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This Doughnut Franchise Is Hitting the Road

To grow, DonutNV needed a steady supply of delivery trailers. So last year, it started making them itself.

This Fencing Franchise Is Ready for Growth

Superior Fence & Rail nearly doubled its sales in one year. How? By stepping back and focusing on fundamentals.

The Four Guardrails That Enable Agility

Large organizations can move as fast as startups if leaders empower employees to act autonomously via well-defined constraints.

Make Smarter Investments in Resilient Supply Chains

Many companies invest in resilience only after a disruption. Applying the concept of real options can help decision makers fortify supply chain capabilities no matter the crisis.

How to Turn Professional Services Into Products

Product-based business models can help services firms achieve greater scale and profitability. But the transformation can be challenging.

Do You Really Need a Chief AI Officer?

The right answer depends on the strategic importance and maturity of AI in your company.

Logic Pro for iPad 2.0

A serious music studio on a tablet

BlueAnt Soundblade

Power up your music and movies

Nvidia DLSS vs AMD FSR

Which AI upscaling technique has the edge?

NZXT C1500 Platinum

Top-tier performance and efficiency

When Generative AI Meets Product Development

From ideation to user testing, large language models are allowing companies to explore more ideas and iterate faster.

Generative Al's Impact on Work

Since the public rollout of ChatGPT nearly two years ago, the transformative potential of generative AI has been widely discussed. But so far, actual transformation has been slow and uneven.

A Better Way to Unlock Innovation and Drive Change

A strengths-based approach to building teams can win employee commitment to change and foster an inclusive, agile culture.

Make a Stronger Business Case for Sustainability

When greener products and processes add costs, managers can shift other levers to maintain profitability.

Avoiding Harm in Technology Innovation

To capitalize on emerging technologies while mitigating unanticipated consequences, innovation managers need to establish a systematic review process.

Intel issues fix for Raptor Lake degradation

EARLIER THIS YEAR, I wrote about difficulties I was having with a Core 19-13900K processor (see MPC230 Tech Talk). Little did we realize that we were only seeing the tip of the iceberg. While most complaints have involved the unlocked Core i9 Raptor Lake CPUs, it appears the instability problems build up and potentially impact many Raptor Lake-13th and 14th Gen Core CPUs, with Intel identifying 22 different desktop parts.

2024 BUYER'S GUIDE - 1,546 Franchises to Buy

Want to own your own business? Search this comprehensive list there's something for everyone here!

This Dog-Training Franchise Is Zooming Ahead

After a rough few years, Zoom Room made major changes...and has emerged as a stronger, faster, very well-behaved business.

Making the Midlife Leap

After getting laid off in her early 50s, Keri Gardner decided she wanted to control her own fate-so she bought a franchise with her 401(k).

The Better Way to Fail

The next time something you do flops, here's a new way to learn from it.

Why You Should Tap Innovation at Deep-Tech Startups

Businesses across all sectors, not just research-intensive industries, can benefit from innovations at science-heavy startups.

The Three Traps That Stymie Reinvention

Organizational identity, architecture, and collaboration can be either assets or liabilities to pursuing growth in new sectors.

What Makes Companies Do the Right Thing?

Vaccine makers varied widely in their engagement with global public health efforts to broaden access to COVID-19 immunizations. Ethically motivated leadership was a dominant factor.

Remove unwanted apps

Free up space the easy way by removing programs you don't use

OVERCLOCKING IN 2024 - HAS THE END ARRIVED FOR HIGH VOLTAGE?

Zak Storey takes a look at whether overclocking is really worth it anymore

Phantom of the Opera CPUs Unmasked

Zak Storey explores why Zen 4 might be the best CPU generation to date

World of Goo 2

Goo-d enough for two

THE APPLE PRODUCTS THAT TIME FORGOT

Discover the weird, the wonderful and the what were they thinking?’

Boost your gaming VPN

IF YOU’RE A SERIOUS GAMER, you’ll be aware of the advantages of using a VPN. As traffic between your device and the server is encrypted, your ISP can’t monitor and ‘throttle’ it, slowing down your game. With the IP address hidden behind the VPN server, players are also better protected from DOS (Denial of Service) and ‘swatting’ attacks.

Mental Health Services, Franchised

The U.S. is facing a growing mental health crisis. Ellie Mental Health wants to be the solution.