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George Boretos

Founder & CEO at FutureUP

Athens, Greece

AI Founder & CEO @ FutureUP | Building the Future of Price Optimization | Top 50 Thought Leader in AI | Raised $9m in VC funding in AI
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Do you want to supercharge your Pricing & Strategic foresight with the power of Predictive AI?
Book a demo: https://www.futureup.io/demo
Get in touch: https://www.futureup.io/contact-us
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You are responsible for your company’s pricing, sales, or strategy.
You are great at what you do!

But when trying to optimize your pricing or predict your sales & market, you are NOT SURE HOW TO PROCEED.

Why?

Because Pricing and Sales performance are influenced by MANY COMPLEX FACTORS:

- Country & Market conditions (e.g., inflation, competition)
- Product vs. Customer fit (e.g., features, segmentation)
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For years I faced similar problems with customers and companies I worked for.

Sometimes it was inflation disturbing our pricing strategy. Recession cutting off budgets. Or competitors transforming the market landscape.

I tried to use instinct & experience, but this wasn’t enough.
I analyzed tons of data with Excel or statistical software, but still, something was missing.
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And then, I found Predictive AI!

Combining econometrics with AI models can be powerful in analyzing complex market dynamics!

I used and further developed my proprietary Predictive AI framework for 20+ years.

During this time, I leveraged this framework to:

- Predict the growth of the global economy for nearly 17 years & give an early warning of the 2008 crisis
- Identify major local market turnarounds for 10+ years

and helped enterprises:

- Optimize their pricing
- Increase their revenue & market share
- Improve conversions
- Change their strategy resulting in market share leadership
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And how did I do all this?

AI runs through my “veins”! Business as well. I am combining both to bring maximum effect to enterprises.

My 25+ years professional career has given me a diverse set of experiences:

- A successful journey as an entrepreneur, launching three AI startups and raising $9mn in funding
- Winning deals with Fortune 500 customers worldwide
- Designing and launching AI applications, including price optimization
- Creating predictive models that produced successful forecasts about technology diffusion & the economy
- Leading pricing, marketing, sales, and strategy functions
- Top 10 Thought Leader in Predictive Analytics and Top 50 in AI (Thinkers360: check links on my profile)

My most recent endeavor, FutureUP (https://www.futureup.io), combines this extensive experience to help enterprises optimize pricing and achieve their sales & profit targets.
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Ready to get started?
Book a demo: https://www.futureup.io/demo
Get in touch: https://www.futureup.io/contact-us

Available For: Advising, Authoring, Consulting, Speaking
Travels From: Athens
Speaking Topics: AI, Pricing, Entrepreneurship

Speaking Fee $3,000 (In-Person), $1,500 (Virtual)

George Boretos Points
Academic 25
Author 183
Influencer 0
Speaker 57
Entrepreneur 131
Total 396

Points based upon Thinkers360 patent-pending algorithm.

Thought Leader Profile

Portfolio Mix

Featured Videos

Real customer case: AI-based Price Optimization across countries and what-if scenarios for inflation and spending income
April 15, 2024
Keynote @AI Innovation Summit Nov 2023: The Future of AI
April 15, 2024
Webcast: Pricing New products in Retail
April 15, 2024

Featured Topics

AI

Emergence and future trends of AI
Predictive AI and how it can help critical decisions like pricing and strategic planning

Predictive Analytics

Using Predictive Analytics to optimize pricing, predict the future, simulate different scenarios, to boost profitability and growth

Innovation & Startups

How to boost and manage innovation within your company
How to achieve Product-Market fit and scale up for new products
The startup ecosystem as an innovation hub

Company Information

Company Type: Company
Minimum Project Size: Undisclosed
Average Hourly Rate: Undisclosed
Number of Employees: Undisclosed
Company Founded Date: Undisclosed

Areas of Expertise

AI 32.99
Analytics
Business Strategy 37.52
Generative AI 32.05
Coaching
CRM
Customer Loyalty
Design Thinking
Digital Disruption
Digital Transformation 30.35
Emerging Technology
Entrepreneurship 31.71
Innovation 31.61
Leadership 30.31
Lean Startup
Management
Marketing 30.26
Open Innovation
Predictive Analytics 33.56
Public Relations
Sales
Social 37.19
Startups 43.41
Mobility 34.86
International Relations 30.78
Risk Management 31.17
Culture 30.06
Ecosystems 30.06
Future of Work

Industry Experience

Chemicals
High Tech & Electronics
Manufacturing
Pharmaceuticals
Professional Services
Telecommunications

Publications

13 Article/Blogs
AI takes the Spotlight
FutureUP
March 27, 2024
AI takes the Spotlight as the most talked-about topic, eclipsing even pressing matters like the economy and war.

The launch of ChatGPT at the end of 2022 marked an important milestone as AI catapulted from tech circles right into the mainstream market!

What once was the domain of tech aficionados is now accessible to all, revolutionizing how we approach tasks and solve problems.

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Tags: AI, Generative AI

AI Innovation Summit Feb 2024
FutureUP
February 19, 2024
Burning insights about AI from the latest AI Innovation Summit held on Feb 15 2024

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Tags: AI, Generative AI, Predictive Analytics

Artificial Intelligence and the Landmark Year of 2023
Startupper
February 07, 2024
A commentary about the significance of 2023 in the evolution of AI as it enters the mainstream market.

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Tags: AI, Generative AI, Startups

Survey: AI-enabled Pricing testing
FutureUP
January 30, 2024
The aim of the survey is to collect Information about the methods you have used in the past to test/evaluate pricing predictive insights & suggestions (e.g., optimum price suggestions, probability to buy estimation) and what the outcome was.

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Tags: AI, Business Strategy, Predictive Analytics

Predicting a Global Crisis using AI
FutureUP
January 08, 2024
Successfully giving an early warning for the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and the subsequent Global Recession of 2009

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Tags: AI, Business Strategy, Predictive Analytics

Mobile apps optimum pricing across countries using AI
FutureUP
October 10, 2023
A real case of Mobile application vendors using the Predictive AI model’s optimum price suggestions per country, resulting in significant revenue and performance benefits.

2x increase in Revenue and 3x in Conversions leveraging AI-powered Price Optimization across countries considering the Macro & Market Impact.

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Tags: AI, Business Strategy, Predictive Analytics

Optimum Price simulation per country and year for a new product launch
FutureUP
October 04, 2023
A real case leveraging Predictive AI to optimize price for varying inflation & income

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Tags: AI, Business Strategy, Predictive Analytics

Predicting the Growth of the Global Market using AI
FutureUP
October 03, 2023
Predicting the growth of the Global market for 17 years with more than 97.5% accuracy.

-AI-based Forecasting of the Global Market
-High forecasting accuracy for 17 years
-AI model proved resilient to the many crises of the past two decades

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Tags: AI, Business Strategy, Predictive Analytics

Poll results: Key challenges of price setting today
https://www.futureup.io/post/poll-results-key-challenges-of-price-setting-today
June 16, 2023
The latest results of the ongoing poll Key challenges of price setting today indicate that companies are challenged more by the uncertainty of the Macro/Market environment than the Micro/Company environment they operate in.

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Tags: AI, Generative AI, Predictive Analytics

The Forecasting Net
FutureUP
April 14, 2023

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Tags: AI, Entrepreneurship, Predictive Analytics

Scientific facts behind Dan Brown's book "Inferno" (warning to readers: spoilers)
Forecasting Net
May 24, 2016
I am a great fan of Dan Brown. I have read all of his books and enjoyed every single one of them! Great fiction and storytelling. Most of all, I always admired Brown's capacity to fuse fantastic elements with actual historical or scientific facts. This is why I decided to test his last-and one of my favorite-books, the “Inferno”.

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Tags: Ecosystems, Predictive Analytics, Social

Greek GDP forecast: a lost decade?
Forecasting Net
November 19, 2014
As the Second Economic Adjustment Program for Greece is soon coming to an end, there is a growing debate about the impact of the agreed austerity measures, whether the economic recession is finally over, and, most of all, what the next day may be.

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Tags: Business Strategy, Predictive Analytics, Social

Ebola Outbreak 2014 forecast: reported cases expected to increase significantly in the following months
Forecasting Net
October 09, 2014
As the number of reported cases of the recent Ebola virus outbreak is continuously rising, so is the concern of the people and public officials about the possible duration and severity of the deadly epidemic.

In order to estimate the evolution of the disease, we used the s-curve model and publicly available data of either confirmed or suspected Ebola cases and deaths from March to November 2014.

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Tags: Predictive Analytics, Social

6 Author Newsletters
In search of Artificial General Intelligence
LinkedIn
April 03, 2024
In this edition, we'll explore the prospect of human-equivalent AI or Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and how close we are to achieving this great breakthrough! We'll present how the blending of AI software and hardware will help AI integrate more seamlessly into our world and empower new ways of interaction. We'll also discuss the most recent AGI-related statements from AI leaders like Jensen Huang, Elon Mask, and Sam Altman and the evidence so far.

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Tags: AI, Generative AI, Startups

AI-enabled Pricing: A Game Changer or Just Hype?
Linkedln
March 04, 2024
We'll present evidence of how well this works in practice, important benchmarks, preliminary poll results about the use of testing methods, and a quick overview of pricing methods and tools to use. Finally, we encourage you to participate in our ongoing survey regarding AI-enabled Pricing testing. The final results will be shared with all subscribers.

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Tags: Business Strategy, Predictive Analytics, Startups

AI successfully predicted the Global Market for 17 years
Linkedln
January 31, 2024
Welcome to the fourth edition of the FutureAI newsletter, where we journey through cutting-edge future trends and delve into compelling AI stories, all designed to supercharge your business!

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Tags: Business Strategy, Predictive Analytics, Startups

2023 - The year AI went mainstream!
Linkedln
December 20, 2023
In this edition, we will explore the current status and future potential of the Artificial Intelligence space, considering the recent developments in the "Annus Mirabilis" of 2023.

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Tags: Business Strategy, Predictive Analytics

FutureAI insights surpassing 1000 subscribers!
LinkedIn
November 14, 2023
Welcome to the second edition of the FutureAI newsletter, where we journey through cutting-edge future trends and delve into compelling AI stories, all designed to supercharge your business

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Tags: AI, Predictive Analytics

Using AI in Pricing
LinkedIn
September 11, 2023
Welcome to the FutureAI newsletter, where we journey through cutting-edge future trends and delve into compelling AI stories, all designed to supercharge your business!

Join us as we:

Uncover the secrets behind harnessing the power of AI to optimize your pricing strategies to boost profitability and growth
Explore the crystal ball of strategic forecasting, revealing how AI-driven insights can elevate your decision-making and position your business for success in a fast-paced market

Together, we'll discover new trends and practical AI applications to help you supercharge your business and accelerate growth and profitability.

