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Autonomous Vehicles: Can You Get There From Here? (Part 2)

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” In my first post earlier this summer, I highlighted the fact that we’re still a ways off from truly autonomous vehicles, despite many decades of technological advances to assist drivers. Most of the focus in terms of press, investment, or consumer enthusiasm is currently focused on vehicle technology development.

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Urbanization of Startups ? AGILEVC

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1) Younger people building companies - Many of the biggest technologies companies ever built were started by people in their 20s. 2) Design ethic vs engineers - Over the course of the last 5-10 years, many software-based startups are being built on competitive advantages of design and business model rather than technical differentiation.

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Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That's Never - AgileVC

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It’s not for a lack of technological effort from both startups and huge companies in all of mobile payments’ incarnations – SMS, mobile web, native apps, NFC, etc. But nearly everyone has wrongly placed emphasis on the mobile technology part and not on the payments aspect. Chris Chaten. Any thoughts on Isis?

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