<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 16:04:51 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/entrepreneurialism/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Technology Isn't Always The Answer]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I set my e-commerce business up some 17 years ago (it feels like forever...) I made the decision to use all the software and automation I could afford. The goal was to make the business as efficient]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bbh/@alonicus/technology-isn-t-always-the-answer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bbh/@alonicus/technology-isn-t-always-the-answer</guid><category><![CDATA[bbh]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alonicus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2024 23:40:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCbee5hzZJ19X4yXc7wYc7pYNX3YtjtVPQUxmVDQcP6DKskCg8LBbXWsZQwxsCUFuW5a88P26BpHJM6Aa1RJUgzY4uac5RFJexEQDGhmorvW8MjPQNnE9iE2PsNXKt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Good AI Goes Bad]]></title><description><![CDATA[We've all been talking about AI over the last couple of months, debating the pro's and con's of ChatGPT, art generators and other AI software. But there is one company which has been using AI extensively]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@alonicus/when-good-ai-goes-bad</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@alonicus/when-good-ai-goes-bad</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alonicus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2023 22:49:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVqFVvkXVUAoK1UTyuAcKVtuKoBoGem9WfbziUD2BzJEfUcc2wBTDShSpJSiMKzbxKp5QvswRH5N8wMW7V427kAbxNPL1zJgEzuxmh2UJb8BV9KSwnuSFRVHBZvxrDGunTy7C?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marketing A Small Retail / E-Commerce Business]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post is mostly intended as a checklist for my own reference, but I thought "Hey, if I'm doing this for me, it might help someone else !" 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