Wednesday 31 August 2016

Tuesday 30 August 2016

IBM Joins Fintech Hub in Toronto’s MaRS Discovery District – Crowdfund Insider

On Tuesday, technology giant IBM announced it is set to join the fintech hub in Toronto’s MaRS Discovery District. The high profile company is said to be t

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The Future of Healthcare Is Arriving—8 Exciting Areas to Watch

As faculty chair for Medicine and Neuroscience at Singularity University and curator of our annual Exponential Medicine conference (apply to join us this Oct 8–11th),… read more

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Monday 29 August 2016

The Most Influential CEOs on Twitter

Digital leaders who get the most attention for themselves and their brands on social media are those who share their personal causes, express their hopes and ambitions and engage with their followers.

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10 Principles for Digital Disruption

Digital upstarts are rewriting the rules of strategy, adopting winning principles almost instinctively. Traditional incumbents and hybrids should take note.

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Sunday 28 August 2016

Inside the big banks’ plan for new digital cash

A group of big banks led by UBS is planning their own version of digital cash, using blockchain, the technology underpinning Bitcoin.

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Obama creating ‘startup visas’ to encourage foreign entrepreneurs to start companies in the U.S.

The Obama administration is making it easier for entrepreneurs worldwide to launch startups in the U.S. Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is

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Saturday 27 August 2016

Venture Capital, Traditional Insurer Interest in Insurtech Remains High

Even though venture capital investments in venture capital-backed financial technology (fintech) companies fell more than 50 percent globally during the se

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Social Entrepreneurs: Pioneering Social Change

The Skoll Foundation has recently completed a short film about the field of social entrepreneurship. Its a great overview of the progress made over the las

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Wednesday 24 August 2016

Monday 22 August 2016

IoT, Big Data Analytics Driving M&A Market – InformationWeek

An Ernst and Young report indicates it’s full steam ahead in the mergers & acquisitions space in 2016 as companies look to leverage tech to speed their digital transformation. The main drivers behind this trend include big data analytics and IoT, both of which IT professionals should keep an eye on.

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5 Keys to Success For Social Entrepreneurs: Lluis Pareras at TEDxBarcelonaChange

Dr. Lluis Pareras — Director Healthequity, Barcelona Healthequity is a venture capital fund investing in healthcare. Neurosurgeon, PhD, and Globa

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Sunday 21 August 2016

Changing the world through social entrepreneurship: Willemijn Verloop at TEDxUtrecht

BE BRAVE: “We urgently need new solutions to fight poverty. Social entrepreneurs choose to see opportunities instead of intangible problems.” In the spiri

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Wednesday 17 August 2016

Edtech is the next fintech

As the world tries to make sense of economic tremors from the Brexit fallout, upcoming U.S. elections and volatile European financial markets, it’s easy to..

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Deep Learning: Intelligence from Big Data

Deep Learning: Intelligence from Big Data Tue Sep 16, 2014 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Stanford Graduate School of Business Knight Management Center – Ceme

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