This link offers both a video of the robot in action (autonomously) and of researcher Suzanne Gildert explaining the technology. “When you train on data coming from hands, you find that all hand movements are combinations of these basic movements […]
“Included this year are life-sciences startups, companies spun out from Chicago stalwarts and businesses using artificial intelligence to disrupt their industries.” Shout out to BiomeSense and Quicklly! ~ learn more
An interview with Jason Lemkin on building a world-class sales org. “Hire your first salesperson when you have closed the first 10 customers and are spending more than 20% of your time on sales. Don’t be swayed solely by impressive […]
Nothing particularly jaw-dropping in this set of demo videos, and lots of “just give it a moment” during the live demos. However, taken as a whole, very promising! ~ learn more
“If you’ve already put two and two together, you understand this: the cost of knowledge work has just decreased by orders of magnitude. Why? The floor has dropped out on the price of information.” ~ learn more
The founder of Mercury (which is a startup bank for startups but don’t call it a bank because it’s not really) thinks all forms of cash bonuses are a bad idea. His view is that equity is the only good […]
Here’s an explanation into the market forces that drive the modern podcast business model. ~ learn more
“With all of these changes, nirvana is near: software as a variable cost business. No longer does a new software business need to default to developers, sales reps, or customer success managers to reliably generate cash flow at scale. Every […]
This might include the best explanation of factor investing I’ve seen yet. “If you throw a rock anywhere in AQR’s surprisingly dowdy headquarters in Greenwich, chances are high you’ll hit a University of Chicago graduate, and at least decent that […]
Several years ago Packy McCormick explained his theory of industry: “Entropy Theory explains industry evolution as a story of ever-increasing chaos and suggests that the most successful businesses are those that use the latest technology to wrangle that chaos, until […]