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Out With the Old, In With the New

Out With the Old, In With the New

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Just when you thought you’d seen the last of those Best Of/Worst Of lists, the good news is – you have. We’re not going there, since you know how it goes: the more things change, the more they – just seem to get changed up a bit. At least in tech. We felt it might be interesting – and informative – to look at tech and trends gone by, and what they’ve given way to, which may well continue to be part of in this new year. Without further ado, here’s our list of out with the old and in with the new:

OLD                                                                                                             NEW 1. Standing Desk Chair                                                             Chairwear: A wearable exoskeleton chair 2. UAPs/UFOs                                                                            Drones 3. Dating apps                                                                             AI-generated love interest 4. Fentanyl                                                                                   Kava 5. Rachel Maddow                                                                      Joe Rogan 6. Depends                                                                                   $75 Leather Mosh Pit Diapers 7. Man cave                                                                                  Boy Apartment 8. Cougar                                                                                      HAGmaxing 9. Self-driving taxi                                                                      Airtaxi 10. C-Suite                                                                                   G-Suite: tech formally enters the administration 11. DEI                                                                                          H1B 12. Online shopping                                                                   AI Shopping Agents 13. GenX – the Latchkey Generation                                      GenZ – the Lockdown Generation 14. Identity politics                                                                    Digital IDs 15. Breast implants                                                                    Neural implants And a bonus! In his 1961 Farewell Address as he exited the Presidency, Dwight D Eisenhower warned the nation about the military-industrial complex: “We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.” Speaking of the old and the new, this might come as news to you. He also warned us about the dangers of the tech-industrial complex: “We must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite.” Just a heads’ up as we boldly go into this new year, always and forever, onward and forward.

The Report from the Trenches

The Report from the Trenches

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 Before we moved into tech, we worked in the music business, for one of the major labels. One year, we were invited to attend the Music Hall of Fame Awards.

Once there, we were escorted to the wrong table. We made it clear to the usher that we worked at BMG, not BMI, but what do we know? So, we were seated among total strangers, all of whom ignored us. We introduced ourself to the little old man and his wife seated next to us, who were also being ignored.

His name was Hy Zaret, one of the evening’s inductees, who was being honored for a song he’d written. One single song. Must have been some song, we figured, so we asked him what the title was. Read More...

Entrepreneurial Gigolos and B Teams

Entrepreneurial Gigolos and B Teams

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 It’s September. The investors are back from the end of summer break and paying attention again. There are funds to be deployed, and meeting to take, the holidays will be here again before you know it and they’ll once again disappear, so it’s a good time to get that investor deck out and those meetings lined up.

 

We work with founders all the time, helping them to refine/write their decks, since, as we’ve said before, all founders think the 10-15 slide construct is written in stone in terms of the order of the slides, and often bury the lead. Or are so in love with the tech they’ve created, they didn’t bother to include the lead at all. And do keep in mind that your deck is a teaser. Purpose: to get you to that meeting with investors. Read More...