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#Bitcoin can’t be used to buy milk easily because it takes an average of nearly 20-400 mins to confirm the payment. blockchain.info/charts/avg-con…
After so many years. If you still can’t use it to buy most common goods everywhere, it’s not a real currency alternative. Bankers’ mistrust of bitcoin is still the greatest…
It’s not about #AI algorithms or systems, but large pools of users which companies can make money from. thestreet.com/story/14302606…
Europe value increased a fair bit, but global total exit value doesn’t seem to have grown much in 2017. #Startups techcrunch.com/2017/09/11/as-…
80:20 rule doesn’t apply. All monies are sucked into the 80% unicorns in US and China. #startups zdnet.com/article/over-8…
“I’m a fighter…” said #Khosrowshahi. He needs to be, Kalanick, sexism, losses, governments, taxi drivers, etc. theguardian.com/technology/201…
#AI will push us to create new jobs. To bridge gap between human and computer. Serve them to serve us. Too scary? economist.com/news/business/…
“highly-valuable 13-24 year-old”, wrong, they can’t even afford to buy many #Spectacles. venturebeat.com/2017/08/11/sna…
Is #Uber too big to fail? http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39323828
How many smart people have to say this before people understand what is going on? Watch Wall-E again. #ElonMusk http://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-we-need-universal-income-because-robots-will-1788644631
Germany, Japan, US, UK, Canada, … China is #13. http://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/entrepreneurship-full-list https://x.com/wef/status/774294061356384257
Ivy Plus universities, ~$140bn endowments, ~11,000 low-income students. Good ROI? #Gladwell isn’t happy. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/malcolm-gladwell-revisionist-history_us_578d2c6fe4b0c53d5cfa79e0