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Smart glasses, 3D content and the ‘iPhone moment’ for AR

VC Cafe

There’s no doubt about the potential of Augmented Reality (AR) and mixed reality (XR) and the role they play in advertising, social media, commerce, gaming etc. In its 2021 global consumer report , Snap predicted that 75% of the global population and nearly all smartphone users will be frequent users of AR.

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Crisis versus Opportunity: 6 Ways to Bootstrap a Startup in a Post-COVID-19 World While Navigating the New Normal

ReadWriteStart

Thus, let’s start this discussion by defining the global crisis caused by the new coronavirus, COVID-19 , so that we can look forward to finding the opportunity in the crisis. What this means is that the global economy has been paused while we wait for the virus to burn itself out. .” – Albert Einstein.

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Most Warning Systems Do Not Warn Us That They Can No Longer Warn Us

Feld Thoughts

First published May 15, 2020.). What about, you wonder, the bigger changes people chatter about, like the death of commuting to work, the end of globalization, the collapse of professional sports, and the like? One of the best was from Paul Kedrosky and Eric Norlin of SK Ventures (one of our Partner Fund investments ). Greetings-.

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Twitter Conversions: 7 Steps to Generate More Clicks

ConversionXL

Twitter is always a highly recommended social media channel to promote your brand online. Indeed, historically, Twitter traffic has had one of the lowest conversion rates compared to other social media giants. Based on third-party stats, Twitter has around 330 million monthly users globally. The result?

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Renzoe Box

Austin Startup

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 12, 2020 Women who wear makeup know that leaving the house with more than a single lipstick is a pain. As Graham, now Founder and CEO, says, “we are the next-gen hardware and software platform for the $550B global beauty industry.” What is your top goal for Renzoe Box for 2020? It’s classy.

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Out of the Crisis #7, Brian Chesky Part 1: running Airbnb in crisis mode, being multi-stakeholder, and re-founding the company

Startup Lessons Learned

Instead, the global pandemic has turned 2020 into its most harrowing year. You become a global company. If you're in the travel business, a global pandemic is an existential threat. And it was amazing how global travel was halted. Airbnb- Eric Ries : Airbnb was founded during a global recession.

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COVID-19 – Accelerating The Destruction Of Corporate Arrogance

YoungUpstarts

And today, the rate of global change is so rapid that even these four year-old estimations are optimistic. As revolutions in AI, biotechnology and manufacturing converge with global political upheavals and environmental issues like global warming, the speed of change will accelerate even more.