Jennifer Riggins

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Jennifer Riggins is the content manager and community builder for two SaaS Quote Roller and PandaDoc, as well as she teaches sales, English, and public speaking for Spanish small business. She holds a degree from William Paterson University…. She is based in Spain.

Jennifer does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what she covers. She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.

Latest from Jennifer Riggins

One Spanish town's solution to the country's housing crisis

BARCELONA -- Critics say that the new program, which has housed 25 families in just two months, isn't enough.

May 30, 2014 by Jennifer Riggins in Innovation

How mobile banking could bring the next billion online

BARCELONA -- If you've never had Internet, why would you want it now? Increasingly, it looks like the answer is to get a bank.

March 21, 2014 by Jennifer Riggins in Innovation

After tourism boost, Spain's sweetest treat conquers the globe

MADRID -- A rise in tourism to Spain has sparked attempts to import Castilian culture to other countries, as evidenced by the sudden franchising of a chocolateria more than 100 years old.

February 7, 2014 by Jennifer Riggins in Innovation

Mobile apps pick up Spanish government's slack

MADRID -- Radiation detection, domestic violence prevention, cancer prevention -- with the government out of money, now there's an app for that.

November 30, 2013 by Jennifer Riggins in Innovation

In Spain, a band makes waves with a new musical instrument

MADRID -- Spanish electronic superstars Majestad are leading the movement to use technology to revolutionize the music industry, lowering the price, not the quality.

November 9, 2013 by Jennifer Riggins in Innovation

Spain, once a gastronomic leader, sees rise in discount dining

BARCELONA -- Spain, known for leading restaurants such as the shuttered El Bulli, has seen a new type of dining establishment succeed during its recession: the discount dining chain.

October 26, 2013 by Jennifer Riggins in Innovation

Craft beers hold their own in crisis-ridden, wine-loving Spain

VALLADOLID -- in Spain, despite the tradition of fine wine and cheap beer, an artisan beer revolution is fermenting.

September 28, 2013 by Jennifer Riggins in Innovation

Sunny Spain aims to tax renewable energy

GRANADA -- Spain is about to start taxing green energy producers, which could deter any further investment in an arena for which Spain is famous.

September 15, 2013 by Jennifer Riggins in Innovation

Through the eyes of the first Google Glass surgery

MADRID -- Spain stands at the forefront of Google Glass-enabled medicine.

September 1, 2013 by Jennifer Riggins in Innovation

Making Catalonia an internationally competitive brand

BARCELONA -- What makes Catalonia is not just separatist movements and a different language. There's something economically unique about it, too.

August 18, 2013 by Jennifer Riggins in Innovation

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