In this inaugural edition, we explore how AI can help identify the Right Price across countries for a product that does not yet exist. We also present a quick guide regarding Pricing during an economic slowdown and explain the role of Predictive AI in addressing this challenge. Read on!

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Tags: AI, Business Strategy, Predictive Analytics

2 Book Chapters
Financial Markets and the Global Recession-Chapter contribution: "Global Recession: Just a Glitch or Is It Here to Stay?"
Nova Science Publishers, New York · Jan 1, 2011Nova Science Publishers, New York · Jan 1, 2011
January 01, 2011
The recent credit crunch of 2008 ignited in 2009 one of the most severe economic slowdowns since the World War II. Even though there is a consensus that we have entered a serious global economic recession that will probably change the balance of power between emerging countries and Western economies, there are still many unanswered questions. What triggered the recession and what is its true nature? What are the similarities between the current recession and the Great Depression? Has the long-term growth trend of the global economy been compromised or is this recession a cyclical phenomenon? At what extent will it affect the balance of international powers? And the most important question of all: is it a random or a systematic phenomenon that we could have predicted? If so, what can we do now to minimize losses? In this book chapter, we shed some light on these questions based mainly on a recent study concerning the future of the global economy, published just a few days prior to the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 that signaled the beginning of the credit crisis. Furthermore, by combining data from this study and other sources, we provide the reader with both qualitative and quantitative insights about the current recession.

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Tags: Business Strategy, Risk Management, Social

Mobile Telephones: Networks, Applications, and Performance-Chapter contribution: "The Suitability of S-curves in Forecasting the Mobile Phone Market"
Nova Science Publishers, New York · Jan 1, 2008Nova Science Publishers, New York · Jan 1, 2008
January 01, 2008
In this book chapter, we test the suitability of s-curves in forecasting the mobile market. In order to do so we compare (a) forecasts made for China’s mobile subscriptions with data up to 2001, with actual data for years up to 2006 and (b) forecasts made for World’s mobile subscriptions with data up to 2004, with actual data for years up to 2006. China’s projections with limited data up to year 2001 gave relatively accurate estimates of mobile subscriptions with less than 8% error for 2006.In the case of World mobile subscriptions, the emergence of a second growth wave after the completion of a first one is confirmed, thus leading to a new estimate of approximately 3.5 billion subscriptions (the impact of 3G connectivity after 2007, not captured in this analysis, actually led to an even greater number of subscriptions near 4.5 billion at 2010).

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Tags: Business Strategy, Mobility, Predictive Analytics

2 Book Reviews
Book Review: “The Pricing Model Revolution” by Dr Danilo Zatta
FutureUP
September 11, 2023
An excellent book,“The Pricing Model Revolution” by Danilo Zatta, PhD, MBA, quoted as best-read in Pricing by Philip Kotler

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Tags: AI, Business Strategy, Predictive Analytics

Book Review: “Master the Art of Value-Based Selling” by Dr Steve Laborda
FutureUP
August 17, 2023
This is a highly recommended book for salespeople, marketers, and anyone interested in improving sales performance!

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Tags: Business Strategy

5 Founders
FutureAI insigths
LinkedIn
September 11, 2023
Cutting-edge future trendsand compelling AI stories to supercharge your business

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Tags: AI, Predictive Analytics, Startups

Founder FutureUP
FutureUP
January 01, 2023
Founder & CEO of FutureUP, a company involved in Predictive AI with focus on Price optimization and Strategic Forecasting for B2B companies

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CoFounder & ex coCEO Cube RM
Cube RM
February 01, 2017
CoFounder, Board member, and ex coCEO Cube RM, a leading company in AI-powered Tender Management software, having raised 9mn in Seed & Series A funding

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Tags: AI, Predictive Analytics, Startups

Founder & Managing Director Global Forecasting Solutions
Global Forecasting Solutions (inactive from 2020)
February 01, 2016
Founder & Managing Director Global Forecasting Solutions, a company into Predictive Analytics for enterprises

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Tags: AI, Predictive Analytics, Startups

Forecasting Net blog site
Forecasting Net
January 01, 2011
The Forecasting Net is a think tank for professionals, futurists, and simple enthusiasts interested in AI, forecasting, price optimization, and future trends.

Its purpose is to help increase our visibility of the future by monitoring emerging trends in technology, our society, business, and the global economy by using all means available, from simple observation and analysis to complex AI tools.

We put a lot of emphasis on presenting everything in a simple and straightforward manner that everyone can understand. Towards this goal, the Forecasting Net launched in 2011 a Blog to post and comment on new trends, AI & forecasting techniques, hints & tips, guides, software, and any other relevant material that is of value to our audience.

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Tags: AI, Innovation, Predictive Analytics

1 Group
Forecasting Net LinkedIn Group
Forecasting Net
April 01, 2011
The Forecasting Net (www.forecastingnet.com) is a think tank for professionals, futurists, and simple enthusiasts interested in AI, forecasting, price optimization, and future trends.

Its purpose is to help increase our visibility of the future by monitoring emerging trends in technology, our society, business, and the global economy by using all means available, from simple observation and analysis to complex AI tools.

We put a lot of emphasis on presenting everything in a simple and straightforward manner that everyone can understand. Towards this goal, the Forecasting Net launched in 2011 a Blog to post and comment on new trends, AI & forecasting techniques, hints & tips, guides, software, and any other relevant material that is of value to our audience.

