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@Lebona_cabonena @grok summarize the news from the newspapers about the fact a man entered in Saint Peter avoiding security checks and queues

what i wish someone had told me: blog.samaltman.com/what-i-wish-so…

The way that Jensen Huang runs Nvidia is wild: 40 direct reports, no 1:1s - Believes that the flattest org is the most empowering one, and that starts with the top layer - Does not conduct 1:1s - everything happens in a group setting - Does not give career advice - "None of my management team is coming to me for career advice - they already made it, they're doing great" No status reports, instead he "stochastically samples the system" - Doesn't use status updates because he believes they are too refined by the time they get to him. They are not ground truth anymore. - Instead, anyone in the company can email him their "top five things" with whatever is top of mind, and he will read it - Estimates he reads 100 of these everyone morning Everyone has all the context, all the time - No meetings with just VPs or just Directors - anyone can join and contribute - "If you have a strategic direction, why tell just one person?" - "If there is something I don't like, I just say it publicly" - "I do a lot of reasoning out loud" No formal planning cycles - No 5 year plan, no 1 year plan - Always re-evaluating based on changing business and market conditions (helpful when AI is developing at the pace that it is) This org is optimized for (1) attracting amazing people, (2) keeping the team as small as it can be, and (3) allowing information to travel as quickly as possible

#closedforholiday #sicily

Salesforce Einstein GPT Is Live! ❤️

Interesting responses to this tweet 👀. Instagram ads seem to be the most effective format for attracting shopper attention. Even if shoppers aren't buying from the ad directly, ads are catching their attention by meeting them where they already are #MarketingChats

Keep customer returns top of mind this #HolidayShopping season. 👉93% of shoppers research a brand’s return policy before making a purchase. 👉81% of shoppers stopped buying from a brand after a bad return experience. More @Salesforce data to dive into: bit.ly/3PrdLZ6

Traffic from emerging channels drove engagement. Retail media networks drove 70% more visitors & social media drove 20% more visitors. Retailers preempted Prime Day with big 4th of July sales. On Prime Day, discount rates dipped 15% YoY and sales dipped too.

Salesforce 🔥XGen-7B 🔥new 7B LLM trained on up to 8K sequence length for 1.5T tokens. Achieves better or comparable results with MPT, Falcon, LLaMA, Redpajama, & OpenLLaMA in the text & code tasks. Congrats Salesforce Research! github.com/salesforce/xgen blog.salesforceairesearch.com/xgen/

Keeping customers satisfied has been a tall order: ✨2020 safety & fast delivery kept them coming back ✨2021 they favored retailers who had the products they needed in stock ✨ 2022 they switched brands for lower prices ✨2023 consumer preferences continue to evolve

Due to increasingly complex buying journeys & ongoing labor shortages, the likelihood of a bad service experience has increased. Consumers want quick, friendly, & consistent responses, &, they are choosing digital engagement like live chat services to get the job done.

@CailaSchwartz Lovely! Your Charleston’s pictures convinced me: my next travel in US should definitely include SC!

Sunny Saturdays in Charleston 💗

The negative online growth in the U.S. mimics what the European market experienced a year ago, also due to declining consumer sentiment and discretionary spending according to @salesforce data. Learn More:  sfdc.co/T6nau

@salesforce data shows the Q1 of 2023 was a mixed bag for digital commerce. After a comeback in Q4, global online sales fell 2% year over year. This decline was driven primarily by decreased demand in the U.S. market. Learn More:  sfdc.co/T6nau

US consumers are most influenced by friends and family in their purchasing decisions for Easter gifts according to @salesforce data 🐰

The lipstick index is back.💄Data shows the #beautyindustry is holding its own despite #inflation woes, signaling that #consumer appetite for “little luxuries” remains. (@Salesforce's Shopping Index is also showing strong performance in this category!) bit.ly/3YNjSrm

According to the Site Speed Standard 2022, a one-second faster page load on mobile equates to 5.9% conversion lift ⏱

Very cool! Live streaming could be the unlock for social’s place in the commerce ecosystem as a real driver of sales 🙌🏻

Welcome EinsteinGPT & SlackGPT! #tdx23

Lights, camera, 2023 #retail trends. 🎬 With the year of margins upon us, @AmericanExpress found that just a 5% increase in #customer retention can boost #retailers' profits from 25-95%. See what @Salesforce predicts will happen in retail this year: sforce.co/3YMFKnb