Imagine having a hoodie that also doubles as a stuffed animal. Cubcoats is the children’s brand behind the 2-in-1 stuffed animals that transform into premium hoodies. The hoodies are a fan favorite among both children and parents with stars like Will Smith and Hilary Duff have having invested in the company. Cubcoats’ products truly transcend the […]
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This is Why Investing in Art is Providing Unparalleled Returns
If you’re thinking about investing in non-traditional asset classes, fine art should be high on your list of options to explore. Over a span of several decades, fine art’s favorable investment characteristics, such as its ability to act as a store of wealth to hedge against inflation and currency devaluation, have made it an increasingly […]
How to Train Like an Olympic Champion for Your Next eSports Competition
There is only one chance in 562,400 that a person in today’s world will win a medal in the summer Olympic Games. Depending upon the sport and event, the chances of winning a gold medal range from 1 in 3.5 million to 1 in 9 million. I was fortunate to train several track and field […]
Micro-learning Platform Grovo Acquired by Cornerstone OnDemand for $24M
NYC-based micro-learning content platform Grovo has been acquired by Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand, a publicly traded learning and human capital management software company for $24M in an all-cash deal. “The acquisition of Grovo helps fulfill the vision we had on day one for Cornerstone to improve access to education on a global basis. As leaders […]
Next Generation FP&A Tools in the Age of Digital Transformation
When business students look back at the first decade of this millennium, they’ll think of it as the age of digital transformation. It will widely be considered as the time when the vast majority of industrial sectors went completely digital. And they wouldn’t be wrong: Digital Transformation is a top priority for many large companies. […]
This LA Startup Just Raised $5M to Solve The Toughest Problem in The Emerging Cannabis Industry
Cannabis has been around for thousands of years, yet the modern supply chain infrastructure for it is severely lacking, so WAYV bridges that gap by introducing the first-ever supply chain logistics platform and integrated marketplace for cannabis. This platform connects licensed brands to licensed retailers and has various management functions such as detailed order tracking and […]
This LA Startup Just Raised $5M To Drive Continuous Improvement in Manufacturing
The inspiration behind FactoryFour was the byproduct of the innovation from a non-profit that was manufacturing orthopedic treatment in the foothills of Himalayas. Drawing on the founder’s experience, FactoryFour streamlines archaic manufacturing processes by replacing legacy, fragemented software and spreadsheets with a unifying, real-time system of record that is easy to use, highly customizable, and […]
Apply Hospitality-Driven Thinking to Your New Venture
I just finished a new book by Stephen J. Cloobeck, “Checking In: Hospitality-Driven Thinking, Business, and You”. As a self-made entrepreneur and former chairman of Diamond Resorts International, he asserts that the five biggest companies by market value today, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple, aren’t really tech, but hospitality companies. Tech may be the […]
This LA Startup Just Raised $3M for its Marketing Intelligence Platform For Digital Ads
Digital advertising spend is expected to be a $330B by 2021 globally according to Statista. As more and more money runs into the space, it’s important that brands and agencies have the right tools at their disposal to properly assess the effectiveness of these digital dollars. Enter Pathmatics, a marketing intelligence platform performs a number […]
The 10 Stupidest Things Nouriel Roubini Said In His Testimony To The US Senate Committee on Banking
I assume Nouriel Roubini is a smart guy. So is Warren Buffet. It doesn’t mean I’d want them to do heart surgery on me, because it’s not their thing. My guess is, they’d have no interest in performing heart surgery because they know it’s not their thing. So, just because someone’s smart, doesn’t mean they understand crypto. […]
YouTube Is Making Machines Really Smart
As the playoffs are in full swing, everyone is littering their speech with baseball apologies, “We are only at the bottom of the first inning for all these technologies,” declared Pano Anthos at last week’s RoboLab forum. When illustrating his point, Anthos deconstructed one of XRC Labs‘ portfolio companies which utilizes computer vision to identify store merchandise. “Right […]