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Tags: AI, Innovation, Predictive Analytics

2 Industry Awards
Best Mentor Award 2022
GreenTech Challenge 2022
December 09, 2022
Award given to the best Mentors of GreenTech Challenge 2022

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Tags: Startups

MIT Enteprise Forum Greece Startup competition
MIT Enteprise Forum Greece
July 13, 2017
A demanding 2-month startup program including training, mentoring, multiple presentations, and a three-stage competition process. Our company secured the 3rd place award among tenths of competing companies.

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Tags: Startups

5 Journal Publications
Social User Experience for Effective Mobile Advertising
IGI Global, Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition, p.1415-1424 · Jan 1, 2015IGI Global, Encyclopedia of Information Scien
January 01, 2015
Mobile is the fastest growing segment on the online advertising market creating opportunities for life-enriching UX and value within this emerging marketplace (Chen & Hsieh, 2011). Mobile advertising is described as a form of advertising that is communicated to the consumer/target via a handset. This type of advertising is most commonly seen as a Mobile Web Banner (top of page), Mobile Web Poster (bottom of page), and full screen interstitial, which appears while a requested mobile web page is “loading’(Mobile Marketing Association, 2008), primarily in smartphones as well as Tablets. As mobile technology applications continue to increase, so do the number of mobile subscribers. With a penetration of 84 percent of mobile subscribers in the United States, with this percentage surging to 100 percent by 2013 (Kagan, 2007) and the latest figures from Nielsen (2012) showing that between July 2011 …

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Tags: Marketing, Mobility, Social

Forecasting “In the Pocket”: Mobile devices can improve collaboration
Foresight, Issue 32, Winter 2014, p.13-18 · Jan 1, 2014
January 01, 2014
This article presents specific approaches for the future of mobile forecasting applications. We explore how the increasing popularity of PDAs, smartphones, tablet computers, and other mobile devices opens up new opportunities for communication and collaboration on business forecasts. Furthermore, mobile forecasting applications may streamline approaches to collaboration between retailers and suppliers, thus contributing to the provision and exchange of product information, especially since forecasts are strongly tied to local context knowledge.

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Tags: AI, Mobility, Predictive Analytics

IS model: A general model of forecasting and its applications in science and the economy
Technological Forecasting and Social Change / Elsevier · Feb 1, 2011
February 01, 2011
In this article, a general model of Interaction Systems (IS) is introduced that can be applied to many different fields covering economic, business, social, physical, and other phenomena giving us both numerical estimates and qualitative insights of the system's dynamics. This is illustrated in two case studies. First, the IS model is applied to the global economy. The resulting model is tested against real global GDP data. The new IS model gave reliable estimates and presented a basic framework of understanding the nature of major economic shifts, including the recent global recession of 2009, by studying the dynamic relationship between demand and supply. In the other case, the IS model is applied to elementary chemical reactions in order to quantify the reaction kinetics. The result is the well known rate law of chemical reaction kinetics thus providing evidence of the proposed model's validity.

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Tags: Business Strategy, Predictive Analytics, Social

The future of the global economy
Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier · Sep 1, 2008
September 01, 2008
*Ranked No 2 most downloaded paper in the journal for the period Jan - Mar 2009
*Top 20% of citations in the journal as of June 2013

In this paper we use the assumption that global activity, as measured by real GDP, follows the well known s-curve function. Also, in order to model the relative power of specific regions, we use the Logistic Substitution method. Estimates from the derived models are tested against actual data and linked to real historical events where appropriate. According to the paper, the global economy follows a two-century growth wave, from 1917 to 2112, attributed to globalization. This period is equally divided into five phases called “seasons” that last nearly 40 years and constitute successive periods of growth, saturation, and decline. Almost every forty years, near the middle of each season, there is a peak point that initiates a cyclical slowdown of the global economy. The cyclical downtrend occurs when the economy “overshoots” i.e. when the ratio between actual and estimated GDP is at maximum. The first two cyclical slowdowns occurred in 1937, near the start of World War II and in 1975, near the outburst of the oil crisis. The next cyclical peak occurs in 2013, very close to the ongoing global economic crisis. Furthermore, the paper concludes that China's emergence as a superpower could have been predicted even as way back as 1985 by using the Logistic Substitution method. Although China will continue to grow, in terms of percentage contribution to global GDP, by the year 2024 it is expected to enter a substitution phase, as our world will most likely experience the emergence of a new “superpower” that will take its place, and once more will change the international landscape as we know it today.

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Tags: Business Strategy, Predictive Analytics, Social

The future of the mobile phone business
Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier · Dec 1, 2005
December 01, 2005
*Ranked No 3 most downloaded paper in the journal for the period Apr - Jun 2007
*Top 5% of citations in the journal as of June 2013

In this article we use the assumption that the diffusion of mobile technology, as measured by the number of active mobile accounts, follows the well known S-curve of natural growth in competition systems. The accuracy of the logistic fit is tested against actual data for the whole World, Europe, China and the GSM system. Using the produced models we make predictions about the future of the mobile business.

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Tags: Business Strategy, Mobility, Predictive Analytics

3 Keynotes
AI-the big picture
AI Innovation Summit
November 16, 2023
George delivered a keynote at the prestigious AI Innovation Summit on Nov 16th, addressing over 20000 attendees.

Recent AI Summits featured prominent figures in the AI space, such as Greg Brockman, co-founder of Open AI, and other notable AI thought leaders.

