Across industries,
@elonmusk
and his companies aren’t disrupting the state of play by inventing things from scratch — they’re taking ideas that failed, and bringing them back to life. See how this has impacted 8 major industries:
Why is
@Tesla
so disruptive?
Refreshingly candid reflections by
@Ford
CEO
@jimfarley98
on the supply chain complexity and challenges of becoming a software company
100 million: the number of
@amazon
Prime members, as finally revealed in Jeff Bezos' letter to shareholders. That user base + 5 billion items shipped through Prime last year = why even a whisper of Amazon entering a sector is enough to rattle markets
After all the recent startup drama, let’s focus on “boring” cos, shall we?
If you’re building a boring company that
- makes money with sound unit economics
- takes care of customers
- has a great team
- creates great product(s)
- is low on drama
Tell us about it
We teamed up with
@FastCompany
to analyze high-momentum
#startups
with our Mosaic algorithm—a metric that combines a company’s financial health, traction, market strength—and identified 50 that could be tomorrow's
#unicorns
. Here's what we found:
We just released the 2019
#AI100
, featuring the 100 most promising
#AI
startups across the globe. Check out the full list of winners and see what they're working on right here:
10 of top 20 reasons startups fail
20. Failure to pivot
19. Burn out
18. Didn't use network
17. Legal challenges
16. No financing/investor interest
15. Failed geo expansion
14. Lack of passion
13. Pivot gone bad
12. Disharmony on team
11. Lost focus
Big news: today we're excited to unveil the winners of our fifth annual
#AI100
, our list of the world's 100 most promising private
#AI
companies. 🏆
This year's winners span 12 countries and are driving innovation across 18 industries. Meet them here:
We're thrilled to unveil this year's
#DigitalHealth150
, our annual ranking of the 150 most promising digital health
#startups
in the world. Meet this year's winners, including startups working on interoperability, at-home care, emerging benefits & more.
Blockchain. Bitcoin. ICOs. Everyone's talking about them, but can you explain what they are and how they work? Our
#Blockchain
Explainer is the cheat sheet you need, replete with infographics like this:
If someone asks you what
#blockchain
is at dinner tonight, have a better answer than "it's complicated." Check out our explanation of the technology transforming the future:
We just issued our Guide to Corporate Innovation
It contains 19 bulletproof strategies your corporation can use to look innovative
If you prefer not reading, here are all 19 strategies in images
We're excited to reveal the
#Fintech250
: the top
#fintech
startups of 2018. Collectively, they've raised $53B in funding and 44% of them are based outside of the U.S. Get details on the entire cohort right here:
Why do
#startups
fail?
While every company is different, our analysis of 101 post-mortems from failed startups showed some distinct patterns. From poor marketing to pivots gone bad, here are the top 20 startup killers:
Blockchain. Bitcoin. ICOs. Everyone's talking about them, but can you explain what they are and how they work? We just updated our
#Blockchain
Explainer, breaking it all down in jargon-free English:
The average Musk project follows a particular formula: find an old idea that failed because of lackluster technology, and attack it with some of the world’s best engineers.
Gradually, then Suddenly
retail edition
The graph below is of US ecommerce penetration
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” — Vladimir Lenin
In venture capital, it’s all about the long game, and right now top investors are laying the groundwork for the next wave of tech success stories.
See our picks for the top 20 venture investors in North America:
Just over 70% of startups stall at some point in the
#VC
process and fail to exit or raise follow-on funding. Less than 1% reach the vaunted
#unicorn
status.