@Hyken Most of the 'where is my order' calls a support team gets are really product and data problems, when everything can be properly connected together and keep the customer informed the support requests disappear!
AI is only as useful as what it can see. In most companies, the phone, the CRM, contact center and marketing each see a different slice of the same customer.
We built one platform where they share one record. @unboundcx is live today.
First time leaders often struggle to figure out how ensure everything they are responsible for moves down the field together. Individual contributors/managers are often upset that their priorities don't move or don't move fast enough. ICs/Managers get promoted priorities shift and the cycle restarts.
@EvanKirstel@TransUnion@Neustar Unexpected calls are dead. No one wants them. iPhone and Android have solved the problem telco's never would, but "tried" so hard to.
Most AI startups will fail because of distribution, not technology. They'll build something genuinely impressive and then spend years trying to convince businesses to adopt it. Meanwhile most traditional businesses have exactly what startups need โ real customers, real revenue, real workflows โ but they'll never build the technology themselves. The opportunity that almost nobody is pursuing: combine them. Invest in a startup with real tech, acquire a traditional business with real distribution, and merge them together. The startup gets a customer base on day one. The business gets technology it never could have built. Neither gets there alone, but together you skip about five years of grinding.