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Blockchain changes everything
Leaders of big banks like JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs have thrown shade at cryptocurrency, calling it “worse than tulip bulbs” and “a vehicle to perpetuate fraud.”
This is it — we’ve made it to the championship round of our Amazon HQ2 bracket challenge! It all comes down to Atlanta, GA and Raleigh, NC.
Which city will be crowned the winner? You decide. Vote here.
Battle for consumers
The 2018 e-commerce scene is rapidly evolving. Incumbent players are using their private labels and acquisitions to stay ahead, while startups are squeezing in with subscription-based models.
We cover this and more in our E-Commerce 2018 Trends Report. Read it here.
Cisco: the incumbent’s dilemma
Cisco holds 19,000+ patents, employs 72,000 people, and operates in 165 countries through 282k partners. The company has made 203 acquisitions since 1993.
Chief Digital Officer Kevin Bandy joined the company in 2015, charged with driving business and operating model innovation. He’ll join us March 6 – 7 at the CBI Councils meeting to talk about:
New monetization models
Capturing “trapped value” in a large organization
Re-accelerating innovation inside an incumbent player
Councils are limited to SVPs and above from companies with $1B in revenue and up. Apply here.
Getting lidar down to a single chip
Lidar is a laser-based sensor for measuring distances. It’s a technology once thought so expensive and exotic that it would only be practical for military or government applications.
At A-ha!, Kyle Vogt, co-founder & CEO of Cruise Automation, spoke with Bloomberg’s Sarah Frier about Cruise’s progress toward making lidar practical for self-driving cars.
