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by Troy@ Dunket

Hiring and Retention Are Not About Perks

August 23, 2025

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Let’s cut through the noise. The job market today is ruthless, and employers who think ping pong tables, free coffee, or casual Fridays are enough to […]

SBA and Toronto Board of Trade Are Shaking Up Business Access

Workforce & Skills Development

by Troy@ Dunket

SBA and Toronto Board of Trade Are Shaking Up Business Access

August 16, 2025

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Why Old Barriers Are About to Be Smashed Forget what you know about business handouts and closed doors. The U.S. Small Business Administration and the Toronto […]

Enough with the AI fluff. If your feed is full of executives tossing around buzzwords like "intelligent automation" and "digital transformation" without showing a single line on a revenue report, Bloomberg's AI summit in Atlanta is where the real players are headed. On August 12, 2025, The Business Value of AI will pull back the curtain on what actually works, who's winning, and which businesses are still playing catch up while pretending to innovate. This event is not for the tourists. It is a no excuses, high impact forum designed to give leaders exactly what they need to weaponize machine learning and artificial intelligence for competitive advantage. Hosted with IBM, this summit will not waste your time with theory. It is built for doers, people who want to turn algorithms into revenue, not just look smart on a panel. AI Hype Season Is Over. Welcome to the Hard ROI Era. For the past five years, everyone from legacy banks to five person startups has been talking about AI like it's a magic wand. But here is the reality: most companies are still stuck in pilot mode, bleeding budget on half baked tools they do not understand. Meanwhile, the ones who figured it out are eating your lunch. That is why this summit matters. The Business Value of AI is about what happens when you stop testing and start scaling. It is where AI goes from being a pitch deck slide to a bottom line multiplier. The event will show you how to stop chasing trends and start deploying AI that saves time, makes money, and eliminates bottlenecks. You will not find sessions about "embracing the future" here. Instead, expect blunt insights on what it takes to get your tech stack aligned, your people onboard, and your data doing something useful. What to Expect If You're Serious The agenda is sharp and unapologetic. Real operators, not theorists, will share how they made AI pay off. These are not vague innovation leads. They are people who slashed fulfillment costs, rebuilt customer acquisition workflows, and used automation to destroy inefficiencies. Expect sessions that get into the gritty details of: How to plug AI into your business without setting fire to your budget What early adopters regret, and what they wish they had done sooner Why "human in the loop" is not just a buzzword, but the key to making automation work How to keep your AI safe, scalable, and most of all, profitable Actual case studies where AI drove margins, retention, and time to market advantage This is the kind of content you wish your tech consultant had told you before you threw cash at the wrong vendor. Atlanta Isn't Just Hosting. It's Setting the Tone. There is a reason this event is happening in Atlanta and not Silicon Valley. This is not about posturing. Atlanta is where enterprise grit meets growth energy. It is not the echo chamber of West Coast futurism. It is where founders and execs show up because results matter more than clout. This setting signals something important: the AI conversation is no longer controlled by a few monopolies. It is being democratized, decentralized, and de hyped. And the companies who understand that are going to dominate in the next five years. AI is not optional anymore. It is the edge. And if your business does not have an edge, it is getting cut. Network with the Ones Who Are Actually Building Something The networking at this summit? No fluff. No VC handshakes just for LinkedIn posts. This is where decision makers meet, deals get seeded, and partnerships get forged between people who can actually move the needle. You'll be in the room with: Founders looking to supercharge operations Ops leads who have already automated their way out of last year's headaches AI engineers who know how to scale without breaking things Mid market executives finally ready to outpace the legacy players The conversations happening here will not be about possibilities. They will be about execution. If you are still thinking about AI as something "we'll explore in Q4," you are already behind. Enough with the Fear. It's Time to Act. Let's cut through the nonsense. AI is not going to replace you. But the companies using it smarter and faster will. This is not about disruption for the sake of headlines. It is about the cold math of efficiency, velocity, and customer impact. The people winning with AI are not the ones attending every demo day. They are the ones using it to outprice, outsell, and outsmart their competition. They are cutting customer service wait times in half. They are forecasting demand with 90 percent accuracy. They are replacing outdated processes with workflows that run 24/7 and never burn out. That is what The Business Value of AI is really about. It is not a celebration of technology. It is a wake up call for businesses that still think staying the course is a strategy. What Happens After August 12? Here's the uncomfortable truth: once this event is over, the divide between the AI haves and have nots is going to get wider. Those who showed up, asked the right questions, and took notes from the ones already in the game, they are going to accelerate. Everyone else will be reading about it in the next quarter's earnings call. You want to wait for AI to mature? Good luck. By the time your competitors finish iterating, you will be locked out of the market. This is the final boarding call. The winners are the ones who understand that machine learning is not about replacing people. It is about freeing them to do what actually matters while the machines grind away at everything else. So yes, Bloomberg's summit will be filled with insights, frameworks, and playbooks. But more importantly, it will expose the split that is already happening in real time. The talkers are still circling the buzzwords. The earners are deploying AI to squeeze more value out of every single hour, click, and dollar. Pick a side. August 12. Atlanta. Show up, or get left behind.

Workforce & Skills Development

by Troy@ Dunket

Bloomberg’s AI Summit Will Separate the Talkers from the Earners

July 14, 2025

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Enough with the AI fluff. If your feed is full of executives tossing around buzzwords like “intelligent automation” and “digital transformation” without showing a single line […]

Skip the hashtags. Real brands are built in real rooms

Workforce & Skills Development

by Troy@ Dunket

Skip the hashtags. Real brands are built in real rooms

July 8, 2025

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Let’s get this straight. Your social media feed is not your brand. It’s your echo chamber. If you think your next big client, investor, or strategic […]