Disruption and Investors’ Fear of Missing Out $NFLX, $TSLA A new study from UC Riverside and the Rotterdam School of Management finds that fear of missing out motivates investors to give money early to startups with a disruptive vision. Many early backers are reluctant to invest too much in unproven ideas that might not take […]
Bitcoin Traders Bid, Regulator Ponder $BTCUSD Bitcoin trading in the Green Thursday, Bitcoin traded in the Green, breaking $11,000 Key resistance mark. Most exchanges listed the # 1 cryptocurrency higher about 4% at around $10,800 earlier on the day Currently, Bitcoin is trading at: 11,065.0947, +547.30, or +5.20%, at 6.54a GMT, the market is open. With a majority […]
Fed’s Plan to Cut Bond Holdings Could Be “Very Disruptive” $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX JPMorgan Chase & Co’s (NYSEJPM) Chairman, Jamie Dimon, said Tuesday that the unwinding of Fed’s bond-buying programs is an unprecedented challenge that may be more disruptive than people think. “We’ve never have had QE like this before, we’ve never had unwinding […]
What Venture Capital Looks for in Entrepreneurs The Big Q: What does venture capital look for when backing entrepreneurs? With billions of dollars flowing into start-ups around the world, that question is really important, as is the answer. It starts with the people, and then the sector. 1. The People: Convincing 2. The Sector: Disruptive, […]
Exclusive Interview with John Cannizzo, founding Chairman of cautiosystems, Inc., a private company. Friday, after the close of a very volatile week in the global stock markets (post-Brexit) I happily sat down with John Cannizzo, the founding Chairman, President and Chief Technology Officer of cautiosystems to discuss the importance and benefits to the industry, community […]
Cautiosystems, A Disruptive Environmental & Energy Saving Technology Last month, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the US government’s “1st-ever” set of standards to reduce methane emissions. The new regulations were criticized by environmentalist critics as not far-reaching enough. The Obama Administration proposed new regulations in January 2016 to cut the amount of Methane, a powerful Greenhouse […]
Exclusive Interview with Rick Burnett, Founder/CEO LaneAxis LaneAxis is a Disruptive Freight Management System Rick has brought forth a simple, scalable Virtual Freight Management system that puts information and cost-control under the command of the shippers. Rick and his Team have developed a simple desktop and mobile app that delivers efficiencies spanning the supply chain […]
Silicon Valley Aims to “Break” Wall Street Control of Stock Markets Eric Ries, 37 anni, the author of the best-selling entrepreneurship manifesto “The Lean Startup,” floated a very provocative idea in the Epilogue: Someone should build a new, “long-term” stock exchange. He wrote, Its reforms would amend the Quarterly cycle to encourage investors and companies […]
LaneAxis, a Disruptive Freight Management System Over the past few years I have been following with great interest the passionate innovation of US freight logistics expert Rick Burnett. Rick has brought forth a simple, scale-able Virtual Freight Management System that puts the information and cost under the command of the shippers’ Rick and his Team […]
Donald Trump Is Turning the GOP Elite “Up Side Down”, and About Time Any Republican candidate entering the party’s national convention with a plurality of delegates and not a majority is not eligible to clinch the nomination, that according to 7 former national Chairmen of the Republican National Committee (RNC) in a WS-J opinion piece […]