600 acquisitions while shifting into emerging markets.” (Source: Wiki) Talking about business visions we often take for granted, you should know that “Welch pioneered a policy of informality at the workplace, allowing all employees to have a small business experience at a large corporation. Welch worked to eradicate perceived inefficiency by trimming inventories and dismantling the bureaucracy that had almost led him to leave GE in the past.” I sure hope that you didn’t miss the last part where Welch was willing to leave GE, the GE (for the record) in the past. Why? Because of his business vision. That’s why. Here it is what it meant to “relentlessly drive it to completion:” “Welch valued surprise and made unexpected visits to GE's plants and offices. Welch popularized so-called "rank and yank" policies used now by other corporate entities. Each year, Welch would fire the bottom 10% of his managers, regardless of absolute performance. He earned a reputation for brutal candor. He rewarded those in the top 20% with bonuses and employee stock options. He also broadened the stock options program at GE, extending availability from top executives to nearly one third of all employees. Welch is also known for abolishing the nine-layer management hierarchy and bringing a sense of informality to the company.” He is considered to be one of “the greatest corporate leaders of the 20th century” for a reason. Great business quotes are just the tips of the icebergs called entrepreneurs behind them. There’s always more to a business quote that meets the eye. So, do your research, read, and apply what you learned. Then, get ready to write and say some quotes of your own. Image credit: Pinterest user Patrick Munezero This quote means that business is: NOT a democracy! NOT a debate club! NOT a poetry society! Again, it means that you should always look for an entrepreneur behind a business quote. According to the NYT, Aristotle Onassis was one of “the world's largest privately-owned shipping fleet and was one of the world's richest men.” He also said: I have no friends and no enemies - only competitors. The business reality is that we can brainstorm ideas as long as we want and like, but at the end of the day, we need . to think and act as one And yes, you have to make others see things the way you see them, for your business vision to work. You lead, you don’t follow. Now, how “to make others see things as you see them,” without alienating your team and being perceived as a “dictator?” Well, that’s another question, and a very closely guarded business secret. Here’s another of his timeless quotes worth remembering: The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows. So, do you know how to make others see things as you see them? According to the Economist, Harold Sydney Geneen was the “emperor of acquisitions.” As “the president and CEO of International Telephone and Telegraph Corp (ITT),” he was responsible for an amazing “series of approximately 350 acquisitions and mergers in 80 countries.” And, that’s not all. “He grew the company from a medium-sized business with $765 million sales in 1961 into an international conglomerate with $17 billion sales in 1970.” The good old business school at its finest, period. Now, you should always look for a man behind a famous quote. In Harold’s case, he was a son of immigrants who arrived in the USA at the end of WW1 (around 1918). He really had to work hard, and above all, learn a lot before becoming the CEO of ITT. “Geneen worked his way through college by serving as a runner at the New York Stock Exchange, and earned a B.S. in accounting and finance from New York University in 1934. After graduation he went to work as a senior accountant at the prestigious firm of Lybrand, Ross Brothers, and Montgomery. Geneen spent eight years at Lybrand, and then served as the chief accountant at the American Can Company (1942–1946); controller for Bell and Howell Company in Chicago (1946–1950), and Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation in Pittsburgh (1950–1956); and executive vice president and director of Raytheon Manufacturing Company in Waltham, Massachusetts (1956–1959).” Now, I have nothing but the utmost admiration and respect for this inspirational entrepreneur. However, I disagree with his thoughts about experience and cash. I pay all of my employees more than fair. Let’s not kid ourselves. Money talks and everything else walks. I’ve never said and I never will: Hey, welcome to my company, be grateful, you can learn a lot, and be patient, money will follow. No! I pay based on my employees’ previous experience that contributes to my company. Then, it’s entirely up to my employees if they want to gain additional experience, and get paid even more. So, my word of advice is, take the cash first, and the experience will come later, and then, you will be able to demand and take even more cash. My question is simple, based on what you just read, would you rather be my or Mr. Geneen’s employee? Robert Bosch put his money where his mouth was. The rest is the history of BOSCH that spans more than 135 years with more than 400,000 employees and millions of customers worldwide. He understood that a successful business model is a two-way street. Lao Tzu said: If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence. I would add - the beginning of business intelligence. I’m pretty much sure that Robert Bosch asked a lot from his employees while building the business empire that outlived him. That wouldn’t be possible, in the first place, if his employees weren’t motivated and stimulated properly. Good wages are just one piece of Bosch’s business puzzle. …he was one of the first industrialists in Germany to introduce the eight-hour work day, followed by other social benefits for his associates. (Source Wiki) Robert Bosch had chosen his employees’ satisfaction over exploitation, and his business plans were rewarded accordingly. If you want to make your business bigger and stronger, you have to take care of each and every worker. Good wages are a good initial investment that guarantees profit, stability, and success in the long run. All businesses are going through tough times. Savings and cuts are necessary for business survival. However, fair wages under the circumstances that keep your employees motivated are the business line you have to hold no matter what. The reason is quite simple. You will spend more money looking for and hiring new talents trying to replace the ones you lost because you couldn’t or wouldn’t compensate adequately. I dare to say that this business model has never been more relevant than it is now during the Great Resignation triggered by the pandemic. Think about it! Robert Bosch certainly did. This timeless quote is my constant reminder to keep an eye on my business competitors, and act accordingly. If your competitor doesn’t grow, you lower your business guard. You become lazy and overconfident. You forget to grow and improve. The next thing you know, you’re out of business, and your competitor has nothing to do with it. Nothing benefits your business as the good old growing competition! Your growing competitor is doing you a huge favor. Show some gratitude. Your competitor is pushing you to work harder and longer. You have to innovate, so you can outgrow your growing competitor. With all due respect, you think you’re having a tough time with your competitor or competitors. What am I supposed to do? You have all heard about the biggest and most popular platforms where you can hire freelancers, such as Upwork, Fiverr, and Freelancer. They haven’t grown during the pandemic, they exploded in size, literally. The whole world’s gone remote! Am I in danger? Well, let me put it this way. By all the laws of nature and business, I should be an endangered species. But, here I am, and my platform goLance defies all odds and business gods. Every competitor is merciless, which leaves you with nothing but one choice, and that’s to be restless! Your competitor takes one step forward. You take two. Your competitor grows. You grow on steroids. Your competitor introduces new features and services. You revolutionize the industry. Is your competitor’s growth an excuse for you to lose? Imagine the world without competitors? What a dull place that would be. Remember: Business is slow, when your competitor doesn’t grow! My Final Thought For The Hacker Noon Nation Remote! The best business quotes would be the ones, you will write yourself one day during your entrepreneurship journey. If you agree, vote for me in the Business , Entrepreneur , and Entrepreneurship Noonies2021 Award categories!

