AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoSMB Lending Spotlight: Cardiff founder William Stern won the Gold Stevie® Award for Lifetime Achievement in Financial Technology after helping fund more than $12B to small businesses, highlighting faster, tech-enabled underwriting with a relationship-first model. Event Marketing for Local Brands: Walls.io launched Walls.io Echo, letting event attendees, speakers, and sponsors share pre-filled social cards to multiple platforms while organizers track results back to campaigns—built for measurable word-of-mouth. Restaurant Growth with Better Guest Data: Freddy’s is partnering with Bikky to measure guest behavior and marketing impact across its nearly 600 locations, aiming to improve menu decisions and track franchise trust. SMB Tech for Customer Reach: PropertyRadar is rolling out “Likely Transactions” scores to predict which homeowners may sell or refinance, plus an open API and AI skill packs for Claude and ChatGPT—positioned for agents and home-service businesses. Local Business Resilience: Rochester Pride Festival was canceled after storms, with refunds promised for ticket buyers and small businesses/vendors that registered tables. AI + Operations: Fluree AI is now generally available, pushing a governed knowledge-graph approach so AI agents can use trustworthy internal data instead of siloed answers.
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