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The most important 2021 Predictions in entertainment tech and gaming

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The move to remote work forced quick adoption of cloud technology and tools that were once having difficulties selling to large corporates, saw explosive growth – from Zoom to Hopin, new unicorns were born in record time. Disclaimer: we have three portfolio companies in the consumer mobile space, still in stealth). social media.

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The Next Bubble – Don’t Get Fooled Again

Steve Blank

A tech bubble is the rapid inflation in the valuation of public and private technology companies that exceeds their fundamental value by a large margin. Today, the signs of the new bubble are the Linked-In initial public offering (IPO), Facebook’s stratospheric valuation and the rapid rise of early-stage startup valuation.

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The Quantum Technology Ecosystem – Explained

Steve Blank

Tens of billions of public and private capital are being invested in Quantum technologies. Countries across the world have realized that quantum technologies can be a major disruptor of existing businesses and change the balance of military power. Currently this is a nascent commercial technology in search of a future viable market.

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10 Startup Red Flags

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Adam MacBeth Tuesday, April 07, 2009 10 Startup Red Flags Ive worked on a number of startups: from seed-stage through IPO, as a founder, employee, advisor, and consultant, as well as evaluating a bunch from the outside, so Ive seen my share of screw-ups. Just using technology isnt enough (who doesnt have a website these days?)

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The Incredible Sinking Bubble (Debating the Tech Bubble with Steve Blank: Part III)

Ben's Blog

Technology stocks currently trade at an all time low vs. industrial stocks based on forward P/E ratios. Nonetheless, the esteemed and brilliant Mr. Blank argues that we are in a technology bubble. Nonetheless, let’s look at the prices of the new technology IPOs that Mr. Blank highlights in his argument: LinkedIn—Mr.

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Advertising Wants to be Measurable – An Investment Thesis

Both Sides of the Table

They had previously all worked together at a very successful company in the “telecoms meets Internet&# space, CallWave, which IPO’d 5 years ago or so. We can technology enable offline advertising. It’s still in stealth but plans to make announcements soon. Perfect. The longer term is even more promising.

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30 Machine Intelligence Startups to Watch in Israel

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Artificial Intelligence is an important, foundational technology that gets more important every year and will be used to solve more and more problems going forward. These events mean that technology is advancing fast enough to make better decisions than humans in order to accomplish a given task. Chris Rust, Clear Ventures).