George's presentation titled "AI-the big picture" will touch upon:

-The current status of the market
-The significance of ChatGPT vs. other tools
-The many forms and applications of AI
-Real-life evidence of the positive business impact of AI
-Challenges and future potential of AI

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Tags: AI, Generative AI, Predictive Analytics

How to accelerate your tendering business with AI in practice
11th EPP Life Sciences Forum
October 20, 2022
Do you want to know how to accelerate your tendering business with AI?
Join the expert commentary session with George Boretos from Cube RM and Dinos Constantinidis from Janssen Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) at the 11th EPP Life Sciences Pricing Forum to find out key answers.

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Tags: AI, Innovation, Startups

Keynote at the EPP Manufacturing Pricing Forum 2022 in Amsterdam
EPP Manufacturing Pricing Forum 2022
June 16, 2022
At a panel during the 10th EPP Life Sciences Pricing Forum in Munich 2021. Presenting key insights regarding the Pharma Tender market in Europe.

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Tags: AI, Business Strategy, Predictive Analytics

4 Mentors
Mentor at Foundation
Foundation
May 01, 2023
Mentor at Foundation, a Startup accelerator

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Tags: Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Startups

KEMEL Mentor
KEMEL
January 01, 2023
Mentor at KEMEL, a non-profit organization helping young entrepreneurs

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Tags: Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Startups

Mentor Imperial College
Imperial College
January 01, 2023
Mentor at the Imperial College as an Imperial College Business School graduate (MBA with distinction)

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Tags: Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Startups

Mentor GreenTech Challenge 2022
GreenTech Challenge 2022
December 01, 2022
Mentor of the GreenTech Challenge, helping young entrepreneurs in the energy sector and sustainability

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Tags: Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Startups

3 Panels
Beyond Efficiency: AI's creative Potential
SwissCognitive
September 06, 2023
AI is not only acceleration, effectiveness and efficiency, but now also a source of inspiration and our co-pilot for everyday life. Gain insights into the latest generative AI use cases, and discover how the seemingly impossible becomes possible and how innovation, leadership and AI fuel creativity and change our way of working and living.

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Tags: AI, Entrepreneurship, Innovation

MIT Enterprise Forum Webcast on entrepreneurship
StartSmart
September 06, 2023
George Boretos, Founder & CEO of FutureUP, is joining this exclusive webcast, “MITEF Greece Alumni Startups - Unveiling the Path to Success”, organized by StartSmart SEE, the dynamic rebranding of MITEF Greece!

Joining forces with an exceptional panel of fellow entrepreneurs, they'll journey through their own experiences in the MITEF Greece Startup Competition, exploring the significant impact on their ventures. Additionally, they'll tackle pivotal topics that can reshape the future of startups and innovative businesses.

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Tags: Business Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Startups

FutureCast panel
11th EPP Life Sciences Forum
October 20, 2022
FutureCast panel of the 11the EPP Life Sciences Pricing Forum of the EPP - Pricing Platform. A great and insightful discussion about pricing in the new and challenging market conditions!

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Tags: AI, Business Strategy

5 Podcasts
The Story of FutureUP: a behind the scenes interview
Monokeros TV SHow
March 12, 2024
A recent interview with the TV news show MONOKEROS (Unicorn in Greek). This is a behind-the-scenes journey into a 25-year quest to successfully blend AI with pricing and business foresight, leading to the launch of FutureUP! It reflects on decades of innovation in pricing and forecasting and how these transformed into the Predictive AI platform for Price Optimization and Strategic Forecasting used by FutureUP today.

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Tags: AI, Predictive Analytics, Startups

Pricing New products in Retail
Retail Price Talk
January 23, 2024
An insightful conversation to discover the secrets behind successful retail pricing strategies for new products. Finding the right price for new products is a challenge that all retailers regularly encounter. The lack of historical data on the new products makes it challenging to find the right price, resulting in lost profits. FutureUP's Founder & CEO, George Boretos, joins expert in retail pricing Kiran Gange to explore real-world examples, expert tips, and proven techniques to help you navigate the complexities of pricing in retail. Tune in for a deep dive into the art and science of pricing new products.

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Tags: AI, Business Strategy, Predictive Analytics

CubeCast Ep02 with George Boretos & Dr. Steve Laborda
Cube RM CubeCast
June 24, 2022
What are MEAT tenders - are they relevant for suppliers?
What is Value-based selling and how is this linked to MEAT tenders?

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Tags: Business Strategy, Startups

CubeCast Ep03 George Boretos & Dominik Schrode
Cube RM CubeCast
June 08, 2022
Digital pricing transformation is the key to improve pricingstrategies and generate sustainable profits for a business. In this episode of CubeCasts, we welcomed Dominik Schrode, of PricingWorks, to deep dive into new digital pricing models and tools and more specifically how to gather and leverage valuable information to support pricing decisions.

