Should you invest in cryptocurrencies? Only if you can vet them like a hedge fund
Cryptocurrencies are booming, but should you invest? Only if you heed 2008's lessons and vet your investments as deeply as a hedge fund does. Read More
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by Jeff Francis
You’re not an artificial intelligence company… at least, not yet
So you're using some machine learning? That's great! But don't go thinking you're an AI company just yet — Andrew Ng sets the record straight. Read More
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by Jeff Francis
Walmart and Google team up to topple Amazon (or at least try)
Amazon is coming after Wal-Mart on all fronts. Its most recent partnership with Google shows Wal-Mart is fighting back. Read More
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by Jeff Francis
Here’s why the best companies are paranoid
Today, innovation is the new normal. Everybody's doing it. And when innovation is commonplace, complacency is anathema. Read More
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by Jeff Francis
Wal-Mart and Amazon take their war to the cloud
Wal-Mart and Amazon are natural rivals—one, a brick-and-mortar behemoth, the other an e-commerce goliath; the fight now extends to the cloud. Read More
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by Jeff Francis
The titans of heavy industry lean in to artificial intelligence
Neural networks, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) aren't just for computers any more — great big machines use them too. Read More
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by Jeff Francis
Sports, the Oscars and business — what Sunday’s snafu can teach you
There are few television events that are destination viewing nowadays. Sure, you and a few million Game of Thrones fanatics might eagerly await the new episode every Sunday night, but for the greater cultural zeitgeist, that’s not the case. With the advent of DVR and streaming services like Netflix, Hulu... Read More
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by Jeff Francis
You’re not the Uber of anything (and should be careful what you wish for)
Without question, this is one of, if not the, most uttered phrases in early stage tech startups: We want to be the Uber of grocery delivery, or we're going to be the Uber of laundry, or flowers etc. Read More
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by Jeff Francis
President Trump, leaks and cybersecurity
If you’ve been paying attention to the news — literally any news — you’ve seen an avalanche of stories coming out of President Trump’s White House. Many of those reported stories originated with a leak (or many — some have cited as many as 20 sources in one article) inside... Read More
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by Jeff Francis
The one sentence company
I recently read a fascinating article about the state of the modern news company. It’s the topic de rigueur in the wake of its stunning inability to first take President-elect Trump seriously, then its inability to cover him competently, or its false equivalency problems between the candidates, and now its... Read More
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by Jeff Francis
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