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There’s no such thing as a free lunch. Ja'Baree Allen makes an interesting point that the same thing applies to AI.
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It’s pretty incredible how much AI has changed the way we work. What a copywriting workflow looked like a few years ago is completely different today. AI is a great tool, but it still needs the human touch.
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Ja'Baree Allen is working with AI agents that can handle 10,000 inbound calls simultaneously, authenticate patients, and manage appointments. The entire process can happen automatically. AI is really changing healthcare.
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New episode: Coinbax founder & CEO @pglyman sits down with @216Eric on @TreehouseTN to share his story, the road to Coinbax, and why now's the moment for banks and credit unions to pay attention. Hint: it starts with fish.
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A bank, Venmo, and Cash App could all support the same stablecoin and allow money to move seamlessly between them. That kind of interoperability could completely change payments.
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Stablecoins and digital assets will continue to grow, but real adoption is going to need traditional financial institutions. The questions bankers started asking after the GENIUS Act passed tell you where this is headed.
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Whether Bitcoin or Ethereum goes up or down isn’t really the point. If customers are moving money from your institution to another platform to trade crypto, that money is leaving your ecosystem.
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Blockchain, stablecoins, digital assets, and tokenization are going to change financial services. The next 10 years are going to move fast. The opportunity is figuring out how to be part of it.
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Bitcoin could be $62,000, $100,000, or a dollar. If customers have to leave your institution to access crypto, you’re giving someone else the opportunity to win the rest of their financial relationship too.
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A Sergeant Major told Mark Casper, "I’m afraid. I don’t know what I’m going to do when I get out." Mark’s response was simple, "I gotcha." He connected him with a career coach and today he’s doing great.
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Mark Casper wants to recover the rare earth metals inside hard drives and get them back into the hands of our military. He doesn’t have the answer yet, but maybe robotics is part of it. That’s the kind of problem worth solving.
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Find a nonprofit you believe in and give them your time, your treasure or your wisdom. Support your community, because when the community gets better, all of us get better.
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Mark Casper walked into Tech For Troops and immediately knew, "This is what I need to do with my life." So he left a really good-paying job and followed it.
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A Vietnam veteran got clean, received a computer from Tech For Troops, and used it to get a job. Then he came back to return it so someone else could have the same opportunity. "You can change your life with this tool."
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Mark Casper went without a paycheck more than once to keep his company afloat. His philosophy on leadership is simple. Take care of your people before you take care of yourself.
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Mark Casper and his team kept 600,000 pounds of electronic waste out of landfills last year. Through Mission Support, they also give special needs young adults an opportunity to come in and work alongside the team. Pretty incredible impact from one business.
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First-generation Apple products, an original Macintosh, even a 1926 Dictaphone. Mark Casper has seen just about everything come through his doors. At this point, he has enough incredible pieces of technology to have a museum.
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52 million tons of electronic waste go to landfills. Mark Casper wants to make a massive dent in that number. Building a great business and leaving the world a better place don’t have to be mutually exclusive.
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Being fired can often lead to incredible opportunities. Eric says getting fired after 12 years was the greatest thing that ever happened to him professionally. That's the kind of entrepreneurial story we love sharing at Treehouse Talks.
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It's crazy the way things "rub off" on you when you look back. Some of the best entrepreneurial lessons don't come from a classroom. They come from watching someone else build something.
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