Eight Business Quotes That Shaped Me As An Entrepreneur

Hey everyone! I'm sure many of you have spoken to me or seen my name poking around by now. My name is Limarc (lee-mark) Ambalina and I started my professional writing career in 2015 with Valnet, a HUGE media company that owns: Screenrant, Gamerant, CBR, The Gamer, Review This, and more. My most successful article received 1.8 million views in 1 month. 🎮 In 2016 I moved to Japan 🏯 to teach English and started freelance writing for and and eventually found a full-time content writing gig on a marketing team for . http://blog.gaijinpot.com http://keengamer.com https://lionbridge.ai/ During that time, I continued to write freelance and contribute to many publications including: , , and of course , all while maintaining my own blog about Japan on the side: . https://zenmarket.jp/en/ http://kdnuggets.com http://hackernoon.com http://jpbound.com Currently, I'm the VP of Growth at Hacker Noon and our Editor in charge of Gaming and AI. You can ask me anything about: ✍content writing 💰finding writing gigs 📰starting your own blog ✍Writing for Hacker Noon I'll be answering questions all week so don't be shy! Writing for Hacker Noon - what was the first story you wrote for Hacker Noon? anthony watson Mar 29, 2021, 9:06 PM anthony watson Great question. The article was this one about the difference between AR, VR, and MR and my answer has changed slightly from then until now: I was working content marketing for Lionbridge AI at the time and wanted to get a feel of the Hacker Noon platform and wrote about something I was passionate about. A couple weeks after that post a company called messaged me on LinkedIn referencing the post and asked me if I'd write about them. (showing the power of getting published on Hacker Noon). I still remember that article fondly because it led to my full-time position on Hacker Noon today! It's funny how one article can change the course of your life! Write everything with care. Limarc Ambalina Mar 29, 2021, 9:34 PM https://hackernoon.com/augmented-reality-vs-mixed-reality-vs-virtual-reality-ik8730gv https://hackernoon.com/telepresence-robots-are-the-future-for-remote-workers-an-interview-with-double-robotics-0t7b30iw How do you think one can land a technical content writing gig? Mar 29, 2021, 10:06 PM So here is how in a nutshell: 1. Choose a niche or niches and write quality content within it. Write a variety of content: news pieces, reviews, guides, opinion pieces, interviews 2. Get published on as many tech blogs/pubs as you can 3. Learn SEO and social media marketing/promotion 4. Constantly search for jobs via as many platforms as you can: LinkedIn, Glassdoor, local job boards, etc. 5. Apply and wait . I used to think finding jobs in writing is about knowing the right people, but it's not. It's about honing your craft, consistency, hard work, and constant searching. Luck comes to those who are prepared. I'd also recommend working on selling yourself and your skills well. Some writers can write but they can't talk about their value in an interview or even in a cover letter. Focus on accomplishments and numbers, not on your willingness to work hard. Limarc Ambalina Mar 30, 2021, 2:38 AM Rinse and repeat Limarc Ambalina it is tough to write in tech since the content is not quite as evergreen as one would like. anthony watson Mar 29, 2021, 10:20 PM anthony watson I'm not sure that is true. When I talk about evergreen content I do expect most pieces need to be updated yearly to stay relevant. The best python libraries in 2020 might not be the best in 2021. The dangers of deepfakes may have been a big deal in 2019 but maybe we will see advancements in 2021 that combat this threats. The fact that tech is changing makes it all the more interesting to write about and talk about. Limarc Ambalina Mar 30, 2021, 2:54 AM How have you optimized your routine to write more words per day? David Smooke Mar 30, 2021, 3:24 PM 💰finding writing gigs  I am curious about this. How does one scare up a full time income as a wordsmith? anthony watson Mar 30, 2021, 10:25 PM I must admit David Smooke with my new role I'm spending much more time editing than I am writing original content and I miss that part of my job for sure. At my peak when I was writing full-time and managing 4 other freelance writing gigs on the side, optimizing your routine is paramount to maintaining a high output and a healthy lifestyle. One major thing that increased my output while maintaining quality was creating templates for every article I wrote and following that template every time I wrote a similar article. A lot of my articles did well because they followed simple structures that provided people with a good user experience and ticked all the write on-page SEO boxes that allowed them to rank well on Google. One of my favorite gigs was writing anime listicles for a Japanese publication: Limarc Ambalina Mar 30, 2021, 10:38 PM You'll notice that they follow pretty much the same structure. Limarc Ambalina Mar 30, 2021, 10:38 PM anthony watson that's the million dollar question right. Making a living writing isn't easy. Once you get enough clients you could make a living freelancing alone, but that comes with a lot of headaches and requires you to manage yourself, your taxes, your invoices, etc. When I started, I was a full-time English teacher in Tokyo with 2-3 writing gigs on the side. If you want to find a stable writing job, you should build up a portfolio of articles in a niche you're interested in and then look for marketing content writing positions in that industry. Unsurprisingly (since we're having this discussion on Hacker Noon), tech is one where you'll see lots of money and good writers are in demand because writers bring in money. Articles bring in potential users, which become leads, and eventually paying customers. Limarc Ambalina Mar 30, 2021, 10:43 PM Limarc Ambalina My big problem is I will not write for money. I really only write ummm....because I might die if I do not. People come to me and ask me to write things and this is the ridiculous thing I have been saying. "I write what I WANT to write. I am not really for hire. I just write stuff because I want to write it and I believe it, so I am going to pass." Obviously not the purest capitalist response. I am really really struggling with it. I feel I am acting the fool. Why am I such a purist who won't write something I do not want to write for any amount of money? If I want to write it, I will. If I don't, NO AMOUNT of money has gotten me to do anything but write code. It is art for me. I do not want to prostitute it. I am a dummy:zany_face: anthony watson Mar 30, 2021, 11:20 PM Limarc Ambalina "Unsurprisingly (since we're having this discussion on Hacker Noon), tech is one where you'll see lots of money and good writers are in demand because writers bring in money. Articles bring in potential users, which become leads, and eventually paying customers." But I will write code for money. I will write some code for some money...