Technology
Unicorn? VC’s – It Is Time To Get Real!
Unicorn? VC’s—- it is time to get real! (See: Silicon Valley Is Trying Out a New Mantra: Make a Profit) It is the VC community (who takes many liberties and are super aloof- unwarranted) who came up with the term ‘unicorn’. Basically, it was to tag a company as a target for pointless massive funding,…
Read MoreThe Inversion Factor, How to Thrive in the IOT Economy
Had a great time speaking at this fireside chat at MIT Enterprise Forum with my co-author Sanjay Sarma and talking about The Inversion Factor. Excellent moderating by Gideon Lichfield, Editor-in-chief at MIT Technology Review. You can watch the full talk below.
Read MoreComing Soon: The Inversion Factor
Delighted to share The Inversion Factor with you. The Inversion Factor discusses the emerging architecture of IoT, the specific nuances and the evolution of a ‘Needs-First’ vs a ‘Product-First’ mentality/architecture & economy in the emerging Hyper Connected World. We have included in depth and never-available-before case studies and we explain/discuss the emerging architecture of IoT…
Read MoreThe Shrinking Talent Pool in US Technology Companies
Shrinking talent pool in the US Tech companies: The immigration ban is not only effecting people traveling from the 6 countries to the US but is having serious negative ramifications about the culture we are creating and representing to the world. I was at the top technical university in Germany last week and met with…
Read MoreHate Crimes and Our Colleagues
Hate Crimes and our colleagues: Today a revision of the first executive order was filed which as Washington Post calls it: is cruel and unconstitutional. Leading to hate crimes across the nation. This weekend an American citizen from India was shot by a man near Seattle who chanted:”go back to your country”. Correction: This IS…
Read MoreLet’s Talk AI: The True Buzz About AI
And deep learning, machine learning, cognitive and more… Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the hottest topics on Tech St. right now – and why wouldn’t it be given the exciting advances being made? But in our conversations about AI, we’re getting ahead of ourselves and mixing up progress toward the goal with having reached…
Read MoreWorkPlace 3.0: It Is About Inclusion, Not Diversity!
For decades, we have argued that we do not have enough women and minorities in companies, startups, and in the STEM professions. To address this problem, we set our sights on ‘diversity.’ We have formed countless not-for-profits to increase the number of women in STEM and executive positions. I, myself, have been a member of…
Read MoreAR/VR Resistance. Why?
One thing is for sure: Anytime there is disruption, there is resistance. That is what we talk a lot about in my book ProVoke. I remember when I had my RFID Company (ConnecTerra Inc. in Cambridge, MA) and demonstrators were outside the doors because they thought RFID invaded their privacy (which of course it…
Read MoreThe Reality Of IoT vs. The World of Connected Things: The Same Or Different?
This week I had the pleasure to speak at the MIT Enterprise Forum annual conference on Connected Things. The MIT Media Center was buzzing with vibrant conversations about Connected Things, IoT, RFID, AR/VR, and more. Great debates everywhere! So here are some thoughts: First off, let’s establish some ground rules: 1.‘Connected World’ implies ‘things’…
Read MoreWomen, silence is not a virtue in the workplace!
I am looking forward to hearing the fantastic VOICES and thoughts of the great minds coming together at the Women in Technology Summit this weekend. As a lead in to my keynote speech on June 1, I wrote this most recent article for Washington Post to get the dialogue started. Throughout my career, I’ve…
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