Envisioning the Future

How will technology impact the future. How will AI change the future of work? How will autonomous vehicles make life different?

Passionately dissatisfied, ready to create a better way

Great Products Come from Passionately Dissatisfied Startup Founders

I’ve heard hundreds of pitches for businesses over the past few years — both as part of my role at Hult International Business School and in my time advising start-up founders. I’ve noticed a pattern. If your pitch starts with “an app/token/coin that…”, your business is almost definitely going to fail. The problem isn’t that …

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Autonomous Vehicles

73 Mind-Blowing Implications of Autonomous Vehicles

I originally wrote and published a version of this article about autonomous vehicles in September 2016. Since then, quite a bit has happened, further cementing my view that these changes are coming and that the implications will be even more substantial. I decided it was time to update this article with some additional ideas and …

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My (bold) list of the soon-to-be extinct

QWERTY on Phones and other mobile devices Cable and Satellite TV companies Banks fees on most purchases – death of credit/debit cards as we know it Quarterly reporting (and all the incentives associated with it) – likely replaced by continuous reporting (allowing for long-term thinking and investing and less distractions) Movies in movie theaters I’ll …

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