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Assorted Links Tuesday

QR codes, the 13 year old Georgia Tech student, MEP Centers, and more.

Dane Carlson
Dane Carlson
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Assorted Links Tuesday
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Workplace development is the new workforce development: If you want to better retain your workers, stop paying for classified ads, social media posts and expensive staffing agencies. Instead, contact your local MEP Center and start focusing on workplace development today.


Meet Caleb Anderson.  The 13 year old is studying aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech.


Winning over diners with QR code-driven advertising: Once simply a quirky tech add-on for signs, QR codes are now a leading marketing and commerce tool.


Unfinished tractors, pickup trucks pile up as components run short: Supply-chain problems cause order backlogs, cutting into sales volumes for companies like Cleveland-Cliffs, Honeywell and Illinois Tool Works.

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CEO of Sitehunt, the AI platform for economic development, site selection and RFI automation. Host and publisher of the Econ Dev Show. In Houston, Texas.


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