Anyone with a personal checking account understands the challenge of keeping track of the money available to pay the bills. The point of watching a checkbook is to ensure the money coming in exceeds the money going out. The movement of money in and out of a checking account represents cash flow. Businesses are like…
Year: 2023
Zalando removes product reviews
Online marketplace Zalando has removed product reviews from its platform. Instead of posting a review about a product, customers can now answer a survey about the product information featured on a page. Generally, product reviews are an important part of ecommerce in Europe. For example, research last year found that at least 55 percent of…
How Vercel Shipped Cron Jobs in 2 Months Using Amazon EventBridge Scheduler
Vercel implemented Cron Jobs using Amazon EventBridge Scheduler, enabling their customers to create, manage, and run scheduled tasks at scale. The adoption of this feature was rapid, reaching over 7 million weekly cron invocations within a few months of release. This article shows how they did it and how they handle the massive scale they’re…
How to Write a Business Plan in 9 Steps (2023)
A great business plan can help you clarify your strategy, identify potential roadblocks, determine necessary resources, and evaluate the viability of your idea and growth plan before you start a business. Not every successful business launches with a formal business plan, but many founders find value in taking time to step back, research their idea…
AWS End User Computing Innovation Day 2023: Architecting End User Computing for Change and Agility
Join us on Wednesday, September 13, for a free-to-attend online event, AWS End User Computing Innovation Day 2023. AWS will stream the event simultaneously across multiple platforms, including LinkedIn Live, Twitter, YouTube, and Twitch. Adapting to a complex landscape shaped by return-to-office mandates, pressure to migrate out of self-operated data centers, escalating security concerns, scarcity…
10 Best Print-on-Demand Companies and Sites (2023)
Print-on-demand companies make it easy to produce custom products. Use print-on-demand (POD) apps and websites to expand your product line, create merchandise, or target a new audience without the headache of managing inventory. Each print-on-demand company has a different catalog of products, shipping policies, and pricing structure. To choose the right POD service for your…
What You Need to Know About Token-Gated Commerce
In this era of internet privacy, business owners might find they know less and less about their online customers. And that’s a problem when they’re trying to customize the experience for loyal customers or reach new ones. Alex Danco, Director of Blockchain and Systems Thinking at Shopify and his team are tackling that very challenge.…
AWS Weekly Roundup: Farewell EC2-Classic, EBS at 15 Years, and More (Sept. 4, 2023)
Last week, there was some great reading about Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) written by AWS tech leaders. Dr. Werner Vogels wrote Farewell EC2-Classic, it’s been swell, celebrating the 17 years of loyal duty of the original version that started what we now know as cloud computing.…
9 LLC Advantages for Forming a Business (2023)
Choosing a limited liability company (LLC) as a business structure provides a range of benefits for all types of companies. Business owners who start a business as an LLC complete the process through their state, so the rules and fees associated with incorporating vary somewhat, but the advantages are consistent: personal liability protection, flexibility in operational and taxation structure,…
How To Start Affiliate Marketing in 2023
If you’ve ever bought something an influencer recommended online, you’ve likely come across an affiliate marketing business. Online creators often build partnerships with brands to promote its products and services. In return, they earn a commission for each sale. Affiliate marketing is a growing industry. According to one study, affiliate marketing spend is expected to…