💻💵😀 anthony watson Mar 30, 2021, 11:25 PM I know this is my AMA haha but I wanna ask you a question because that interests me. Why can you write code for money but not words? anthony watson Limarc Ambalina Mar 30, 2021, 11:56 PM Limarc Ambalina yeah...tough one🤔 I cannot write just ANY code. I have turned down many recruiters sending me to Boeing or Raytheon or...any of the big defense contractors. I have to KNOW the code is meant to make money. If all the code is meant to do is make money then I can write it. I am completely and utterly mercenary about it. A hired brain to solve your problems. Plus being a neo-luddite and all...bossing the machines is the kind of heady stuff which dreams are made of! LOL  SO yeah, I will boss that machine for you "mister rich dude" who cannot code, but don't tell me what to think!😀 anthony watson Mar 31, 2021, 12:08 AM Limarc Ambalina BTW - I was going to ask you if you thought it was a reasonable AMA -> "how a neo-luddite became a coder" anthony watson Mar 31, 2021, 12:11 AM Limarc Ambalina I just noticed one of the writing gigs you had was at the gaijinpot.  Does not gaijin mean round-eye? I used to refer to myself as a gaijin but then I thought it might be construed as racist to be calling out my round eyes. I don't know anymore. I stopped doing it.  So enlighten me. What does Gaijin REALLY mean? anthony watson Mar 31, 2021, 12:14 AM I think you should definitely host an AMA!! And I'm not fluent in Japanese but the gai in gaijin means outside or overseas and jin means person so I don't know where you got round eyes from?? Limarc Ambalina Mar 31, 2021, 12:20 AM Limarc Ambalina a Mormon coder who worked for me way back when and had done his mission in Japan. He spoke fluent Japanese. I was never sure if he was pulling my leg or not. He always liked to give this "pagan" a hard time, though it was always good-natured. anthony watson Mar 31, 2021, 12:34 AM Very straightforward question, what made you a writer and how do you define that drive that is to write? Muhammad Bilal Mar 31, 2021, 11:58 AM Great question Muhammad Bilal so from a young age I was always interested in media. I remember when we got our first computer I made my own desktop folder with my name on it and I thought it was super cool. I would save dragon ball z GIFs to my folder and even saving words in notepad was mindblowing to me. That passion for media or tech transferred to video games when my father bought me a PlayStation 1 when I was 6 years old and the games I played there began to foster my love for stories. Interestingly, I think a huge defining moment for me was in second grade. The teacher gave us the assignment of writing a short story. We were 6 and 7 year olds, so I don't know what she was expecting. But I took the assignment seriously. I went to the library and rented 8 children's books to get ideas from. That's where I discovered plagiarism. I thought "This is a good story. Why don't I just write this story down and read this to the class?" So that's what I did. And after I read my story aloud, for the first time in my life I heard applause for something I'd written and my teacher said "I think we have a future writer on our hands!". But when I sat down at my desk I felt guilt, because I knew the story wasn't mine 😔. I made a silent vow to myself that the next time I read something aloud to the class, it would be something I'd written 21 years later....And here we are! Limarc Ambalina Mar 31, 2021, 3:17 PM For me there are 2 drives to write: one is validation. I think I'm a decently vain person and I deal with that by getting validation through my writing. Secondly, and more importantly, is the drive to tell an important story or the drive to share something you think is important. I can point to many stories that changed my life. If one of my stories change someone else's life in a small or large way, that's enough for me. Limarc Ambalina Mar 31, 2021, 3:19 PM Limarc Ambalina I should add hackernoon's superpeer invite made me think more "creatively" about how to monetize what I write. I mean if I am going to write it anyway, then.💵 anthony watson Mar 31, 2021, 6:05 PM Monetization is a whole other huge topic. For someone as experienced as yourself, I'm sure there are ways you can monetize your own work. Limarc Ambalina Apr 1, 2021, 2:44 AM Limarc Ambalina but I was not thinking truly "creatively" until I thought about building out the superpeer profile. It triggered a deeper think about things anthony watson Apr 1, 2021, 1:58 PM Limarc Ambalina What's the connection between journalism and content writing? Is it true that you need to take journalism courses to be a good writer? shahmeer khan Apr 4, 2021, 6:41 PM So I have never taken a journalism course, and do not have a journalism degree. Thus, I may be the best one to ask this question But journalism is typically news, op-eds, investigative pieces. Content writing could include those topics, but more. Like if I'm writing guides on "How to Set Up Your WordPress Account" I don't think I'd call that journalism. But I would call it content writing. Do you need to take journalism courses to be a good writer? No. But I'm sure they would make you a better writer. I took creative writing courses and wrote mostly fiction during my college life, but those courses still helped me become a content writer and improved my reading and writing abilities. Limarc Ambalina Apr 5, 2021, 6:28 PM Lead image via: Florian Klauer on Unsplash

