YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 23, 2017
An early example occurred in 2010 when UBS Analyst Neil Currie accessed satellite imagery to monitor activity in Walmart parking lots, running the data thru a mathematical regression to translate it into customer activity for better earnings forecasts. This limits positive ROI DLT installations to lower volume/intermediated environments.
Feld Thoughts
JUNE 22, 2012
It’s still necessary to imagine the future development (although the trends can help inspire ideas). At my panel on the future of artificial intelligence at SXSW, one of my co-panelists objected to the notion that exponential growth in computer power was, by itself, all that was necessary to develop human level intelligence in computers.
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Up and Running
OCTOBER 1, 2019
You’re not going to be an incredible CFO/CEO/graphic designer/web developer. To appeal to the digital natives born between 1996 and 2012 , it’s important to hire a marketer who understands the trends and values that are influencing this generation’s spending habits. What’s the problem with this approach? No one is good at everything.
Up and Running
MAY 23, 2016
Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. While it’s useful to be able to have a sales forecast and expense budget early on, it’s not something you need until you’ve validated your idea.
The Equity Kicker
MAY 5, 2015
We have big challenges ahead sustaining the world’s growing population (on an exponential curve and forecast to grow from today’s 7bn to nearly 10bn by 2050) but technologies under development give us a strong chance of solving them. As you can tell, I’m very optimistic about the future.
Up and Running
DECEMBER 9, 2014
I joined when there were around seven people there and ran business development there for a little over a year. I have been involved in startups since I graduated from college in 1996. What I did is I learned the art of a pro forma and the value of a pro forma which basically is a forecast. I can hire a development team.
Seeing Both Sides
AUGUST 3, 2012
Facebook and Google would be obvious choices for this, but so much has been written about each of them and they represent such special business models, I worried that it would be both hard for entrepreneurs to relate and hard for me to develop new insights. In 2012, analysts forecast the company will achieve nearly $1.5
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