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Tags: AI, Business Strategy, Predictive Analytics

CubeCast Ep01| George Boretos & Nico Bacharides
Cube RM CubeCast
May 26, 2022
Key insights & elements of an ideal tendering process, stemming from his experience, but also a very recent industry benchmarking

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Tags: Business Strategy, Startups

1 Profile
LinkedIn Profile
LinkedIn
May 10, 2023
LinkedIn profile and presence, including near 5000 followers plus another 1600 on a specialized LinkedIn group

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Tags: Marketing, Startups

2 Speaking Engagements
AI-the Big Picture
1ArtificialIntelligence 2023 Global AI Conference
December 04, 2023
-The current status of the market
-The significance of ChatGPT vs. other tools
-The many forms and applications of AI
-Real-life evidence of the positive business impact of AI
-Challenges and future potential of AI

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Tags: AI, Generative AI, Predictive Analytics

Using Innovative Technologies to excel in Tendering
EPP – Pricing Platform Dynamic Talks session
May 24, 2022
Exploring real-life examples of successful tendering in medical devices and pharmaceuticals
Value-based tendering in Life Sciences: assessing challenges and opportunities for adding quality criteria beyond price-only evaluation of tenders
Leveraging latest technologies to evaluate tender opportunities and find the optimal price for the product

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Tags: AI, Business Strategy, Innovation

16 Videos
The Story of FutureUP: a behind the scenes interview
FutureUP
March 12, 2024

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Tags: AI, Predictive Analytics, Startups

How to test AI-enabled pricing strategies for success
FutureUP
February 28, 2024

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Tags: AI, Business Strategy, Predictive Analytics

Pricing New products in Retail
Retail Price Talk
January 23, 2024

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Tags: AI, Business Strategy, Predictive Analytics

AI the big picture
AI Innovation Summit
November 16, 2023

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Tags: AI, Generative AI, Predictive Analytics

Optimum Price simulation per country and year for a new product launch
FutureUP
October 04, 2023

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Tags: AI, Business Strategy, Predictive Analytics

Mastering B2B SaaS Pricing in a Dynamic Market Webinar May 2023
Import from youtube.com
May 09, 2023

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Tags: Business Strategy, Predictive Analytics, Startups

Webinar | Brazil Tender Market Insights
Import from youtube.com
October 12, 2022

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Tags: Business Strategy, Digital Transformation, Startups

CubeCast Ep03 with Dominik Schrode | Digital Pricing Transformation
Cube RM
October 09, 2022

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Tags: AI, Business Strategy, Predictive Analytics

Webinar | Brazil Tender Market Insights
Cube RM
October 05, 2022
Brazil is by far the biggest pharmaceutical market in Latin America!

Its #procurement landscape is one of the most complex & fragmented in the world. The government, 26 states, over 5,500 municipalities as well as individual public and private hospitals, are buying medicines. The main method of procurement for all the above is #tendering. To be successful in Brazil, an in-depth understanding of the tender market is essential.

We did a deep dive into the Brazilian Tender market to understand the key players, patterns and trends, all based on hard data over the last 5 years:
️ Who are the biggest tender customers in Brazil
️Which therapeutic areas and molecules are tendered the most and for the highest value?
️ What are the key trends over time?

Join our team of tendering experts, George Boretos, co-Founder & co-CEO of Cube RM and Nico Bacharidis, Business Advisor of Cube RM, Founder & CEO of growpal, and also Christos Katsikogiannis, territory manager of Salesforce.com, in this FREE, interactive webinar.

For Tendering, Market Access, Pricing, Commercial & Marketing professionals, interested in the LATAM region, this webinar will provide relevant strategic insights and market intelligence.

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Tags: Business Strategy, Startups

CubeCast Ep03 with Dominik Schrode | Digital Pricing Transformation
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August 03, 2022

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Webinar | The current Tender Maturity status of the Manufacturing Industry
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July 12, 2022

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CubeCast Ep02 with Dr. Steve Laborda | MEAT Tenders & Value-based Tendering
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June 22, 2022

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CubeCast Ep01 | Key elements for success towards an Ideal Tender Excellence journey!
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May 26, 2022

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Webinar | Your Ideal Tender Excellence Journey with Industry Benchmarking
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March 17, 2022

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Key Insights of the Tender Market for the Pharmaceutical Industry in Europe
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October 01, 2021

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Key insights of the Tender Market for the Chemical Industry in Europe, March 25, 2021
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April 05, 2021

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6 Webinars
How to test AI-enabled pricing strategies for success
FutureUP
February 28, 2024
Our webinar includes real-life customer cases from our past experience in AI & Pricing, indicating how well this works in practice!

During our 1-hour webinar, you’ll learn HOW TO:

AI & Pricing: Use Predictive AI to improve your pricing and boost your sales performance even x-fold

Impact of external factors: Incorporate the impact of the macro and market environment

Accuracy assessment: Evaluate the accuracy of AI-enabled price predictive insights

Business impact assessment: Estimate the impact on your sales performance and profitability

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Tags: AI, Business Strategy, Predictive Analytics

Combining Predictive AI with Neuroscience to identify the Best Price across countries
FutureUP & Neurensics
September 12, 2023
️ AI-based Price Optimization across countries
️ What-if scenarios for inflation and spending income
️ Real customer case – new product launch

Prepare to have your mind blown as we unveil the secret behind the game-changing pricing strategyfor Scent Camera by combining FutureUP cutting-edge Predictive AI technology with Neurensics groundbreaking Neuroscience!

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Tags: AI, Innovation, Predictive Analytics

Online webinar: Mastering B2B SaaS Pricing in a Dynamic Market
FutureUP
May 03, 2023
Leveraging AI and Advanced Pricing Methods to Stay Ahead

A thought-provoking webinar on pricing strategies in today's dynamic market landscape. In the face of turbulent times characterized by inflation, potential recession, geopolitical uncertainty, and new technologies, pricing has become even more critical and complex.