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If you’ve decided to adopt Python for your software development, it’s crucial to know whether Python has a good chance to remain important to the industry in the years ahead. Maybe, you have questions about: Which programming languages are most in demand? Is Python demand in market growing? And does Python have a bright future?  To answer all of this, we’ve analyzed data from credible surveys, statistics, and insights such as GitHub, Stack Overflow, Statista, TIOBE, PYPL, and JetBrains. Most in-demand programming languages in 2019 One of the ways of looking at Python market demand is the list of the top programming languages in 2019 to compare Python to other programming languages. According to Developer Surveys by Stack Overflow, Python surpassed PHP and C# in and , correspondingly. In , Python took the fourth spot in the most popular technologies list edging ahead of Java, while JavaScript, HTML/CSS, and SQL topped the rankings. 2017 2018 2019 Source: insights.stackoverflow.com As for the number of software engineers, third-party vendors, and courses, Python is the third on the as of August 2019. But has it always been like that? In the graph below, TIOBE analyzes how the positions of the top languages have changed since 2002. Java and C have for a long time been at the top of the TIOBE index, while Python has recently seen immense growth. Since 2007, Python has three times seen the biggest rise  in TIOBE index throughout the year. TIOBE experts say that if Python is as fast-growing as it has been lately, it will replace Java and C within the next three or four years. list In , which analyzes the number of tutorials searched on Google, Python tutorials are the most actively searched for, holding a 28.73% market share. Over the past five years, Python has seen the largest amount of growth, while Java has lost a 6.9% share. the PYPL Index Speaking about fractions of pushes, pull requests, issues, and stars on GitHub, Python is number two among most contributed languages based on the second quarter of 2019. Python ratings increased by almost 1.5% compared to the previous year. What’s more, Python took the third spot in the 2018 most contributed languages across private, open-source, and public GitHub repositories, according to . Octoverse Source: madnight.github.io Also, we used Google Trends to find out the language popularity by search queries. We compared Python to Java, JavaScript, and C++ as these are the languages Python is benchmarked against. Java and Python turned out to be the most popular within August 2018 and August 2019. Source: trends.google.com Python community Community is a good indicator of whether the language is growing. Additionally, communities upgrade functionally, update documentation, troubleshoot problems, share expertise, and help one another. In 2018, there were seven million Python developers worldwide, as states. According to , 21% of Pythonistas live in the US. Among other popular countries are India, United Kingdom, Germany, China, and France. SlashData Python Developers Survey 2018 Source: jetbrains.com Below is an infographic showing the Python developer profile. It’ll help you get a bigger picture of Python community. Is Python in demand by employers? High number of job postings is another indicator of whether a language is in demand. We browsed Indeed ― an American international jobs platform ― and discovered that the most often listed skills are Java, Python, JavaScript, and C++. Though Java still tops the ranking, Python has seen the biggest increase in jobs. We’ve also noticed that the demand for Python developers is high not only among ordinary enterprises but also among Silicon Valley. As of September 2019, there were 7,228 Python jobs in Silicon Valley. Also, Python is popular among big companies like Amazon.com (4522 Python jobs), Deloitte (1063), Apple (871), Accenture (620), Google (615), Raytheon (540), Microsoft (503), Northrop Grumman (458), Lockheed Martin (450), Bank of America (405), Capital One (379), J.P. Morgan Chase (371), Verizon (344), Facebook (340), and Tesla (84). Source: public domain Who doesn’t know Apple, a tech giant? As of September 2019, they had 871 Python jobs. Look at one of their job postings: Source: jobs.apple.com Where Python is mostly used According to the , the five most common Python use cases include: Python Developer Survey 2018 - Data analysis - Web development - DevOps, system administration, writing automation scripts - Machine learning - Web parsers, scrapers, crawlers Data analytics and machine learning As indicates, Python is the most popular language for machine learning. Python libraries and frameworks are among the most popular tools for data science. and are good examples here. PyTorch is among the fast-growing GitHub projects and TensorFlow is the most contributed project. Actually, scientific libraries and frameworks are one of the reasons why data scientists and machine learning engineers opt for Python. Below is the table of common use cases and solutions that are most suitable for them. 2018 Octoverse report PyTorch TensorFlow Software engineers opt for Python for data science and machine learning because this language is flexible, simple, and stable. Also, developers can always rely on communities any time they have difficulty coding. And there are many of those. Web development In 2018, IEEE Spectrum states that Python was the number one choice website development. Indeed, Python is one of the most widely used languages. There are lots of reasons for this: With Python, you can build an app that scales. Big companies that handle high traffic such as Instagram, Google, Netflix, and Reddit prove that. Flexibility and scalability: There are built-in tools that allows you to build a well-secure app from the start. : Python can be used for any operations or software development scenario. It can also be