2021: A Cyber Space Odyssey
It has been fifty-three years since Stanley Kubrick’s landmark film “2001: A Space Odyssey” was first released, and exactly two decades since that particular year went from being fiction to history. While talking AIs in the form of Alexa, Siri and others have now become part of human history as well, we can all feel … Continue reading 2021: A Cyber Space Odyssey
Trusting the “Fin” versus the “Tech” in Fintech
The question of whether or not people trust Fintech has recently came up in the media. This is indeed an interesting question to consider. For the moment, let’s put aside the difficulty of defining what exactly is and is not fintech. Arguably printed fiat money is a relatively early yet very successful example of a … Continue reading Trusting the “Fin” versus the “Tech” in Fintech
Good Growth and Bad Growth
If there is one metric the VC community seems obsessed about, it is probably growth. In fact, at times it seems that everything is measured with the famous “X” – 2x growth, 5x conversion, or the much coveted 10x, which is simply referred to as an “order of magnitude.” This is, of course, very much … Continue reading Good Growth and Bad Growth
Digitization, Automation, and the Hierarchy of Human Needs
Real estate is one of those unique asset classes that has various forms of appeal to almost everybody. When you get right down to it, real estate appeals to our deepest rooted instincts of shelter, security and community. In an evolutionary sense, it even transcends our mammalian roots and gets deep down into our reptilian … Continue reading Digitization, Automation, and the Hierarchy of Human Needs
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