Category: Tech

Business, Fintech, Tech

Protocol Tokens — Good for Investors, Bad for Business

Mason, TokenSoft

If you’ve been making the rounds pitching your upcoming ICO, chances are you’ve been rejected and labeled as not a protocol token. The protocol token thesis, outlined in USV’s blog title Fat Protocols, states that 90% of the value of the network is captured in the protocol layer which is accessible by a token native to that network. Investors love protocol tokens as they can buy in early and experience gains similar to what was seen with Bitcoin and Ethereum. Continue reading “Protocol Tokens — Good for Investors, Bad for Business” →

Business, Entrepreneurship, Startup, Tech

From Zero to Thirty Clients in Less Than 3 Months

Neeraj Joshi, Pushstart

The journey of how a solo tech founder, Arvind, cracked sales and grew his client base at Infosec Future.

India is world’s fastest growing startup ecosystem where 3–4 new firms are born everyday. We have grown significantly in the past five years and are expected to grow 10–12% YOY for the next five years till 2020.

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Business, Tech

The Reason AI Terrifies the World’s Greatest Minds and Why it’s Inevitable Machines Take Over

Christopher Herd, ICE UK ltd

Marketing is really about how customer values translate into aspirations, insecurities, fears and motivations.

Twenty years ago, in 1997, Steve Jobs told us,

“Marketing is about values”

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Business, Entrepreneurship, Startup, Tech

50 Millennial Entrepreneurs Driving The Future of Tech in Europe

Karolina Stawinska, Founders Factory Ltd

 Imagine how important every second is when you have a heart attack, or consider the implications of a world run entirely on renewable energy. If you thought Blockchain technology would only impact finance; think again. From detecting cardiac arrest with 92% accuracy to solving energy problems in the year 2050 by growing power grids made of plants, European Seed-Stage Founders are taking a bold stance on the applications of Blockchain, Robotics, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, driving the future of tech in Europe. Continue reading “50 Millennial Entrepreneurs Driving The Future of Tech in Europe” →

Business, Entrepreneurship, Startup, Tech

7 Lessons From 100+ Failed Startups

Anastasia Mudrova, Marketers.io

There’s a joke about startups. “For every 10 startups you see in the market, 11 of them will fail.” I didn’t want to think that my startup would be the one to fail, and no entrepreneur does. I thought I knew it all…or at least would learn it all during the process of launching my startup. Jason Huertas, author of My Startup Failed, says this is common, writing:

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Fintech, Internet Marketing, Marketing, Tech

5 Strategies to Successfully Communicate an ICO (Part 2)

Kevin Dinino, KCD Public Relations Inc.

My earlier post detailed key steps to identify your audiences, create differentiated messaging and focus on building and maintaining trust to successfully communicate an ICO. Let’s now focus our attention to timing, planning, and execution in the second part of this series.

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Fintech, Tech

Running Scared – Why the Bank of the Future Is Not a Bank

Sultan Meghji, Virtova

About 10 years from now, are we going to look back and realize that banks had already missed the massive market change and were already on their way out? Recently, I have been having a number of conversations with friends and clients (all experts) about digital transformation and banks built for the future. On more than a few occasions, we’ve stared down the rabbit hole of tactical topics like building the best product development shop, becoming a better acquisition target or attracting millennial depositors. Continue reading “Running Scared – Why the Bank of the Future Is Not a Bank” →

Fintech, Tech

Why and How the Cryptobubble will Burst?

DK, Entrepreneur

For someone who has lived through the .com bubble the madness currently unfolding in the crypto space is just plain breathtaking. It is quite awe inspiring to see people make the exact same mistakes they made 17 years ago. Of course, today’s investors are likely different people who, for the most part, have not lived through the .com bubble. Continue reading “Why and How the Cryptobubble will Burst?” →