A compendium of what our partners read each week, highlighting macro industry trends, our investment focus areas, and general personal and business strategies.
News about our Portfolio Companies
- How to improve employee lifetime value through employee experience from Greenhouse
- Fohr Card introduces ‘health scores’ to identify fake followers and prevent fraud
- Littlstar has carved out a role for VR entertainment per VentureBeat + Littlstar partners with CJ Powercast for South Korea expansion
- Zingbox Co-Founder and CTO May Wang receives Woman of Influence award
- TXN shares insights and predictions on Wal-mart and retail’s last stand
- Social Starts featured on Venture App’s Venture Map as most connected NYC investors
Industry Trends
- Investor vs. Operator VCs
- Apple’s cash surpasses $250B, greater than Walmart’s market value
- Will tech acquisition spree continue?
- A hardware renaissance in Brooklyn
- Microsoft’s new surface tablet PC
- Facebook and Google dominating ad spending; global internet ad spending to outpace TV this year
- Snap offers self-serve ad manager
- Apple to launch 1B fund to promote advanced manufacturing + Apple’s potential takeover targets
- SpaceX to launch internet satellites in 2019
Artificial Intelligences
- AI with human level intelligence to hit market by 2040
- Amazon seeking to become the central AI as a service provider
- Every ML course on the internet ranked
- In 20 years, 60% of metropolitan low paying jobs will be automated
- Springboard's Free Machine Learning in Python course
Commerce
- Why luxury remains out of reach for Walmart and Amazon + a tipping point for Amazon in apparel
- Hulu brings e-commerce to TV + launches live TV for $40/month
- Can Wal-Mart’s e-commerce compete with Amazon?
- Content-driven commerce
IoT
- Apple said to be working on Echo competitor + Amazon controlling >70% of voice market this year
- Best Buy partnering with Vivint to sell smart home products + how to create smart homes
Work Platforms
- Google may be launching a job search feature
- ServiceNow leverages AI to automate everday workflows
Content and Experiences
- Twitter and Bloomberg announce live video news network
- Pithcbook’s VR/AR breakdown
Blockchain Beyond Currency
- MyBit leveraging ethereum and bitcoin blockchains to solve data manipulation
- Gnosis launches hoping to become the world’s most efficient forecasting tool
Health
- Reducing wasted time in healthcare delivery
- A podcast you shouldn’t miss: Bill Gurley and Ezra Klein on the state of the American healthcare system
Business and Personal Strategy
- No glory in overworking
- Bootstrapping for as long as possible
- 10 breakthrough technologies in 2017
- Monetizing engagement
- Stop focusing on profitability and go for growth
- How to get thousands of leads from Quora