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The World Is About to Change
Despite political, economic, and social uncertainty coming out of the United States, one very intriguing element of the country’s strategy is the creation of the United States Space Force. The Space Force will be created as a 6th branch of the US Military, and will be sure to stir up controversy on that […]
Blockchain and The Lease
At RoomForTea, we see a mass amount of pent-up demand for shared-living experiences across generations. Everyday, we see older homeowners renting out a room in their home to a trusted member of the younger generation on RoomForTea at a discounted rental rate. Why? Because our platform creates a sense of […]
Shared Living For The Digital Generation
The “Millennials” — or the generation born between the mid 80’s and late ’90s — and are the largest generation in history with more than 1.8 Billion. This generation is coming to the city in droves: What’s happening now is that today’s young adults — the so-called Millennial generation — are both more numerous […]
How Innovations Arise
Could it be true that innovations are not random but actually predictable? That’s what a new mathematical study earlier this year by Vittorio Loreto and co. at the University of Rome concluded. Their research demonstrated that innovations can be modeled between the actual and the possible. + Mathematical Model […]
Airbnb – Funding Map
Airbnb was started in 2008 by founders Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia and Nate Blecharczyk. We have written about our thoughts on both the core Airbnb business model, along with their recent foray into the world of travel Experiences and targeting of a new generation of travelers, those who want authentic […]
Tokens and The Future of Crowdfunding
By Luis Otavio Ribeiro from Catarse, largest crowdfunding platform in Brazil Original piece in Portuguese Tokens and the Future of Crowdfunding Since we launched Catarse in 2011, I have pondered a question: what will be the next innovation in crowdfunding? Clearly, crowdfunding or a collective piggybank, if you prefer, always […]
#Blockchain + Capital Markets
#Blockchain is defined as the ‘great chain of being sure about things.” by The Economist. We are moving towards a blockchain future where the marginal cost of a transaction drops to zero and peer-to-peer commerce is facilitated by ‘trustless’ transactions. Depending on your future view of bitcoin, the blockchain and fintech, […]
#Fintech: Credit Karma + The Credit Score
#Fintech (financial technology) is a red-hot category right now, worldwide. Many unicorns (companies with a valuation greater than $1 Billion) have already been crowned, and yet the arms race has only just begun. That’s because so much of the TBTF (too big to fail) banks’ precious revenue streams remain ripe for ‘disruption’ and […]
#CoLiving: The Communal Table
Since the beginning of time, people have come together at the end of each day to eat, unwind and converse around a communal table. But as part of the era of urbanization, Ikea apartments, and shrinking spaces, the majority of city dwellers no longer have the space in their living […]