According to data collected from product failure rate surveys sponsored by MIT Sloan, University of Michigan, Harvard and many others, the sad truth is that most products fail – some surveys suggest 80% or higher product failure rates. And, this dismal fact isn’t limited to startups. The number one cause for failure cited was “no  Continue Reading »

Armed with nothing more than Google Maps and a trusty old travel guide, navigating as a tourist in 2018 is a fairly painless experience. But what if the place you’re visiting doesn’t have a reliable or consistent address system? This is a problem that London-based startup What3words has been addressing, so to speak, with a  Continue Reading »

Conversational commerce is exploding in chat, delivering what you want, when you want it. Get to know the VCs and angels making it happen. Hey Google, Alexa, Cortana, Siri and Messenger, 2018 is shaping up to be boom times. As AI investment soars to historic highs, there’s a renewed excitement among developers to create more  Continue Reading »