used for all sorts of projects from MVPs to e-commerce platforms to mHealth apps. Security: Versatility : Python has everything you need to build a full-featured application. There’s the Python standard library that offers standardized solutions for a wide variety of problems so you don’t need to rewrite widely used commands. Robustness : Python plays well with others and can be easily integrated with languages such as Java, Jython, C, and C++. Easy integration Additionally, there are many Python web frameworks that are quite popular like Django. Flask, web2py, and CherryPy. In 2019, Django and Flask were even included in the most broadly used web frameworks list. Source: insights.stackoverflow.com Companies powered by Python Real-life projects are another way to check Python demand in market. As of August 2019, there were 188,604 websites built with Python, as shows. It’s worth noting that among those are big names such as Netflix, Google, Instagram, Quora, Dropbox, IBM, Reddit, and Spotify. Now, let’s take a minute to see how exactly some of them use Python. BuiltWith Spotify Spotify ― a world-famous music streaming service ― relies heavily on Python. They use a combination of several languages: Python, Java, C++, and C with Python being the main technology. The primary reason why they opted for Python is speed. Geoff van der Meer ―  a former VP of Engineering at Spotify ― said that “speed is a big focus for Spotify. Python fits well into this mindset, as it gets us big wins in speed of development.” Where exactly Spotify uses Python . They created ― a Python package ― to build data processing flows. This package comes with built-in support for Hadoop, a Java framework for data processing. Luigi thus makes interactions with Hadoop easier. Also, they combine Luigi with a couple of machine learning algorithms for the following features: Data analysis Luigi Discover Weekly ― Every Monday, Spotify users receive a fresh personalized playlist based on their tastes. Radio ― Spotify crafts a list of songs by playlist, album, artist, or songs of user’s choice. . Spotify backend comprises a number of interrelated services. They connect these backend services by their messaging protocol using ZeroMQ, an asynchronous messaging library. Python powers 80% of these backend services. Backend infrastructure What’s more, Spotify plays a big part in Python community. They sponsored different conferences including Euro Python and PyCon. They support local communities such as NYC PyLadies and the Stockholm Python User Group. Also, they’ve contributed to Python by creating 49 open-source projects including spotify-tensorflow, Luigi, Comet, Chartify, and Cartography. Netflix Netflix is one of the biggest examples of Python projects. Python was there when Netflix started and continues to play a big role in developing and improving their app as well as managing their internal processes. They use a combination of the best Python libraries and in-house development. Source: macrumors.com Where exactly Netflix uses Python . At Netflix, they believe that understanding users is key to deliver experience tailored to each user. To achieve this, they analyze metrics, logs, and traces. Observability tools . Since Netflix generate lots of information, it’s critical to comprehend a vast amount of data fast. To turn this data into actionable insights, they visualize it in their dashboards. Detection tools . Netflix monitors their platform in real-time to find anomalies and evaluates anomalous correlations and contextual events. Diagnostic tools . To quickly resolve issues and bring the platform back to a healthy state, they take mitigation measures by way of automated actions and diverse actions (terminating, rebooting, and detaching). Remediation tools . To deliver TV shows, movies and documentaries to each Netflix user, they built , a CDN. Content delivery network (CDN) Open Connect for traffic distribution, capacity operation, , and fleet efficiency of their cloud. Demand engineering tools regional failovers Machine learning with Python has a special place at Netflix. They apply different algorithms to improve customer experience and deliver stuff tailored to each and every member. For example, Netflix does their best to understand exactly what they feel like watching and recommends movies with the help of . Also, they use to find out which artwork best relates to each user. Here’s an To automate their marketing campaign, they developed . recommendation algorithms artwork personalization algorithms example. marketing algorithms But that’s not all. Netflix contributes to Python by making open-source projects. The most popular are Security monkey, Bless, Aardvark, Repokid, and Lemur. Instagram Being the second most engaged social networking platform with around 1 billion monthly active users and over 40 million shared photos, it’s difficult to provide efficient app performance. Python is what provides Instagram with the ability to handle this and the power to scale while retaining great performance. In one of their technical blog posts, the Instagram team says that “we initially chose to use Python because of its reputation for simplicity and practicality, which aligns well with our philosophy of “do the simple thing first.” Where exactly Instagram uses Python , a tool to to record key performance and efficiency metrics Dynostats Monitoring and alerting tools. their service infrastructure Scaling The Instagram blog including LibCST, MonkeyType, and django-workload Open-source projects So what’s the demand for Python? To answer the question “How big is the demand for Python in 2019?”, we’ll say ― huge. Statistics, community, job postings, use cases, and leading companies using Python illustrate this. For example, because Python is used for new industries such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, and natural language processing, Python won’t disappear in the near future. The community and the number of Python applications are growing. Plus, Python is frequently requested in job postings. All this means that Python is an in-demand programming language with a bright future.

