Forbes Business Development Council

08/28/2026

When it comes to digital transformation in sales, creating a consistent, value-driven customer experience is essential for success. https://hubs.li/Q04vBjVJ0 Written by William DeCourcy of AmeriLife

When it comes to digital transformation in sales, creating a consistent, value-driven customer experience is essential for success.

08/28/2026

Offering discounts in response to flattening sales can be an expensive mistake for small brands. https://hubs.li/Q04vBrYY0 Written by Joel Goldstein of Mr. Checkout Distributors

Offering discounts in response to flattening sales can be an expensive mistake for small brands.

08/27/2026

Organizations must stop seeing AI technology as only a productivity tool and start recognizing its potential to truly impact outcomes. https://hubs.li/Q04vsFyJ0 Written by Cuong Nguyen Cao of CMC Global

Organizations must stop seeing AI technology as only a productivity tool and start recognizing its potential to truly impact outcomes.

08/27/2026

Technology spend shows up on the balance sheet. The capability to use it well doesn't. And it's the capability that pays. https://hubs.li/Q04vsY220 Written by Mushfig Aliyev of Azerconnect Group

Technology spend shows up on the balance sheet. The capability to use it well doesn't. And it's the capability that pays.

08/27/2026

Creators are becoming an integral aspect of marketing, so brands need to adapt to the data infrastructure they've created. https://hubs.li/Q04vsXfw0 Written by Lauren Newman of Button

Creators are becoming an integral aspect of marketing, so brands need to adapt to the data infrastructure they've created.

08/27/2026

Participation in incubator programs provides great access to industry leaders who sharpen your strategy and operations.

Read more at https://hubs.li/Q04vsJ_10 from Dr. Priya Agrawal of MSD Invents, Praneeth Kudithipudi of Sacumen, Jani Hirvonen of Google, Bryce Welker of CPA Exam Guy, and Lynn Comp of Intel.

You get mentors who've already made the mistakes you're about to make, peer founders who become real sounding boards and intros that would've taken years to earn cold.

08/27/2026

🌟 Editor's Choice 🌟

"As AI rewires how information is surfaced, we’re quietly crossing into something even more consequential for creators and brands: the zero-click creator economy."

Read more from Kristen Dolan, SVP, Growth at Influential: https://hubs.li/Q04tQlQg0

08/27/2026

I make sure my team has time to learn new skills, explore emerging technologies and take on stretch opportunities that help them grow.

Read more at https://hubs.li/Q04vsKDd0 from Hayden Stafford of Seismic, Jani Hirvonen of Google, Rick Ruperto of Rick Ruperto LLC, William DeCourcy of AmeriLife, and Hilda Maalouf of AI Simplified Hub.

I make sure my team has time to learn new skills, explore emerging technologies and take on stretch opportunities that help them grow.

08/26/2026

Most articles never make it past the editor’s desk. Which means most opportunities never get the chance to begin.

Because when an idea isn’t presented in a way that earns immediate confidence, it doesn’t move forward—and neither do the conversations, connections, and visibility that could follow.

Every published article has the potential to open doors: new relationships, new credibility, new ways for people to discover and trust your perspective. But those opportunities start with getting that first “yes.”

That’s exactly what the Forbes Councils Ultimate Pre-Publishing Checklist is designed to help with, built from patterns our editorial team has seen across thousands of articles.

If you want your next piece to unlock more opportunities before it’s even published, start here:

The pre-publishing checklist Forbes Councils built from our editorial team and top member contributors.

08/26/2026

Systems thinking can apply to any kind of decision work, and business leaders can use this simple framework to start practicing. https://hubs.li/Q04vhfht0 Written by Zak Ali of Finder

Systems thinking can apply to any kind of decision work, and business leaders can use this simple framework to start practicing.