| KWIPPED: How One B2B Marketplace Changed the Industrial Leasing Game Robert Preville, founder and CEO of KWIPPED, which enables rentals and leasing of specialized equipment, explains how digital and standardization can lead to more revenue for suppliers who once did business another way. The latest installment of the Topic TBD podcast series looks at whether the so-called sharing economy can apply to the gear vital to such operations, such as labs, oil rigs, doctorsâ offices and farms. |
| Small Businesses Hear Contradictory Message On Tech The pressure to innovate has small businesses concerned. Most agree that technology like Big Data and automation present huge opportunities for growth. Yet innovation is expensive, and the latest research on small business technology adoption suggests cost is a huge barrier to implementation. Worse, SMBs face a contradictory message on technology: The pressure to innovate is actually preventing adoption of a key category of tech. |
| | Cybersecurity | | For Cyber Insurance Companies, Attacks Can Be Riskier Than A Hurricane Warren Buffett doubts anyone knows what they're doing when it comes to cyber insurance. One industry player, At-Bay, wants to challenge that notion â yet acknowledges that it's far from easy. CEO Rotem Iram told PYMNTS that insurance companies can more easily diversify their portfolios against a catastrophic hurricane than they can against a major cyberattack. He discusses the emerging challenges of this industry as the cyber threat grows. |
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