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The Rocket Scientist’s Startup Life By David Frankel , Managing Partner & Joe Flaherty Director, C&C Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg have popularized the idea of the entrepreneur who drops out of school to reshape an industry, and these fitful founders have made incalculable contributions to tech. However, there’s no reason a dedicated bookworm can’t become a startup CEO. enfant terrible The wizards at MIT, Stanford, Harvard, CalTech and other elite research universities are a shamefully underutilized source of company ideas, even outside of biotech. As a VC firm working in-between two of the greatest academic institutions on the planet, we want to help demystify the dark art of company building and hopefully persuade some Ph.D.s to scrap their Post-Doc plans in favor of founding a startup. An Accion Booster “rocket.” Photo: Accion Systems To begin, we spoke to , the co-founder/CEO and chief rocket scientist of , a startup that makes ionic propulsion systems for micro-satellites. In the last three years, she has earned a Ph.D. in aeronautical engineering at , raised to productize her research, and booked a — among other achievements. Natalya Bailey Accion Systems MIT’s Space Propulsion Lab $10.5M in VC $6.5M deal with the US Department of Defense 1. Deciding to start a company Nothing gets developed in a vacuum Rockets are deployed in vacuums, but they aren’t developed in them. Academic entrepreneurs need to be on the lookout for catalysts that demonstrate the industry is ready for their wares. For instance, ion propulsion engines predate the first handheld calculators, but up until recently, the entire market for them has been the one or maybe two billion-dollar satellites launched by the military and DishTV each year. Fortunately for Accion, a few conditions changed simultaneously. Small satellites became viable and venture-backable. A new class of aero/astro entrepreneurs were open-minded to unconventional approaches and were keen for non-volatile propulsions systems that wouldn’t incinerate their venture capital dollars by exploding. MEMs manufacturing techniques allowed the engines to be built cost-effectively. Natalya’s research met all of these specifications and served as the springboard for a startup. It was a classic context shift, but one that required entrepreneurs who could combine an interest in an emerging field of science with a willingness to endure the uncertainty of startups — not to mention quantum particles, material science and other hard to model, non-deterministic physics. Don’t be Quick to License Academics are prone to believe that the fastest way to get their tech to market is to partner with an established industry leader who can handle all the messy parts of running a company from HR administration to the sleazy-seeming sales process. Natalya didn’t want to leave the commercialization of her new technology to chance, or a corporation with misaligned incentives. “We wanted to approach the problem of propulsion in a fundamentally different way,” she says. “The aerospace incumbent mindset can be inefficient, slow, with high overhead and it wasn’t clear we could even adapt their manufacturing techniques to our product.” Striking out on her own was a risky bet, as she was fielding inbound interest from serious industry players, but the thought of being another cog in the wheel and seeing her tech languish at a large company led her to launch Accion. Entrepreneurship is a pass/fail course A failed experiment in academia provides fodder for better experiments in the future. Failure in entrepreneurship means the inability to meet payroll for the team that puts their trust in you. Natalya got her first taste of entrepreneurship co-founding a startup in the mid-2000s. There was confusion about expectations of involvement, responsibilities, and equity disputes among the founders. The startup failed to launch. And the crew went years without being able to speak to each other. “I wanted to work at my own rocket company, but I had blown it.” Even though it didn’t make her rich, it did teach her a valuable, if expensive, lesson. “Make your startup as ‘editable’ as possible,” she says. “Things will change, design your company with that in mind.” 2. Running a company Entrepreneurship is not a science “Building one thing in a lab, one at a time, is not the same as a reproducible, manufacturable product,” says Bailey. Supply chains fall apart at critical junctures causing teams to scramble for alternate solutions. Every 105th widget will fail for reasons that are almost impossible to pinpoint. Ph.D.s turned entrepreneurs go from having every imaginable resource at a university lab to having to hack together solutions from Ebay salvage. Building a company is a messy process. This requirement that things work repeatedly also means projects take longer to develop. It’s not enough to prove a principle via experiment; those developments must be reduced to practice — something academics often fail to appreciate. The rule of thumb Natalya’s mentors provided was that it takes twice as long and is twice as expensive as you predict. In her experience, the real multiple is four times. For those considering starting a company at some point, it’s never too early to start developing DIY skills to build prototypes. Natalya joined a robotics team in high school, but was relegated to maintaining the team’s logbooks due to her lack of mechanical expertise. No doubt latent sexism could be a factor here, but Bailey also admits that she did lack experience actually making things. She ended up teaching herself through hobby projects. “I tried to build a robot dog because I couldn’t have a real dog in my apartment,” she adds. “It followed a LED bracelet I wore on my ankle.” Bailey went from not being allow to use a soldering iron to piloting a 5-axis CNC. Photo: Career Contessa She’s since been named one of — Not bad for someone once considered unfit to hold a soldering iron! Forbes Magazine’s 30 under 30 in manufacturing Divide Equity Like Engineers Dividing equity between co-founders is a fraught art and is rarely a smooth process. Feelings get hurt, and arguments ensue. When it came time to divvy up shares in Accion, Bailey treated the process like an engineering problem. Inspired by the book called by Noam Wasserman, the team broke down the skills and expertise that would be required in the first three years of the company’s existence, weighted those responsibilities by importance, and assigned each team member a value relative to their expected contribution. No one felt great about the split, but everyone understood the logic. The Founder’s Dilemmas Find Mentors Raw intelligence can only carry one so far; hard-won expertise can be more valuable than 20 IQ points. Natalya was wise to enlist , a world-renowned corporate therapist, and , who served as CEO of Raytheon for a decade, as advisors to her fledgling enterprise. Anna Rowley Bill Swanson **“**Anna helps me with communication — it’s a weird transition going from founding team, where everyone can just decide around the lunch table to work on the website today, to a company with 20 people where everything you say matters, and everything you don’t say matters,” says Natalya. “She helps me refine every aspect of my communication style.” “Bill is a walking encyclopedia of business lessons and anecdotes and helps with management issues like how to deal with high-performers who don’t share the company’s values,” she says. “And I can mention to Bill that I need an intro to someone at Boeing and by the end of the day, I’ll be introduced to the CEO.” The Art of Managing Academics Life in academia can be pleasant — brown bag lectures, collegial co-workers, and beautiful campuses are perks that startups can’t match — an endless stream of La Croix has nothing on lifetime tenure. So how do you lure brainiacs away from a bench at MIT or Harvard? Indulge their academic impulses. Accion can’t compete with Google’s “Twenty percent time,” but she does encourage cross-training. For instance, one technical employee was interested in applying his statistical acumen to market research. Bailey charged him with conducting a market analysis. It allowed the employee to stretch their mind while delivering actionable info for the team. Don’t Underinvest in Management Natalya’s career trajectory has been like a rocket ship for the past few years, but there have been growing pains. For instance, she understood the theoretical need to hire senior technical managers, but always felt there was a more pressing immediate need. Only after she hired a talented Vice President was she able to focus on the 30,000-foot view and see how much leverage she could get from a single hire. 3. Fundraising for the Freakishly Smart Accion Systems has supplemented venture capital with grants from the Department of Defense. Images: Accion Systems CB Insights has the rise of funding for space startups and other “ ” areas in recent years. Still, it can be difficult to get non-astrophysicists to invest in rocket science. Obviously, it helps to target specific partners with relevant expertise — and had some grounding in the area, but Natalya offers more general advice. “Be skeptical, prove yourself wrong before anyone else does.” What she means is to anticipate the concerns that potential investors will have, including unfamiliarity with the space, that is space, as a business venture. Ruthlessly strip jargon out of your deck and turn an academic challenge into an easier to understand commercial story. chronicled frontier tech I had launched satellites as a telecom entrepreneur Why VC > Government Funding Raising funds from government agencies seems like a smart idea, especially non-dilutive grants, but there are challenges. It’s impossible to schedule innovation, but every government program comes with a timeline. Funds are released for a fixed period, and to get more, a company must deliver concrete results. Contrast that with the VC world where progress and sightlines matter a great deal more. By tethering a business to government grants it becomes very easy to end on on a spastic hire/fire treadmill where star employees are regularly laid off due to insufficient funding. VCs can be tough to manage, but by turning to the government, CEOs are effectively turning every election into a referendum on their business. Natalya encourages entrepreneurs to employ a hybrid model where venture capital is used to explore the unknown while government funding is used to refine that exploration into marketable products. To learn more, follow Natalya and Accion Systems on Twitter and visit their website www.Accion-Systems.com .

