Marketers talk a lot about price elasticity ( how price affects our interest in buying), increasingly we should think about “effort elasticity” , how much effort we are prepared to put into buying a product or service. Taking money from people more easily has never been a more important process to consider.

The life that we get back to will be significantly different from the one we had before the outbreak. From healthcare workers suffering from PTSD through new habits to a need for a shift in the point-of-care, The Medical Futurist team analyzed how life will change after COVID-19, and also how life can and should change post-COVID-19 in a medical point of view. #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine #technology #fromchancetochoice #COVID19 #COVID_19 #coronavirus …see more

Artificial intelligence helped issue the first COVID-19 warning before the WHO and CDC did so. But this was not the first, and definitely not the last occasion it discovered an unusual association in medicine. #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine #technology #AI #artificialintelligence #deeplearning #machinelearning …see more

#Freedom is NOT depending on the decisions of others for your personal improvement in all areas of life.

Here is a simple (albeit partial) way to illustrate why, when it comes to the perspective of a growing number of investors and traders, I worry about the evolution of the relationship between the Federal Reserve and markets in recent years: -- The long-standing market mantra of "don't fight the Fed" has become "follow or, even better, front-run and lead the Fed;" and -- "The market is not the economy" is evolving to "the market is the Fed." #markets #economy #Fed #federalreserve …see more

On podcast (tomorrow) Chairman of the Human Rights Foundation, author, speaker, and former World Chess Champion, Garry Kasparov. SUBSCRIBE to The James Altucher Show and be the first to listen... http://apple.co/1ewcX8D …see more

PROCRASTINATION CAN HELP YOU FOCUS Procrastination can help you focus in the whirlwind. It sheds light on what’s really important and empowers others to solve problems. It clarifies priorities. And sometimes not acting immediately creates the space for others to step up and solve problems. …see more

I've wanted to write a piece like this for some time, and then along comes Mark and writes it way better than I ever could have. A wonderful piece. Only thing I'd add is we should relish this debate. When did our industry get so embarrassed to have a wildly big passionate argument? Why did we get uncomfortable forcing each side to substantiate their thinking? Why do we think this sort of Socratic debate and then finding commonalities and establishing the middle ground is somehow a bit too serious and proper for us? cc Mark Ritson …see more

The AppsFlyer T-shirt challenge is on🔥🔥🔥 Our t-shirts are a huge part of our culture, we have a t-shirt for every event, joke or time💁🏼‍♀️ Tag #theappsflyertshirt and join the challange. I’m challenging Nitzan Scheftelowitz Who’s next? AppsFlyer …see more

Words cannot express my respect for female founders. Female founders are generating more revenue but, the economic fallout of #COVID19 will disproportionately affect women and underrepresented groups. Today, my team at 500 released a hub for female founders and a reignition of our commitment to support them. We're also doing a call for female founders to fill out our survey (in the comments) so we can release a full data report on what female founders need the most. Shoutout to all the incredible supporters of female founders, including Elisabeth Tuttass (aka my fellow fangirl of female founders pictured below pre-COVID). #500FemaleForces #femalefounders #femaleentrepreneurs …see more

The popularity of both our recently published studies about the use of artificial intelligence in the future of healthcare proves that it's high time for everyone to know at least the basics of A.I., especially working in medicine and healthcare. If you ever wonder where to start, here are three books that heavily impacted how I see A.I. 1) Human Compatible by Stuart Russels provided the perfect context and historical background to understand where A.I. is coming from. 2) You Look Like a Thing and I Love You by Janelle Shane showed me what A.I. is really capable of today (and what it is not). 3) Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom gave a glimpse into the far future of A.I. and described where it is heading. If I were you, I'd start with these three books. Then, there will be hundreds of others that are excellent. I'll share my list soon. #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine #technology #AI #artificialintelligence #deeplearning #machinelearning …see more

I am very pleased that today Arsenal Biosciences, a Westlake Village BioPartners portfolio company, announced a $70 million multi-program discovery collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb to advance next-generation T cell therapies for solid tumors. #biotech …see more

From this week’s edition of The Economist #markets #investing #gamestop #gme #reddit #WSB #investing Netflix …see more

Good morning and Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate today. Despite what remains an unsettling and unsettled public health situation, we have lots to be thankful for. With determination and collective responsibility, we will emerge from this virus stronger. Please stay safe. …see more

The cover of this week’s edition of The Economist. A reminder of that, the longer the health-driven lockdown of the global economy continues, the more likely we will see ... Secular and structural de-globalization; and A wider dispersion between winners and losers (companies, households and countries). #coronavirus #economyslowdown #trade #covid19 The Economist …see more

The idea that behaviors forced upon us by law for 2 months have "changed us forever" is utter lunacy. As as ignorant as thinking we will buy more toilet roll in the future. If anything most behaviors will have a 1 month over correction of " I can't wait to select the fruit I have" and "let's eat out, I never want to cook again" …see more

The biggest opportunity in business today is to set up a future focussed, mobile first version of a legacy business that is not focussed on young people and patronizing. Why does every startup bank assume I'm 17, broke and trying to split the cost of Pizza with mates or put aside a bit of cash to buy my first car. Why does every customer centric mobile tariff assume I'm struggling to pay my bill each month? Decent design, great CX, being mobile first, having slick onboarding needs to be aimed also at 64 year olds with Platinum Amex's or 28 year old Soho house members, or pretentious 40 somethings too. …see more

If we are honest, the reason University Education exists is primarily because Companies need a way to throw out 50-90% of job applicants immediately and this has been agreed by many, over time and by convention, to be a "fair" way of doing so. The value lies no longer in what it teaches.

Congratulations to Dr. Senait Fisseha, MD., JD , and now "FRCOG" after being named and honorary fellow at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists | RCOG in the #UK for her outstanding efforts to improve #womenshealth worldwide. Dr. Fisseha is Director of International Programs at the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundtion and Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Michigan Medical School. #globalhealth #globaldevelopment #reproductivehealth #obstetrics #gynecology #reproductivejustice #maternalhealth #healthcareaccess #HealthForAll …see more

A #pivot is a hard-shift in #business . Many successful #startups have pivoted to find their take-off trajectory. Pivot is necessary when you recognise a looming crisis, or the business isn't growing, or you discover an enormous market #opportunity . Most founders struggle to let go of the current idea, product, customers. It is never easy, but as a founder, you are the only one who can make this happen when necessary. To increase the probability of a successful pivot: 1. A singular conviction on pursuing this new path. No doubts, no regrets. 2. Skills and #Team alignment 3. Convince investors to embrace the idea 100% and create enough runway …see more