Apple Pay launches on Monday and the service stands to reshape the landscape, not just for consumers, but for retailers, restaurants, banks, credit card companies, mobile app developers, and more.
Technology companies have by their definition been about technology. So, who better to start and build such a company than a technologist? Prior to the internet, though, most pure technology companies had, if not a business/sales founder, a business/sales executive as part of the core team.
Milwaukee startup advocates have made a lot of effort over the past few years to inspire more local entrepreneurship.
So today we?re introducing The Periodic Table of Tech ? a resource for the tech community to understand the 118 key players in the ever-growing and ever-changing universe of tech investors and acquirers.
Some time ago my friend (and co-investor in Clio, Jobber and Unbounce) Boris Wertz wrote a great blog post about “the only 2 ways to build a $100 million business”. I’d like to expand on the topic and suggest that there are five ways to build a $100 million Internet company. This doesn’t mean that I disagree with Boris’ article. I think our views are pretty similar, and for the most part “my” five ways are just a slightly different and more granular look at Boris’ two ways.
Anyone who has ever published a news story can tell you that it?s nice to have readers. That?s why every day, editors from dozens of the Web?s most reputable, highly trafficked business publications ? Bloomberg, Business Insider, Quartz, to name just a few ? pitch Dan Roth with their best, most timely stories. Roth and his team scour the pitches, looking to aggregate those most likely to resonate with their own audience of 86 million U.S. visitors.
She lays down a lot of wisdom, rapid fire. It?s good advice for early career people. I spent a whole day at HBS recently on a panel of founders talking to three classes.
“Tracking sensors have already paved the way for the development of ?pay as you go? motor cover, which matches the premium to how much the car is used. This is now giving way to a more risk- sensitive ?pay how you drive? model, which allows insurers to judge how well the policyholder drives and reflect this in their pricing.
If companies like Facebook and Google have their way, everyone in the world will have access to the internet within the next few decades. But while these tech giants seem to have all the money, expertise, and resolve they need to accomplish that goal?vowing to offer internet connections via things like high-altitude balloons and flying drones?Yael Maguire makes one thing clear: it?s going to be a bumpy ride.
When the history ebooks are written, this month could go down as a turning point for the Boston tech community. Two Boston IPOs this month ? Wayfair?s on Oct 2 and HubSpot?s on Oct 8 ? were major milestones for companies that could become new anchors for the local startup ecosystem.
