Startups and Corporations: What can they learn from each other?
Start-ups can be very compelling in their steadfast conviction that the things they do are special. Unfortunately, in most cases, their eager spirit alone won’t secure their survival. Can the values espoused by fledgling...
Would You Have Invested? 7 Lessons In How Venture Capitalists Decide
Hindsight is 20/20 -- once a company has succeeded its success almost seems pre-ordained. But when it is just starting that is hardly the case, in fact, chances are if you poll even experts...
Startups and Independent Board Member – Best Practices
In the past, I have discussed how to run board meetings effectively and how to work best with board observers. Continuing that conversation around best practices, this article is focused on a much overlooked...
Hardware Startups: 3 Strategies For Succeeding
“Hardware is hard” -- there are good reasons for the saying. At least compared to software, hardware typically takes longer to build and is harder to upgrade, since there is no such thing as...
WeWork And The IPO Drama
WeWork is one of the world’s most valuable startups, valued at $47 billion during its last round of funding in early 2019. The We Company, WeWork’s parent company, filed for IPO mid-August, and since...
Startups, VCs and Social Capital
In mature ecosystems like Silicon Valley, there is just so much entrepreneurial activity that it often becomes hard to distinguish signal from noise. In an emerging ecosystem, there is a different problem, perhaps too...
Startups And Saying No To A Large Investor
Hot startups are often thought of that way because of who is involved and how bold the idea is. And they get disproportionate and arguably undue attention. If you are finding yourself in that...
The Rise of Non-Traditional VCs
Non-traditional VCs playing the startup game is nothing new but the scale at which they are participating now is bigger than ever. Pitchbook called it “tourist investors” -- perhaps questioning their staying power -...
Why Every Organization Needs a Data Analyst
There is so much hype around the data scientist role these days that when a company needs a specialist to get some insights from data, the first idea is to look for a data...
Startups and Investors Seek the Right Fit
Most startups need money. The source could be the largesse of the well-to-do owner. However, most small businesses depend on outside sources for funds. John Armah has experience with the subject through his Orios Group...
How is Moore’s Law becoming irrelevant in the age of Quantum Computing?
Growing up in the late '80s - early '90s was an exciting time when household Computing was becoming the new trend as Personal computers became smaller & cheaper with intuitive graphical interfaces and added...
The explosion of Unicorns on the Global Landscape
Googling a unicorn turns up a strange mythical animal in the shape of a horse with a straight horn coming out of its forehead but for the tech followers it means something else now....
Startups succeed through persistence, not miracles
Lindah Mbaisi is a versatile entrepreneur. “Queen” Lindah, a public relations professional, founded Hans J. PR and Communications. She also works at Performers Rights Society of Kenya as the member relations executive. An expert...
Volatility compels calm amid the storm
Few things travel in a straight line in nature, especially the economy. While investors and consumers hope for calm, volatility is often the norm. Knowing how to survive in volatile environments and markets falls in...
How to Create Your Own Cryptocurrency and Make Your Business Ready For The Future
How does cryptocurrency work? How to make a cryptocurrency? How to launch my cryptocurrency? All these questions must be popping in your head. Don’t worry we have the answers for them. Keep reading to...
Loyalty is a Simple Proposition
Marriott faces a class-action lawsuit following a data breach, one of the perils of using big data: Is it worth it? Count Ray Clopton among those wondering. He is founder and chief executive officer of...
Hurtle diversity barriers with eyes wide open
Women in tech is one of Tiffany Horan’s passions, starting as host of Women in Tech Chat on Twitter. She is also a growth hacker and engagement manager at humane product company Mudita and...
No fooling: Marketing goes for laughs
It’s a funny thing when you mix humor and marketing. Surely, Mark Anderson hopes so. Don’t call him Shirley. Instead, call him a professional cartoonist, what Anderson calls the best job in the world. He talked...
Cybersecurity Non-profit to Help SME’s Fight Against Cybercrime
A non-profit organization called Global Cyber Alliance (GCA) has vowed to improve one of the weakest links in cybersecurity by helping out small businesses. GCA has released a new toolkit containing free cybersecurity tools. Accompanying the...
The Emerging Pet Tech Market
In the last 15 or so years, spending on pets has more than doubled. In 2017 alone, Americans spent over $70 billion on their pets and it’s only going up from there. But it’s...