Chris Halaschek of Pindrop: As Smart Speakers Rise in Popularity, Synthetic Speech and Voice Synthesis is Something We Need to be Ready For
How can small businesses prepare for the rise in voice technology?
Interviews
The One-on-One interview series, with host Brent Leary, lets you hear from key voices in companies large and small. Subscribe on iTunes or you can subscribe on Stitcher.
Be sure to check out 41 Thought Leaders. This visual presentation contains quotes distilled from the interviews, from leaders such as Gail Goodman (CEO of Constant Contact), Terry Jones (Founder of Travelocity), Sandy Carter (VP of Social Business, IBM), Cindy Bates (VP of SMB, MIcrosoft), and Jon Ferrara (Founder of Nimble).
John Lawson of Watching Amazon: Where Does the Fault Lie When Facebook and Amazon Privately Share Data?
Do you blame Facebook or Amazon?
Grant Hill and Nzinga Shaw of the Atlanta Hawks: Inclusion and Diversity are Good for Business and Must Start at the Top of the Organization
Brent Leary sits down with Grant Hill and Nzinga Shaw of the NBA Atlanta Hawks to talk diversity in organizations.
Trade War With China Hits Small Amazon Sellers
Here is how the current trade war impact on Amazon sellers is affecting small businesses that are trying to sell things via the ecommerce giant.
Paul Greenberg of The 56 Group: Being Transformational in Business Goes Beyond Disruptive Technology
Brent Leary and Paul Greenberg discuss how true business transformation goes beyond innovative uses of technology in today's business environment.
Chris Connolly of Genesys: 75% of Consumers Say Humans Still Provide Most Effective Customer Service; 1 in 8 Hate Chatbots
Chris Connolly, VP of Product Marketing for Genesys, joins Brent Leary to talk about how customers prefer human customer service in the end.
John Lawson: Small Businesses Can Gain From Coming Digital Ad Spending Transition From Google to Amazon
John Lawson joins Brent Leary to talk about the increasing trend of advertising on Amazon and what impact this shift might have on small businesses.
Adobe Intern Cedrick Ilo: Working on Having Alexa Read Your PDF Documents to You
Brent Leary talk with Cedrick Ilo about his role on the PDF Audio project that is working on allowing Alexa to read your documents back to you.
Anita Campbell: After 15 Years of SBT, Tech’s Role in Small Business Remains Most Important and Most Baffling Opportunity
Small Business Trends publisher Anita Campbell discusses technology's role in her business that's been online for the last 15 years.
Taylor Schreiner of Adobe: Voice is Already Impacting How We Shop Even If The Final Transaction Isn’t Done With Alexa
Brent Leary sits down with Taylor Schreiner of Adobe to discuss how voice is already impacting how we shop today.
Jon Dick of HubSpot: Cutting Email Sent Out by 50% Increased Traffic Back to Our Website
Jon Dick, HubSpot’s VP of Marketing, spoke with Brent Leary this week about the hottest marketing topics. Here are the 2018 marketing trends he identified.
Mike Volpe of Lola.com: The CMO Job is a Good Grooming Ground for CEOs
Mike Volpe talks about his transition from CMO to CEO and shares how his experience as a CMO for HubSpot is helping his current position as CEO of Lola.com.
