Wonder if VCs, Angels and investors will get behind your startup idea? Let's discuss at next free mentoring roundtable for entrepreneurs: #entrepreneur #founder #founders #cofounders #venturecapital #bootstrap https://lnkd.in/gi_FDkk

Why do you need a warm intro to approach #Angels or #VCs ? #seedfunding https://lnkd.in/g_TSeN8

Can adopting Android and catering to the high-end market help Microsoft find a place in the market? We’ll see.

Microsoft is about to unveil a slew of new hardware on Wednesday, in an event some are predicting will be the company's biggest and most important in years. Here's what you need to know.

What is your biggest business challenge right now? What do you want to learn about? What could help you succeed more in your everyday job? I'd love to find out.

Convincing a single-issue voter that a candidate believes what that voter believes is truly child’s play. But life is not that simple. That's where technology comes into play. Think about this...

Facebook is getting into the dating game. Deepfakes are getting better and better. Put them both together and they present a potential reality as sinister as it is deceitful. Imagine online dating in a world replete with deepfakes.

“The services we enjoy are not free; we are paying for them with a new form of currency, our data.” Think about this...

The video business is not like the television business. TV has two basic business models. You pay (subscription). Someone else pays (advertiser supported). Sometimes, these models are combined. That’s the entire story of TV revenue. Video is another thing entirely. …see more

I have a small part in this excellent documentary about my ideas around "every company is a media company"  and the new media — made by a Spanish TV station in Barcelona.

Arena.im is a great example of a startup that knows the value of bootstrapping -- it's a killer strategy because you fail fast if there is no business model and you keep your precious equity if there is. #siliconvalley #bootstrapping #mediatechnology …see more

Let's strategize Dean Stoecker , Andy Jassy , Jason Randall , Matt Calkins , Andrew Anagnost , Neil de Crescenzo , Adam Miller , George Kurtz , Olivier Pomel , Chet Kapoor

Thought #Leader in #OnlineEducation : Victoria Zambito #SVP #Content #Communications Vector Solutions

Let's strategize Jennifer Tejada , Steven Beauchamp , Aaron Skonnard , Gary Steele , Steve Winn , Jim Whitehurst , Keith Block , Jennifer Morgan , Christian Klein , Bill McDermott , Eric S. Yuan …see more

The days of being able to merely add the word "blockchain" to your company name, with no track record of actually using blockchain, are numbered.

This discussion from Benedict Evans  and Steven Sinofsky  on the recent CES show and the future of connected home devices and more is worth a listen.

Here's a short excerpt from tomorrow's premiere of Think About This with Shelly Palmer & Ross Martin. You can subscribe at Apple Podcasts https://lnkd.in/eaYpRRS

California burger chain In-N-Out Burger has been doing a fair amount of international pop-ups. Which might be exciting save for the reason they are doing them - trademark protection (not international expansion, sorry).

One of the hallmarks of a well-run company is information sharing. It not only engenders trust but it provides full context for decision making.  Normally, though, that describes information sharing from the top-down and across the company. Reed Hastings  has smartly taken it to the top-up by rethinking how board members interact with senior management at  Netflix . …see more

I think this is a rather brilliant move by Instagram . It is an experience designed for how most people actually consume video on their mobile phones already (yeah, I know some of us still rotate for horizontal).  It may be a bit of gamble to ask creators to shoot twice or choose between it and YouTube , but a totally worthy experiment because the potential payout for Instagram is huge. Want to also point out, this paves the way for Instagram to either create or partner with studios to create, originals which could challenge Netflix but in a native, vertical format. It will also be interesting to see how usage differs between the in-app vs. additional app. #instagram #youtube #experiencedesign #video #mobilevideo #mobile #netflix #netflixoriginals …see more