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If you or your organization isn’t evolving, you are in danger of failing. Why change at all? It seems like a nonsensical question, doesn’t it? If you or your organization isn’t evolving — innovating, growing, or reinventing — you are in danger of failing. Astrophysicist and author Carl Sagan once said, “Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.” The global landscape is littered with the remains of organizations that rose to great heights only to have their fortunes plummet because they were unable to transform themselves as times changed. Digital Equipment Corporation and Wang Computers, once the titans of the nascent information age, failed to innovate and were sold off to other companies. Woolworth’s, once a fixture on Main Streets across the country, did not adapt its business model to the advent of mega shopping malls and big-box retailers and closed its doors in December 2008. Pan Am and TWA, once the standard bearers of the U.S. airline industry, could not overcome economic pressures and were forced to declare bankruptcy. Transformation was the imperative they all had missed out on. With the rapid change of the social-technology-economic climate, transformation is the greatest leadership and management challenge of our times. And no industry is immune to waves of change. The automotive and energy industries are racing to find the next stage of their evolution in a world that is challenged by the question of accessibility to oil in the face of global market demands. The media is grappling with the democratization of information resulting from the Internet, which has completely eroded the business models of film studios, music producers, and print publishers. The financial services industry tries to recover from the chaos resulting from bad risk taking and regulatory oversight failures, failures so bad that deep intervention by the U.S. government was needed, forever transforming banking, stock trading, and investment regulations. Disruption and Transformation Is Nothing New At the beginning of each new business era, the existing paradigm resists with vigor. Sooner or later almost every organization needs to transform or diversify from their original market intent. Consider the following examples: Raytheon started as a consumer appliance company that made radio tubes. Today, it’s one of the largest defense contractors in the world, and makes microwave communications systems and cruise missiles.
AT&T started out as a telephone network operator, but through evolving markets and regulatory mandates transformed itself into a global provider of Internet carrier services.
Sony began as a recording equipment company; today it’s one of the largest media companies in the world.
General Electric was founded as an electricity generator and producer of lighting components to create the power industry. But over its 132-year history, it has continually challenged itself to innovate and has produced everything from light bulbs to jet engines. As economic conditions change and products reach market saturation, transformation is the only option for maintaining growth and financial viability. The difference between successful and extinct companies is the recognition and successful execution of this transformative process. Embarking on a transformation is more than just deciding to do something different or expanding into adjacent markets. It requires examination, planning, and execution. To be successful in today’s business climate, most enterprises need to transform themselves on a regular basis. The Way Forward I have found that the organizations looking to establish an on-going transformative process should prepare themselves by considering the following seven principles: 1: Establish the business purpose of each investment. Is it to enable growth, maintain, or manage risk? 2: Determine whether the metrics you use have changed along with modifications in business, processes and/or technology. 3: Agree upon metrics that show how your organization creates go-forward options. This will ultimately lead to metrics that accurately measure business value. 4: Understand the economic environment and how your organization adjusts its strategy to changes in the environment. 5: Create management capabilities that support prioritization, consolidation, and standardization to manage and define the requirements needed in support of a collaborative culture. 6: Translate the business strategy into tactical plans for short-term and long-term value creation. 7: Instill in teams the behaviors and values that will lead to the best use of information for customer, supplier, and partner relationships. Transformation is not a singular event. A one-time makeover will not cut it. Growth through innovation must become part of any organization’s soul. Successful, sustained organizations are those that are continually transforming themselves, or have segmented themselves to enable overlapping transformative initiatives that allows them to escape economic disruptions. This requires new organizational thinking, the creation and sharing of new kinds of information, and new processes for creativity and innovation. Only in this way can growth through innovation become repeatable. Copyright © 2017 by Faisal Hoque. All rights reserved. I am an entrepreneur and author. Founder of SHADOKA and other companies. Shadoka enables aspirations to lead, innovate, and transform. Shadoka’s accelerators and solutions bring together the management frameworks, digital platforms, and thought leadership to enable innovation, transformation, entrepreneurship, growth and social impact. Author of “Everything Connects — How to Transform and Lead in the Age of Creativity, Innovation and Sustainability” (McGraw Hill) and “Survive to Thrive: 27 Practices of Resilient Entrepreneurs, Innovators, and Leaders” (Motivational Press). Follow me on Twitter Faisal Hoque. Use the Everything Connects leadership app and Suvvive to Thrive resiliancy app for free. If you or your organization isn’t evolving, you are in danger of failing. Why change at all? It seems like a nonsensical question, doesn’t it? If you or your organization isn’t evolving — innovating, growing, or reinventing — you are in danger of failing. Astrophysicist and author Carl Sagan once said, “Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.” The global landscape is littered with the remains of organizations that rose to great heights only to have their fortunes plummet because they were unable to transform themselves as times changed. Digital Equipment Corporation and Wang Computers, once the titans of the nascent information age, failed to innovate and were sold off to other companies. Woolworth’s, once a fixture on Main Streets across the country, did not adapt