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When people say it's the people that make a company, Dani Harris, MBA, is the embodiment of that saying. We appreciate our partners at Demotech, Inc. for recognizing that as well. See Dani's article on page 36 of the spring edition of the Demotech Difference!

If only our mics were as good as our meetings! We hoped to talk to you with top-quality sound, but unfortunately, we chose the wrong mics and had to return them. Richard at Soundpad Ltd was awesome and is sending us some suitable replacements! However, our meetings over the past couple of days have been brilliant. There's growing excitement about our offering and enthusiasm around creating mutually beneficial partnerships. It's time for our next meeting, until tomorrow. #DOACF #cofounders #sustainablebusiness #vlog #circulareconomy

Can you believe that the first full week of 2024 is already behind us? 2023 brought: ✨ New contract wins - opening the door for possibilities ✨ Tough losses - teaching us flexibility of mind and processes ✨ Strong partnerships - reminder that we can't grow alone ✨ Increased use of technology - providing the market what it needs As we enter the new year, Harkcon is ready to put one foot in front of the other and take on whatever comes our way. What lessons did you learn in 2023? What excites you for this new year!

If you're at CiderCon 2024 and didn't get a chance to see us yesterday, be sure to stop by booth #726 today! Alec and Jason would love to talk to you about how we can help streamline your cidery operations. They may even have a few prize opportunities for both new and existing Ekos users. 👀 #goekos #cidercon #cidercon2024 #ciderymanagement #cideryoperations

Simple Farewells, Profound Respect: Direct Cremation Explained 🌟 Dive into our latest blog, "Simplified Farewells: Understanding Direct Cremation Services with Funera.Sydney." Discover the ease and elegance of this option for your loved one's farewell. Read now: https://lnkd.in/gsnNipze At Funera.Sydney, we're here to simplify the process and ensure a dignified farewell. Let's make it uncomplicated yet deeply meaningful. #DirectCremation #SimplifiedFarewells #FuneraSydney

Follow along with James Thomas, Principal Architect, as he introduces a series of posts to LinkedIn on how to smoothly implement a Backstage rollout. You can watch a quick talk James gave on this subject below 👇 #engineeringgrowth #devopsdallas #backstage #devops

Comfort zone… Next week we will be traveling to San Diego to meet up with the fantastic Nerdio team during our annual company meeting / kick off, something I am really looking forward to. The week will be filled with meetings, presentations, team-building exercises, excursions, and more.   On the final day there will also be a Nerdio Shark Tank event. For this Nerdio employees can sign up to present / pitch an idea that will potentially benefit the company, our products, etc. It can literally be about any topic you like.   When the invite came in I thought, let’s give it a go. I signed up and wrote a brief excerpt on what I want to present, as requested.   This might turn into nothing, which I don’t mind, at all. I mean, there are so many smart people at Nerdio (I’ve seen the list 🤯), the chances of my idea being “picked” are slim.   However, for me personally, it’s all about stepping outside of my comfort zone, just do it, and experience the excitement, because, to be honest, it’s a scary thing to do, at least that’s how I feel.   I can’t wait to find out what everyone will be pitching, I’m confident that there will be some great thoughts and ideas being shared (and not just during the Shark Tank event). And even if my presentation doesn’t go well, nobody likes my idea, and so on, at least I was up there sharing my thoughts and gave it a try.   No matter the outcome, I am not going to fail, I’ll learn – it’s what got me here in the first place.   I am looking forward to 2024 (in general) and seeing everyone in person next week!   Happy new year! 

Where did you use Zuant this year? Were you at #CES, #WebSummit, #ESGCT – or another event? Wherever you were, if you enjoyed Zuant, you could easily earn $500 by referring a colleague. It doesn’t matter if they’re in another division of your business or in another company entirely – it couldn’t be easier to get rewarded for spreading the word. #referafriend #event

I really enjoyed Al Brown’s talk a bit over a week ago during #irvinetechweek. #AI’s findings lined up pretty closely with my own. I’ve been primarily using Codeium with my open source iOS projects and have found it tremendously helpful when writing unit tests and filling out switch statements. AI really does make the boilerplate code fly by! But it is not improving my development time by upwards of 55% like some AI copilot’s claim. Al Brown was absolutely correct that in its current form AI is a tool that will mostly help senior+ devs speed up their coding by about 10%. For less experienced developers, they really need to take the time to fully understand the code AI is suggesting and understand that it is more of a great starting point or helper than a robot code monkey. How have you been using AI in your development process? #ai #aicopilot #ios #softwareengineering #mobiledevelopment #ctotalks #techtalks #techmeetups

How do you land new company values in a fast-paced 💨 sales organisation? Turn them into a game 🎲 and have teams compete to be crowned values champions 👑. Last week we wrapped up Round 1 of the Foxtons Values Game involving all our sales teams sharing their examples of how they apply our values to drive success 🏆 and get the right deal done for our customers 🏡. The adrenaline was pumping 🏃🏼♀️, the ideas were flowing 💡, and many points were scored 🥅. Looking forward to Round 2! #wegetitdone