JASON XI

Ranked among Australia’s Top 100 Real Estate Agents in 2017, Jason Xi is the Managing Director of First National Clayton JXRE, where he leads an elite team to assist clients throughout Victoria.

Uncommon Contact: Connecting with Clientele Through Social Media

Social media is one of the newest and most powerful tools in an agent or mortgage professional's arsenal.

4 Qualities of Exceptional Employees

Hiring a new employee is one of the more stressful parts of being a business owner. After all, you’re taking someone on and trusting that they’ll not only be a valuable addition to the team, but won’t do anything to hurt your business’s hard-earned reputation.

Embracing Smart Homes: Does New Technology Really Increase Home Value?

Technology and innovation move at a lightning-fast clip, so it can be hard to keep up with all the smart-home trends sweeping the market at a given time.

There Goes the Neighborhood: How to List High When Neighbors are a Nuisance

How do you diffuse difficult neighbors that could lower your bottom line or embarrass you in front of prospective buyers? It takes tact and a gameplan.

Pioneering Solutions for a Changing World

KÖRBER'S VISION TRANSFORMS INDUSTRIES WORLDWIDE, PROPELLING THE FUTURE OF COMMERCE

BUILD BACK BETTER

SHORT-TERM THINKING FOR MANY BUSINESSES TO A BUILDER MENTALITY IS STIFLING GROWTH THEY NEED TO RETURN

LITTLE BY LITTLE

NANOTECHNOLOGY IS IMPROVING MANUFACTURING IN WAYS BIG AND SMALL

Flavor Fascination

AS A UNIQUE GLOBAL FLAVOR DEVELOPER, CITROMAX BUILDS ITS HERITAGE AND SUCCESS ON TASTE AND A QUEST TO BRING NEW SENSATIONS TO THE TABLE

TRAIN YOUR BRAIN FOR LONG TERM HEALTH

WHEN IT COMES TO BRAIN FITNESS, SIMPLE CHANGES CAN YIELD SUPERIOR RESULTS

FREEDOM OF CHOICE

MENU CUSTOMIZATION IS EMPOWERING DINERS AND DRIVING BIG REVENUES

GETTING TO GIVE

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY MERGES EXCELLENCE AND UNIMPEACHABLE IN BUSINESS CARE WITH BLOCKBUSTER RESULTS

'AS BIG AS THE INTERNET, IF NOT BIGGER'

THE HOSTS OF AI FOR HUMANS ON AI'S POTENTIAL FOR GOOD, BAD, AND DOWNRIGHT SILLY

SEE FARTHER, MOVE FASTER

BUILDING TRULY AGILE SUPPLY CHAINS

They Have It Covered

Yong Lee (Lee) and PHP Agency use tech innovations to inject life back into life insurance

Bringing Characters to Life on the Page

How to effectively reveal characters through showing and telling.

What's in a name?

The Importance of Naming Characters

Daring to Show My Dark Side

I never planned to write my debut about the Devil.

Love to Hate Them

Four types of unlikable characters and how to make them work in your writing.

Tommy Orange

The award-winning author on the power and limits of fiction and the breakthrough moment for his second novel, Wandering Stars.

The Unexpected Upside of an Aging Workforce

Hiring and retaining older workers can help boost your company's bottom line.

Al's Battle Shifts to the Corridors of Power

Tech companies are sparring with regulators over how they can use and develop artificial intelligence.

RUNNING OUT OF OXYGEN

VENTURECAPITAL-FUNDED PRIVATE MARKETS FUELED THE CREATION OF HUNDREDS OF BILLION-DOLLAR STARTUPS OVER THE PAST DECADE. NOW THOSE MARKETS ARE IN UPHEAVALAND THE UNICORNS ARE IN CRISIS.

ROAD KILL

BIRD'S ELECTRIC SCOOTER BUSINESS HAD ALL THE MAKINGS OF THE NEXT

In Focus MARCOS GALPERIN

The MercadoLibre CEO has built his Uruguay-based marketplace into the \"Amazon of Latin America.\" But the company is more than another Everything Store. Diversifying into fintech has made Mercado Libre Latin America's second most valuable company, worth $85 billion, and accelerated the region's digital adoption. Now, facing new rivals and fresh political uncertainty, Galperin is reinventing the business once more.

BIG PHARMA'S MONKEY BUSINESS

A CRACKDOWN ON MACAQUE SMUGGLING HAS DISRUPTED A VITAL DRUG DEVELOPMENT SUPPLY CHAIN. INSIDE THE HIGHSTAKES BATTLE OVER THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN MEDICAL INNOVATION, AND THE PRIMATE SPECIES IT DEPENDS UPON.

5 Steady-Rising Stocks for 2024

Cast aside in the surge of enthusiasm for all things tech, these five non-tech options are arguably poised for big years ahead.

FACE TO FACE WITH FAILURE

ECONOMIC TURMOIL POSES A DAUNTING CHALLENGE TO FOUNDERS: BALANCING THEIR STARTUPS' FUTURE WITH THEIR OWN MENTAL HEALTH.

Reconsider Referral-Only When Planning for the Future

Many agents plan for the idea that working only on referral may not be sufficient during slower times of the year, in a down market, or when an agent needs to expanding into a new sector.

Things You Can Do to Anticipate Your Cleint's Needs

First and foremost, the real estate industry is a customer service business. The key to any successful real estate business is one that can build a reputation by providing an unsurpassed level of care.