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Tags: AI, Business Strategy, Predictive Analytics

Brazil Tender Market
Cube RM
September 13, 2022
Brazil Tender Market: Get insights into one of the biggest & most complex tender markets worldwide.

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Webinar | Your Ideal Tender Excellence Journey with Industry Benchmarking
Cube RM
February 24, 2022
In an ideal tender world, what would you like to know or have to build a flawless tendering process? Get an overview of your company’s tendering readiness and indicative market benchmarks, that will help you build your strategy for Tender Excellence.

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Key Insights of the Tender Market for the Pharmaceutical Industry in Europe
Cube RM
June 21, 2021
Discover more about the tendering market size and growth, countries’ and sectors’ dynamics and decision-making patterns, customer segmentation, and many other valuable insights, to leverage on your tendering strategy.

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Tags: Business Strategy

25 Whitepapers
In search of Artificial General Intelligence
FutureUP
April 02, 2024
AI has taken the spotlight following ChatGPT's successful debut in late 2022! This has sparked a frenzy of development, with millions using the new technology and thousands of new AI tools being launched every year.

This is a major shift from previous years when more advanced AI tools were mainly used by an “elite” of AI experts, enthusiasts, and visionaries but were unavailable to most of the market. Today, everyone is talking about AI, even more than other pressing issues like the economy or global conflicts. With every new application, AI becomes more intertwined with the fabric of our lives, and its popularity and importance increase.

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Tags: AI, Generative AI, Startups

AI & Geopolitics
Geopolitica
March 05, 2024
An interview to the Geopolitica Journal, one of the top geopolitics journals in the world, about the importance and relationship between Geopolitics and the rising field of Artificial Intelligence.

The interview covers the following key areas:

-The new role of Geography and the impact of AI

-How is AI shaping Political and Economic Power

-The need for State and Private sector coordination

-The importance of Information, AI, and Space in countries development

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Tags: AI, Business Strategy, Predictive Analytics

AI hits the Tipping Point
FutureUP
February 22, 2024
AI has gone mainstream and hit the tipping point. Read on to learn more and what this means for the future of AI.

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AI-the Big Picture revisited
FutureUP
December 14, 2023
This paper aims to answer critical questions regarding the AI market and more specifically:

-Is ChatGPT the most important AI tool?

-Have we achieved human-equivalent AI?

-What are the different forms and applications of AI?

-What are the key future directions of AI?

The paper also features four success stories demonstrating the big benefits of using AI in business!

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Tags: AI, Generative AI, Startups

Pricing and the AI Storm
EPP Pricing Platform
December 14, 2023
Our article, "Pricing and the AI Storm" published by the European Pricing Platform (EPP) in the 3rd Edition | Q4 2023 of the EPP Pulse journal!

The article covers the following key areas:

-Using Predictive AI for Price Optimization

-Estimating the Probability to win and the Demand Curve with AI

-Estimating Pricing trendsand Supply-Demand dynamics

-Practical use cases️of AI in Pricing

The article also features a real case of Price optimization across countries for a new product launch, a joint project of FutureUP with our partner Neurensics.

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Tags: AI, Business Strategy, Predictive Analytics

AI-powered SaaS Pricing & Packaging
FutureUP
September 27, 2023
How do the rapidly changing market, inflation & economic slowdown, and different countries' potential affect your SaaS Pricing, and what you can do about it?

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Pricing under economic downturn
FutureUP
August 17, 2023
How an economic slowdown or a recession affects your pricing and what you can do about it.

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Pricing & Inflation
FutureUP
July 12, 2023
How inflation affects your pricing and what you can do about it.

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Which Pricing Tool is the best for you?
FutureUP
June 29, 2023
Popular Pricing Tools and AI-enabled pricing.

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Please Pay attention to your Pricing!
FutureUP
June 08, 2023
What other companies overlook that you should pay attention to?

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7 steps for success in Tender management
EPP Thought Leadership Series · Jul 29, 2019
July 29, 2019
Tendering is already a big and growing business affecting most industries and countries around the world. However, winning new public tenders is not a “free meal”. With more and more tenders using a combination of price and qualitative criteria and tenders being published on quite short notice, this is also a complex, rapidly changing, and highly demanding market.

This new white paper, published in the EPP Thought Leadership Series, describes the key challenges and seven steps for success in Tender management based on real-life evidence from the market.

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Impact of culture on the development of countries
Forecasting Net
May 16, 2016
The quantitative impact of cultural traits on economic growth on a country level. In order to measure culture, in the sense of standard behaviors characteristic to the people of a certain country, we use the six dimensions first introduced by professor Geert Hofstede: Power Distance, Individualism, Masculinity, Uncertainty avoidance, Long term orientation, and Indulgence.

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Tags: Culture, Predictive Analytics, Social

What makes the economy tick - Part IV - US vs. USSR rivalry
Forecasting Net
June 15, 2015
Although the history and implications of the Cold War between the US and the USSR are well documented, it is still not quite clear why it ended up as it did, with the collapse of the Soviet Bloc and a clear win for the US.

Using a methodology presented in the recent post, “What makes our world and the economy tick?”, we will examine the US vs. USSR rivalry from a different perspective, by focusing on the progress made in the following key areas: Information flow, Transportation, Telecommunications, and Freedom of speech. This will help us identify the key competitive advantages of the two countries that-to a large extent-determined the outcome of this war.

