Will Software Eliminate Physical Retail? Not Quite.
(Originally published at LinkedIn) Is physical retail doomed? Last week, in conversation with Sarah Lacy of PandoDaily, Marc Andreessen argued that the retail industry is over. In one sense, the...
View ArticleThe World’s Bank: How Crowdfunding is Disrupting Old Banking
By Julie Hanna and Reid Hoffman In San Francisco, Teresa Goines is breaking down deeply entrenched cycles of poverty and crime, one bowl of peanut butter stew at a time. Old Skool Café, the 1940’s...
View ArticleThe Information Age to the Networked Age: Are You Network Literate?
It’s said that when architects walk through an office, they see ceiling ornamentation, light sources, building acoustics. When psychologists walk through an office, they see unresolved father issues...
View ArticleWhy the block chain matters
Key point in my essay at Wired: Bitcoin/Block chain provides an open platform like the internet — for fintech.
View ArticleDriving in the Networked Age
How soon will it be illegal to operate human-driven cars on public streets? Read my full post on LinkedIn: Today, as individual drivers compete for space, they often work against each other’s...
View ArticleA HERD OF UNICORNS
Q: If the unicorn is the rarest creature in the universe, how can there be a herd of them? A: The Networked Age. My full post on LinkedIn explains why.
View ArticleSunny Day Fund: Why We Need to Invest In Our Shared Energy Future Now
Read my full post at LinkedIn to learn why I’ve joined Bill Gates and others in accelerating critical innovation for clean energy.
View ArticleBlitzscaling Lessons From Master Yoda: May The Force Be With You
Read the full post at LinkedIn, and study well the five lessons of Master Yoda.
View ArticleUsing Artificial Intelligence to Humanize Management and Set Information Free
This essay originally appeared on MIT Sloan Management Review as part of their Frontiers Essay Series. Each essay is a response to this question: “Within the next five years, how will technology change...
View ArticleExtra Sensory Production
As Joshua Cooper Ramo suggests in his important new book, The Seventh Sense, massively scaled, always-on connection changes the nature of objects and institutions. A heart-rate monitor that shares...
View ArticleTalent and Opportunity in the Next Economy
Traditionally, technological innovation has always led to profound shifts in our work lives, which in turn has led to shifts in the culture at large. And while these shifts have caused disruption and...
View ArticleBuilding the Next Economy
Historically, both markets and government policies have rewarded entrepreneurs, investors, and inventors for being more efficient with capital by reducing the costs of labor. And this approach has had...
View ArticleWhy the blockchain matters
This article was taken from the June 2015 issue of WIRED magazine. Be the first to read WIRED’s articles in print before they’re posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by...
View ArticleDriving in the Networked Age
A roadmap for navigating the transition from human-controlled cars to a better driverless future In the six-plus years that Google has been developing self-driving cars, its test fleet has achieved an...
View ArticleA Herd of Unicorns
Q: If the unicorn is the rarest creature in the universe, how can there be a herd of them? A: The Networked Age. In the venture capital industry, just picking winners is a losing strategy. The goal is...
View ArticleSunny Day Fund: Why We Need to Invest In Our Shared Energy Future Now
Climate change is a global issue that threatens to impact the environmental and economic well-being of people around the planet. To mitigate its long-term impact, we need new, transformative sources...
View ArticleBlitzscaling Lessons From Master Yoda: May The Force Be With You
In today’s highly networked world, a key secret to building startups into massively successful companies is blitzscaling: Rapid, relentless growth that allows you to become the first player to achieve...
View ArticleUsing Artificial Intelligence to Humanize Management and Set Information Free
This essay originally appeared on MIT Sloan Management Review as part of their Frontiers Essay Series. Each essay is a response to this question: “Within the next five years, how will technology change...
View ArticleExtra Sensory Production
As Joshua Cooper Ramo suggests in his important new book, The Seventh Sense, massively scaled, always-on connection changes the nature of objects and institutions. A heart-rate monitor that shares...
View ArticleTalent and Opportunity in the Next Economy
In this series, professionals attending Next:Economy share their insights on the future of work. Read the posts here, then write your own. Use #NextEconomy somewhere in the body of the post and...
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