Monthly Archives: August 2015
TO THE BATCAVES | VP of Product Meetup
Written on August 31, 2015 at 1:09 pm, by admin
The rumors are real. Word on the street is that a certain Fortune 40 company has been preparing for a first-of-its-kind experimental retail space – their own Bat Cave – and instead of Gotham, this one’s in SoMA. The space is dedicated to exploring a new sector of the economy that is forecast to contribute $1.7 trillion to the global economy with Continue Reading »
Don’t panic, startups: Advice from veteran VCs who weathered the dot-com bust
Written on August 27, 2015 at 11:21 pm, by admin
It has been an erratic week for the global markets, but should startups be concerned? Depends who you ask. “Worrying about the stock market at any moment in time is not a good use of an entrepreneur’s time,” Bryan Stolle, a general partner at the venture capital firm Mohr Davidow Ventures, tells Quartz. But Arvind Gupta of Continue Reading »
Storefront Launches RetailGrade, A Scoring Tool for Pop-Up Shops
Written on August 26, 2015 at 6:09 pm, by admin
Despite a growing number of direct-to-consumer brands, brick-and-mortar shopping still accounts for 94 percent of retail sales in the U.S. That’s why Storefront, a startup that provides brands with temporary retail space, is launching RetailGrade, a new tool that makes reaching these offline shoppers a lot more straightforward. Since launching in San Francisco in 2012, Storefront has helped over Continue Reading »
Return on Innovation: Are You Playing Offense or Defense?
Written on August 21, 2015 at 12:23 am, by admin
One of the key lessons I learned from posting on LinkedIn an early draft of my next book (Zone to Win: Organizing to Compete in an Age of Disruption) is that disruptive innovations can be occasions both for playing offense and defense. Indeed the two case studies in the book—Salesforce and Microsoft—ended up representing a Continue Reading »
FounderLine Episode 33 – Katherine Barr of MDV
Written on August 19, 2015 at 12:04 am, by admin
FounderLine is a live weekly webcast devoted to helping startup founders succeed, hosted by seven-time startup entrepreneur and investor Joe Beninato. Each week, Joe welcomes an experienced entrepreneur or investor to discuss startup-related topics and field questions from entrepreneurs around the world. FounderLine is broadcast live, and viewers are welcome to send questions via email Continue Reading »
OneSpot Signs CPG Marketers In ‘Content Sequencing’ Deal
Written on August 6, 2015 at 6:17 pm, by admin
Content marketing is all the rage. But despite the underlying idea that digital media can serve each person unique content, in practice it often means the same people get retargeted with the same stuff over and over again — not unlike TV ads that bombard viewers well after the point of diminishing returns. Now a Continue Reading »
Neon Awarded as Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum
Written on August 5, 2015 at 11:05 pm, by admin
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Neon announced that it has been selected as a 2016 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, a group of the 49 most innovative global companies as determined by the World Economic Forum. Neon, based in San Francisco, California, filters and surfaces compelling images at scale using technology built on a unique combination of neuroscience and machine Continue Reading »