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What makes the economy tick - Part III - Ancient Greece
Forecasting Net
February 14, 2015
The ancient Greek civilization emerged during the 8th century BC, almost out of nowhere, reaching a peak point in just three centuries, the Golden Age of Pericles in the 5th century BC that is still considered one of the most brilliant moments of human history.


Although the marvels of Ancient Greece are common knowledge today, it is still not quite clear what triggered this important period of development.

By using a methodology presented in the recent post, “What makes our world and the economy tick?”, we will explain the growth dynamics of ancient times based on the progress made in the following key areas: Information flow, Transportation, Telecommunications, and Freedom of speech.

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What makes our world and the economy tick? Part II: China vs. The West
Forecasting Net
September 17, 2014
China’s recent growth frenzy should not be a surprise. Its economy has been one of the largest in the world in the last two thousand years, reaching a peak point near the beginning of the 19th century, accounting for almost one third of the global economy at the time. However, by the mid-20th century the Chinese Empire and its economy collapsed to a mere 5% contribution to global GDP only to rise again after Deng Xiaoping assumed power in 1977. Key in understanding these economic cycles is the level of interaction of the Chinese economy, both inside and outside the country.

In this post, we will use the methodology presented in the recent post, “What makes our world and the economy tick?”, to explain China’s recent economic rise and also ascertain its future potential based on the progress made in the following key areas: Information flow, Transportation, Telecommunications, and Freedom of speech.

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What makes the economy tick
Forecasting Net
August 27, 2014
Although it is common knowledge that the development of the past 500 years is based on a series of important discoveries that helped shape our modern civilization, we still don’t understand exactly how innovation adds value to the economy and, even more, how to quantify this relationship. This post will shed some light to the relationship between innovation and economic growth and help us understand how our decisions and efforts today may influence our future!

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The rise and fall of modern empires: concluding report
Forecasting Net
January 12, 2014
“The rise and fall of modern empires” series, posted on a few selected LinkedIn groups, received thousands of insightful comments that inspired this concluding report to sum up the discussion and expand on China’s potential for future development.

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The rise and fall of modern empires - Part IIIb
Forecasting Net
August 28, 2013
As we found out in Part I and Part II, although economic power has been shifting from the West to the East for many decades, income inequality still holds strong around the World. In Part IIIa we discovered what drives the economic growth of different regions and, now, in Part IIIb we do the same for the largest countries in the world. The outcome is quite surprising...

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The rise and fall of modern empires - Part IIIa
Forecasting Net
July 10, 2013
As we found out in Part I and Part II, although economic power has been shifting from the West to the East for many decades, income inequality, in terms of GDP per capita, still holds strong around the World. In Part IIIa we discover what drives the economic growth of different regions, population vs. income per capita improvement, and the outcome is quite surprising...

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Predicting the growth of the Global Market
Forecasting Net
January 30, 2013
Successfully predicting the global market using a specialized econometric model, allowing for proactive, long-term planning. According to the forecast, based on the Interaction Systems’ model, global GDP is expected to almost double by the end of 2030, albeit with decelerating growth rates as we move toward the end of the forecast.

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The Future of Europe-GeoPolitica
GeoPolitica, www.geopolitic.ro, 2013 (1), p.249-253 · Jan 1, 2013
January 01, 2013
*This article is an adaptation of the original publication of the Forecasting Net blog
- www.forecastingnet.com - for the GeoPolitica journal. Follow the link to download both the original and adapted versions.

Contrary to popular belief that increased lending, first in the financial and corporate sector and then on a country level, is the key source of Europe’s problems, it turns out that this may be just the tip of the iceberg in a series of many structural problems, namely: reduced global influence, low growth, population ageing, reduced competitiveness against developing countries, increasing energy dependency, and loose coordination among participating countries. Overall, Europe is quickly losing momentum in the global economy, as it becomes more and more “yesterday’s news”. However, the solution may exist in what we call the “large” Europe scenario.

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Tags: International Relations, Social

The rise and fall of modern empires - Part II
Forecasting Net
March 14, 2012
As we found out in Part I, economic power has been shifting from the West to the East for many decades. In Part II we explore the dynamics of income inequality through the years. We discover that it still holds strong, as full convergence is far away, despite considerable improvements in narrowing the income gap, especially between Asia and the West.

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S-curves and their Applications in Marketing, Business, and the Economy
Alert! Magazine, Marketing Research Association, Vol. 52, No. 2, p.34-39 · Feb 1, 2012Alert! Magazine, Marketing Research Association, Vol. 52, No. 2
February 01, 2012
In this article, published in Marketing Research Association’s Alert! magazine, Roger’s Diffusion of Innovations Model, based on a simple s-curve, is explored as well as its numerous applications in marketing, business, and the economy. A case study of application to the global economy is offered as a proof of concept of the famous model.

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The rise and fall of modern empires - Part I
Forecasting Net
October 01, 2011
Observe the shift of power from Western to Asian economies, in this "journey" of global economic dominance, starting after World War II all the way up to 2010. Find out why this is a long term trend and how we could have predicted it decades ago.

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Predicting a Global Crisis
Forecasting Net
July 11, 2011
Successfully giving an early warning for the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and the subsequent Global Recession of 2009. The forecast performed before the collapse of the Lehman Brothers in 2008 and discovered an economic cycle and predicted the possibility of a crisis in our times of a magnitude similar to the oil crisis in the 1970s and the Global Depression & WWII in the 1930s.

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I have designed and launched AI applications, including price optimization, and created predictive models that have produced successful forecasts about technology diffusion and the economy.

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