Category Archives: Startups
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
Excellent documentary film about the original venture capitalists and the companies they helped to start and grow–like Apple, Intel, Genentech, Cisco, Tandem and Atari. Highly recommend it. It is available on Netflix.
Investing in AR and VR
AR and VR are a couple of related fascinating fast-growing areas of technology and business. These areas are now attracting lots of attention from the leading tech companies and investors. According to CBInsights: Recently, Facebook and Apple have reportedly been allocating more than 1000 … Continue reading
My Next Public Appearance
Not being Elon Musk or Ray Kurzweil, I still have the chance to give public talks from time to time. I recently came back from my vacation in Japan where I managed to, in addition to relaxing, give three talks … Continue reading
100 Selected Startups That Use AI
I say “selected startups” in the title because this list is clearly incomplete. For example, my own startup−alchemyiot.com−is using AI/ML, and I am leading this effort. With our focus on IoT, we belong in the IoT/IIot (Industrial Iot) section of … Continue reading
The Digital Hospital Of The Future
Let’s see who is trying to improve our future hospital experience: Basically, the above plot includes most disciplines discussed by this blog:
The Largest in Business
As of September 2016, the top 10 world’s largest companies by market cap were these super-companies: This list changed a lot in the last 20 years, as some of these companies weren’t around back then. Facebook, for example, was founded in … Continue reading
Step-by-Step Guide on How to Start a Startup
Looks pretty easy. In fact, this diagram not only suggests how to start a startup, it also suggests how to make it successful. In any case, it reminds me of Sheldon Cooper’s algorithm for making friends:
