Author: Anna Whiteman
Thoughts from MIT EmTech 2017: Day 2
11.09.17
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By Anna WhitemanDay 2 of MIT’s EmTech Conference was packed with fascinating topics like emergent paradigms in social media, future of work, brain/machine interfaces, and more. As a follow up to my coverage of Day 1, here are some highlights and key
Thoughts from MIT EmTech 2017: Day 1
11.08.17
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By Anna WhitemanI had the incredible opportunity to attend MIT’s annual EmTech, short for Emerging Technologies, Conference this week and, in a sense, the opportunity to take a peek at what the brightest minds in the world are cooking up for our future.
The Third Wave of ECommerce
11.07.17
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By Anna WhitemanIn a world where 77% of people in the United States wield a smartphone, it’s always mind-boggling to me how small e-commerce’s share of the overall retail market is (8.5%). Even more compellingly, upwards of 80% of consumers research
Bridging Your Seed to Series A
11.07.17
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By Anna WhitemanHere at Tribeca, we’re in the fortunate position of investing primarily in companies at the Series A level. As an investor, this is an amazing time to get (formally) involved with a company. At the Series A, companies most often have
Your Brain on Content
11.07.17
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By Anna WhitemanI’ve been thinking a lot recently about how emerging mediums of content are changing the way that our brains are wired to receive and decipher information. I don’t mean to invoke a debate around whether or not Snapchat is the downfall
The Very Rad Consumer
11.07.17
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By Anna WhitemanMany people have been asking me lately what makes one tech-enabled consumer company distinguishable, i.e. investable, from another. My answer? Whether you’re speaking of consumer in the context of marketplaces/ecommerce, mobile, devices
Behavioral Econ’s Role in Shaping Emerging Enterprise
11.07.17
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By Anna WhitemanA lot of lip service has been paid lately to companies using principles of behavioral economics and social psychology to drive business models. Just last week, the NYTimes published an in-depth editorial on how Uber has made use of
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