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TechLink’s The Pulse: Transforming small businesses, new learning systems, open water transport, and more available for commercialization

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Does Federal Policy Disincentivize New Small Broadband Providers?

In that episode, ILSR’s Community Broadband Networks Initiative Director Christopher Mitchell and the livestream crew discuss whether federal policy disincentivizes new small broadband providers by setting up barriers to the historic amount of grant funds being made available, favoring the big incumbent providers and their entrenched regional monopolies.

How AI will revolutionize venture funding

Startup founders will also need less money, as AI will handle “sales, customer service, a lot of the product design and coding, bookkeeping, and legal contracts,”

We’re older than we used to be, especially in these states – Montana’s median age in 2022 was 40.2

As states age, the need for senior-friendly health care and housing grows.

ChatGPT Isn’t Coming for Your Marketing Business

In short, AI may be able to output content at an unmatched pace of delivery, but it won’t understand what matters to your audience when it comes to gaining new business leads and converting them into customers.

A wave of small business owners are about to retire. They should sell their companies to their workers

Baby Boomers own 2.9 million businesses across the U.S. It’s a unique opportunity to sell those business to employees and have a big economic impact.

The World’s Empty Office Buildings Have Become a Debt Time Bomb

From San Francisco to Hong Kong, higher interest rates and falling property values are bringing the commercial real estate market to a perilous precipice.

The Unstoppable Force Of Agrivoltaics, Now With Tiltable Solar Panels

Researchers at Purdue University have patented an agrivoltaic array with solar panels that tilt for farm equipment to pass through.

The Median Age in the U.S. Just Reached a Record High. Here’s What That Means for the Workforce

Companies that make adjustments to accommodate multigenerational workforces will benefit in the long run.

States With Abortion Bans Are Losing a Generation of Ob-Gyns

Half of US counties have no ob-gyn, and post-Roe laws prevent new doctors from getting required training. It’s only going to get worse.

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