I believe that rather than it being a case of humans versus machines, the future of financial advice more likely lies somewhere in between, where human advisors leverage artificial intelligence and automation to become smarter and more efficient at doing their jobs.

Clara Shih

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I am going to take one day a month to visit non-technology companies to learn and get inspiration from other industries and organizations.

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As entrepreneurs, we must constantly dream and have the conviction and obsession to transform our dreams into reality - to create a future that never existed before.

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Only in high school when I began programming computers, did I become interested in tech and start-ups, which led me to attend Stanford and major in Computer Science.

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Nearly 7 in 10 Fortune 500 companies have a corporate Facebook page, and more than that have active Twitter accounts.

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Facebook is a CRM for people. The days of the anonymous web is ov... by Clara Shih

Facebook is a CRM for people. The days of the anonymous web is over. People expect more.

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Your customer is not your user by Clara Shih

Your customer is not your user

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There is inherent value in sharing a billion people are doing it. by Clara Shih

There is inherent value in sharing a billion people are doing it.

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Trust has shifted from institutions to individuals. by Clara Shih

Trust has shifted from institutions to individuals.

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Social media isn't a one-way broadcast; it's a multiway opportuni... by Clara Shih

Social media isn't a one-way broadcast; it's a multiway opportunity for dialogue.

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Rather than wringing our hands about robots taking over the world, smart organizations will embrace strategic automation use cases. Strategic decisions will be based on how the technology will free up time to do the types of tasks that humans are uniquely positioned to perform.

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When startups succeed, they do so against all odds. In the beginning, you have nothing except for your own talents and resources. By definition, everyone else is bigger, further along, and more established than you. To win, you have to swim upstream early on - and that requires hard work and long hours. There are no shortcuts.

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Companies can't delegate social media to the new college grad and... by Clara Shih

Companies can't delegate social media to the new college grad and think they have it covered.

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My high school, the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, showed me that anything is possible and that you're never too young to think big. At 15, I worked as a computer programmer at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, or Fermilab. After graduating, I attended Stanford for a degree in economics and computer science.

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I was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to the United States with my family when I was 4. I spent most of my childhood in Chicago. My elementary school had no program in English as a second language, so I was placed in a class for students with speech impediments.

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My father, a math professor in Hong Kong, worked as an electrical engineer here. My mother was an art teacher, but once we came to the United States, she went back to school and became certified as a special-education teacher.

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The most important thing I've done at work has been to surround myself with amazing people who I trust and empower fully to do stuff better than I could.

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The whole point of social media is continuity and continual engag... by Clara Shih

The whole point of social media is continuity and continual engagement.

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Technologies and specific vendors may come and go, but massive cultural transformations and new kinds of relationships? Those don't go away.

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Data is valuable, so let's be mindful of how we're sharing it. by Clara Shih

Data is valuable, so let's be mindful of how we're sharing it.

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In addition to replacing many jobs, automation will also transform other jobs. Professions involving high touch, personal relationships - such as clergy, dentists, and financial advisors, for instance - face the least risk of automation but will nevertheless be profoundly transformed.

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