Invoice factoring is a financing tool used by many different business types, including staffing agencies, to convert unpaid invoices into immediate working capital.

When a business decides to expand, it invests in everything from new equipment and supplies to software platforms in order to facilitate growth. However, one critical component is often overlooked: their team.

Expanding your business can be one of the most rewarding experiences, and the most challenging. The only way for manufacturing businesses to stay ahead of competitors in today’s ever-changing environment is to embrace change.

Small business owners are no stranger to challenges. One of the biggest challenges is getting funding when they need it. According to the 2018 Small Business Credit Survey, more than half, or 64% of the participating businesses faced a financial challenge in the last twelve months.

Despite the pipeline capacity constraints and delayed pipeline projects experienced last year, U.S. oil production keeps accelerating towards new highs. Production has been especially strong in the Permian Basin on both the New Mexico and Texas sides.

Thanks to a new AI framework, energy firms are now able to dive even deeper and look more than a kilometer beneath the surface with greater accuracy.

If you own a small business or are in the process of starting one, you are in good company. There is never a shortage of small businesses in the U.S.

With the explosive growth of the Permian Basin, there seems to be a plethora of mergers taking place as oil companies rush to secure larger contiguous space to drill longer horizontal wells.

From chess-playing computers and self-driving cars to conversational chatbots, artificial intelligence (AI) has already made a global impact. Many industries like healthcare, finance, education, and transportation are already being transformed by AI capabilities.

With Q1 2019 already behind us, now is the perfect time to review the trends, opportunities, and predictions made at the close of 2018.