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As CEO of FifthVantage, Matt helps his clients benefit from massive market changes in Digital Transformation. FifthVantage aims to help clients modernize, innovate, and grow by implementing digital strategies, technologies, and processes that reduce time to market and create business speed, agility, and reliability. The work includes adopting disruptive technologies such as AI, Edge Computing, the Internet of Things, hybrid multicloud, and AWS Cloud-native strategies. Technology businesses face tremendous pressure to innovate quickly and deliver efficiently. With its mission as innovation enablers, FifthVantage has a playbook of what works and achieves excellent results. We ask the right questions, advise on avoiding pitfalls, and share our global technical expertise. As one of the founders of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Matt is a pioneer in the cloud computing space. He has created nine cutting-edge cloud products and seven e-commerce website solutions that generated large revenue streams for Amazon, Microsoft, and Rackspace. Matt has been recognized by USA Today as one of the “Top 9 Most Exciting Entrepreneurs of 2021” and as one of the “Top 50 Technology Leaders in the World” by Intercon the Internet Technology Conference. Matt writes about digital technology, digital transformation, Cloud Computing, and Entrepreneurial Leadership.
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Jul 10, 2023
Analyzing the use of AI in your business and life with a practical lens is critical.

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Rather than perpetuating the same old top-down power dynamics, leaders can instead prioritize employees' needs. The role of company culture in many businesses has changed in recent years. This has meant moving away from traditional power structures where leaders decided the business path forward to systems that focus on intentionally giving employees a seat at the decision-making table. While these efforts have proved fruitful for attracting and retaining employees, fostering a supportive internal culture is an ongoing undertaking that must regularly be assessed. As experts, the members of Newsweek Expert Forum understand the key role that leaders play in maintaining company culture. Below, 15 of them share their best advice on how leaders can create and sustain a supportive internal culture.

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Taking notes on how the world's largest and most innovative corporations operate can help businesses of any size emulate their success. There are certain companies you hear about nearly every day, whether they're new or have been around for decades. These powerhouse companies find a significant problem that needs to be solved and develop innovative, pleasing solutions for customers. Many startup leads aim to achieve that kind of notoriety, and there is much to be learned from observing powerhouses like Amazon, Google, Microsoft and others. Below, 15 Newsweek Expert Forum members shared some important lessons they've learned by watching the strategies of other successful businesses.

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Jan 18, 2023
In operating a business, the one thing entrepreneurs can undoubtedly expect is to encounter challenges. Even with a solid business plan, well-developed products or services and a network of established customers hungering for said business offerings, organizations have no guarantee of challenge-free success. In fact, if there is one thing a business owner can expect, it’s that they will encounter adversity. Despite this fact, adversity should be regarded as an opportunity for businesses to regroup and innovate. Learning strategies for effectively handling and overcoming these obstacles can allow entrepreneurs to operate their business in an even better way than before. To that end, 13 Newsweek Expert Forum members offer advice below on how entrepreneurs can strategically leverage adversity for business success.

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Demonstrating the unique value your business offers can help set your business apart from the competition. A crowded market can present entrepreneurs with a number of challenges. In addition to building up the business and establishing connections with prospective customers, entrepreneurs also have to know how to navigate competition. Others in the market may offer similar or even the same products or services, so learning how to best appeal to potential customers helps set your business apart. When customers have a variety of choices, demonstrating the value your business can offer is essential to attracting and retaining those customers. To help, 12 Newsweek Expert Forum members share how entrepreneurs can approach differentiating their products or services in an oversaturated market.

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The innovation in 2023 will provide the bedrock for the next generation of the internet.
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FifthVantage
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FifthVantage delivers clear and actionable technology strategies that power digital transformation for business success. We help our client companies benefit from massive market changes in Digital Transformation. FifthVantage’s goal is to help clients modernize, innovate, and grow by implementing strategies, technologies, and processes that reduce time to market and create speed and agility in the business. Technology businesses face tremendous pressure to innovate quickly and deliver efficiently. With its mission as innovation enablers, FifthVantage has a playbook of what works and achieves excellent results. We ask the right questions, advise on avoiding pitfalls, and share our global technical expertise. We know that digital transformation can truly transform the outlook and capabilities of any business. We’ve done it. We’ve seen it. And we’re here to help our clients achieve it. Our FifthVantage team has over 30 years of experience and expertise in cloud computing, SaaS applications, infrastructure solutions, and e-commerce at the enterprise, mid-market, and startup levels. We help our clients address the following challenges: • How to create strategic technology plans that boldly lead transformational change, address complex challenges, and produce rapid results. • Help technical teams avoid mistakes in realizing their technical vision, maintain costs within budget, and help improve technology scalability by as much as 30% • Architect for the AWS cloud to digitally transform their products in 25% less time • Help business and technical leaders and investors analyze additions to their product portfolios, assessing technology fit for work with existing products and teams • Perform advanced technology assessments recommending the best technologies to adopt to achieve their business and technology goals • Recommend organization and process changes to technology leaders to optimize their teams for achieving their scaling and digital delivery goals Our clients are visionary organizations who are excited about creating new technology answers and solutions. At FifthVantage, Our expertise is YOUR advantage.