The $14 trillion valuations of Digital Subscription Economy - 8x higher than the rest

Did you know the average American now spends over $237 per month on subscription services? 

It's not just Amazon, Netflix, and Spotify... there are subscriptions for all kinds of business industries from food to fashion to education. 

In this video, Patrick explains why the Subscription Economy is 800x More Valuable Than a Traditional Business Model.

Why it's harder to earn more than your parents - The Economist

In the 21st century it's got harder to earn more than your parents and to climb the social ladder. What's gone wrong, and what can be done to change this?

 

A Look into the Future - Year 2050

The world is advancing at unprecedented rates and by 2050, we can expect to see life on earth change drastically. If this is true, then what can we expect from the future? Lets time travel into world in 2050.

Nanotechnology  

Scientists have already made great leaps in the world of nanotechnology and they remain unrelenting in making more of such progress. Nanotechnology has the potential to change everything, from the way we behave to how we interact with each other. 

Transportation  

By 2050, Transportation would have changed immensely. We’re already seeing self-driving cars in their early phases of trial and error, so in three decades, it's safe to say we should have the technology for true self-driving vehicles. 

Space Exploration 

One promise that many people are still waiting on is one of space-exploration. Companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin are making strides towards their respective goals of spatial exploration and colonization out of this world. 

Artificial Intelligence 

AI is already much more advanced than it was ten years ago, and it will only continue to witness rapid and exponential developments. Experts like John Maeda believe that AI will have surpassed the processing power of all living brains on Earth in the near future. To properly function in that kind of society, it will be necessary to work together with these new systems to make sure that the preservation of important human values is carried forward. 

Education 

Education is another industry that will see a drastic change in the next thirty years. According to experts, at least 90 percent of the student population will be pursuing online degrees by 2050. Unless the world devolves into an apocalypse, education will continue to be more globalized, and more solutions will come that allow more people to receive good education efficiently. 

 

What is CPE (Continuing Professional Education)?

Continuing Professional Education or CPE as it is better known, is ongoing training for certified professionals that allows then to remain certified in certain fields. As an example all accounting professionals certified as CPAs or CMAs need to complete a specific number of CPE credit hours every year in order to maintain their credentials.

In Citadel Advantage's work with Illumeo, most of the online training programs that we offer carry CPE certification. 

 Find our more about CPE certifications offered at Illumeo HERE

To learn more about the Citadel Advantage programs offered by Illumeo please click HERE 

You can also examine Citadel Advantage's individual courses directly on the ILLUMEO website:

• Stanley's courses- click HERE
• Richard's courses - click HERE
  

Blockchain Essentials: An quick look at key IBM Blockchain solutions

Dave Gorman from IBM Global Blockchain Engagement, discusses what IBM Blockchain has been up to in the blockchain space by industry. Explore some of the blockchain industry applications.

NatWest’s latest glitch is a perfect metaphor of problems facing UK banks

From The Telegraph -

“Last week Bloomberg published a superb article (although, at 38,000 words long, you could more accurately describe it as a book) about computer source code. This may be a subject that you – like me – have assiduously chosen to avoid. Well, more fool us, according to Bloomberg.

The premise of the article/essay/thesis is this: business executives should, regardless of their specific role, have at least a rough idea of how computers, websites and IT systems work. If you don’t, your ignorance will be used against you.

As Paul Ford, the author of the article, puts it: “For your entire working memory, some internet thing has come along every two years and suddenly hundreds of thousands of dollars (inevitably millions) must be poured into amorphous projects with variable deadlines … no matter how tightly you clutch the purse strings, software finds a way to pry open your fingers.”

In no other industry does this ring truer – does technology burn more cash and more frequently go haywire – than banking. Exhibit A: the Royal Bank of Scotland, whose gremlins are particular pernicious critters.”

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