You’re confident that your education technology product is going to support student learning and success in the K-12 sector. You’ve assembled your team, and your engineers are ready to go to work. The market research tells you that with the right investment to back your launch and a good dose of sweat equity, your business […]
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This Startup Provides the Best Deal Since the Dutch Purchased Manhattan
Peter Minuit is credited with spearheading the purchase of the island of Manhattan for the Dutch from the Native Americans in 1626 in exchange for 60 guilders. Accounting for inflation, that price equates to $967 in today’s dollars. An incredible deal in a city where real estate is changing hands at an average of $1868 […]
Fashion Tech 101: Overview of B2B Company Types
Continuing my articles series overviewing the business of fashion tech. Focusing on B2B companies or solutions, which help other businesses grow, make them more efficient and smart. They are usually even more innovative and technologically advanced start ups that truly build something that changes the industry at its core. I’m a strong believer that some […]
The Flippening Is Coming : But Not The One You Think
In Cryptoland, “The Flippening” refers to a point in time at which Ethereum overtakes Bitcoin in terms of market capitalization. There are websites dedicated to the “Flippening Watch”: As of the publication of this post, Ethereum was 44% of the way to “The Flippening” (ie. it’s market cap was 44% that of Bitcoin). That’s down from a […]
Fashion Tech 101: Overview of B2C Company Types
I’ve been writing about different topics on fashion tech for over a year now, but have never really created a general article, overviewing the fashion technology start up scene. During my first meetup last week, I presented a summary of this fascinating space, introduced the different types of fashion tech start ups out there and […]
Where We Are Investing Now: Neuroscience
Humans, like computers, are both hardware and software. Human hardware consists of cells, bones, blood, all the physical stuff that comprises our bodies and their many systems. Human software is psychology, mood – the world of our mind and emotions, as opposed to simply our brains. In terms of technology, humans-as-hardware solutions include advances in […]
This London Startup Raised £600K to be the Gate Keeper for Lifelong Learners
The internet is the single greatest educational resource ever created, but it is still challenging to search and get accurate results that result in learning. Between clickbait, biased sites, and poorly sourced material, the self educators who rely on Google search for need to add a layer of curation to direct their educational. Knowledge Officer […]
Autonomous Drones: Where, How and Why
Dor Abuhasira, expert in security drone development and the CEO & cofounder of Percepto, discusses how autonomous drones are saving lives, money and more.
The Pundits Were Wrong, Bancor Solves A Big Problem, and is Scaling Rapidly
Bancor hit the market with a splash in June, 2017, when it raised a (then) record $150 million in an ICO. At it’s core, Bancor is a set of formulas that solves the liquidity problems faced by most tokens. Bancor works by creating a token that is connected to shared liquidity pools on the blockchain. The way the math […]
Trunomi Raises $3.5M to Properly Manage Customer Data
Innovation has led to the debate on privacy being more heated than ever before. Customer data is being used to provide improved products and services but at the same time this data can be social engineered for less admirable purposes. The rapid collection of data has created the need for a trustworthy system for businesses […]