its business model to the advent of mega shopping malls and big-box retailers and closed its doors in December 2008. Pan Am and TWA, once the standard bearers of the U.S. airline industry, could not overcome economic pressures and were forced to declare bankruptcy. Transformation was the imperative they all had missed out on. With the rapid change of the social-technology-economic climate, transformation is the greatest leadership and management challenge of our times. And no industry is immune to waves of change. The automotive and energy industries are racing to find the next stage of their evolution in a world that is challenged by the question of accessibility to oil in the face of global market demands. The media is grappling with the democratization of information resulting from the Internet, which has completely eroded the business models of film studios, music producers, and print publishers. The financial services industry tries to recover from the chaos resulting from bad risk taking and regulatory oversight failures, failures so bad that deep intervention by the U.S. government was needed, forever transforming banking, stock trading, and investment regulations. Disruption and Transformation Is Nothing New At the beginning of each new business era, the existing paradigm resists with vigor. At the beginning of each new business era, the existing paradigm resists with vigor. Sooner or later almost every organization needs to transform or diversify from their original market intent. Consider the following examples: Raytheon started as a consumer appliance company that made radio tubes. Today, it’s one of the largest defense contractors in the world, and makes microwave communications systems and cruise missiles. AT&T started out as a telephone network operator, but through evolving markets and regulatory mandates transformed itself into a global provider of Internet carrier services. Sony began as a recording equipment company; today it’s one of the largest media companies in the world. General Electric was founded as an electricity generator and producer of lighting components to create the power industry. But over its 132-year history, it has continually challenged itself to innovate and has produced everything from light bulbs to jet engines. Raytheon started as a consumer appliance company that made radio tubes. Today, it’s one of the largest defense contractors in the world, and makes microwave communications systems and cruise missiles. AT&T started out as a telephone network operator, but through evolving markets and regulatory mandates transformed itself into a global provider of Internet carrier services. Sony began as a recording equipment company; today it’s one of the largest media companies in the world. General Electric was founded as an electricity generator and producer of lighting components to create the power industry. But over its 132-year history, it has continually challenged itself to innovate and has produced everything from light bulbs to jet engines. As economic conditions change and products reach market saturation, transformation is the only option for maintaining growth and financial viability. The difference between successful and extinct companies is the recognition and successful execution of this transformative process. Embarking on a transformation is more than just deciding to do something different or expanding into adjacent markets. It requires examination, planning, and execution. To be successful in today’s business climate, most enterprises need to transform themselves on a regular basis. The Way Forward I have found that the organizations looking to establish an on-going transformative process should prepare themselves by considering the following seven principles: 1: Establish the business purpose of each investment. Is it to enable growth, maintain, or manage risk? 1: Establish 2: Determine whether the metrics you use have changed along with modifications in business, processes and/or technology. 2: Determine 3: Agree upon metrics that show how your organization creates go-forward options. This will ultimately lead to metrics that accurately measure business value. 3: Agree 4: Understand the economic environment and how your organization adjusts its strategy to changes in the environment. 4: Understand 5: Create management capabilities that support prioritization, consolidation, and standardization to manage and define the requirements needed in support of a collaborative culture. 5: Create 6: Translate the business strategy into tactical plans for short-term and long-term value creation. 6: Translate 7: Instill in teams the behaviors and values that will lead to the best use of information for customer, supplier, and partner relationships. 7: Instill Transformation is not a singular event. A one-time makeover will not cut it. Growth through innovation must become part of any organization’s soul. Successful, sustained organizations are those that are continually transforming themselves, or have segmented themselves to enable overlapping transformative initiatives that allows them to escape economic disruptions. This requires new organizational thinking, the creation and sharing of new kinds of information, and new processes for creativity and innovation. Only in this way can growth through innovation become repeatable. Copyright © 2017 by Faisal Hoque. All rights reserved. Copyright © 2017 by Faisal Hoque. All rights reserved. Copyright © 2017 by Faisal Hoque. All rights reserved. I am an entrepreneur and author . Founder of SHADOKA and other companies. Shadoka enables aspirations to lead, innovate, and transform. Shadoka’s accelerators and solutions bring together the management frameworks, digital platforms, and thought leadership to enable innovation, transformation, entrepreneurship, growth and social impact. I am an entrepreneur and author SHADOKA Author of “ Everything Connects — How to Transform and Lead in the Age of Creativity, Innovation and Sustainability ” (McGraw Hill) and “ Survive to Thrive: 27 Practices of Resilient Entrepreneurs, Innovators, and Leaders ” (Motivational Press). Follow me on Twitter Faisal Hoque . Use the Everything Connects leadership app and Suvvive to Thrive resiliancy app for free. Everything Connects — How to Transform and Lead in the Age of Creativity, Innovation and Sustainability Everything Connects — How to Transform and Lead in the Age of Creativity, Innovation and Sustainability Survive to Thrive: 27 Practices of Resilient Entrepreneurs, Innovators, and Leaders Survive to Thrive: 27 Practices of Resilient Entrepreneurs, Innovators, and Leaders Faisal Hoque Use the Everything Connects Everything Connects leadership app and Suvvive to Thrive Suvvive to Thrive resiliancy app for free.

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