We once cataloged all the terrible cold emails we received after we raised funding and found 93.9% were garbage.
We found recruiters were the #1 senders of garbage emails.
More bad recruiter emails below for your viewing pleasure.
No new things
We surveyed 677 corporate strategy leaders across all major industries to see what the best innovators are doing — and the biggest mistakes the laggards are making.
We found that corporations say they care about innovation, but focus more on continuous innovation instead of new products and services.
In today’s episode, an MIT-educated patent holder couldn’t find our jobs page.
Lose my number
Data privacy is center stage this week with the EU’s GDPR set to go into effect this Friday. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg spoke to an EU panel earlier this afternoon and discussed the new regulations.
It’s not the first time Facebook has discussed the law. We look at what Facebook and others have been saying about GDPR on earnings calls — and who’s been staying silent.
I’ve got no idea what you do
In this installment of terrible recruiter emails, we get the message below.
In good news, he knows Perl, HTML, and I hear he’s really skilled with MS Office.
#shelflife
The food and beverage market is evolving, but still mostly belongs to a handful of companies that are racing to stay ahead of consumer trends. See which companies own the grocery store here.
AI is so hot right now
As the artificial intelligence space heats up, valuations are skyrocketing. But that’s not all — companies are also shelling out hefty premiums for AI talent.
Our partners at Radford discuss how employers should approach new AI hires and more in the guest post. Check it out here.
Bank of America’s conversational banking moves and what they mean for startup virtual assistants
Consumer electronics failures from May and why they happened
This company could be the next big M&A in online grocery
PayPal kills a fintech IPO
Sports betting M&A
SoftBank’s Vietnam problem
The new king of pizza
The most active energy utility investor might surprise you
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Thoughts vs. thought leaders
A world-class speaker lineup is nice, but drawing out a speaker’s best thoughts is all about the quality of the moderator questions.
That’s why we’re super choosy with moderators at Future of Fintech. This year’s program is all one-on-one, fireside chat-style sessions with top-tier journalists who get straight to the substance.
Get your ticket before the end-of-month price increase. It’s less than 30 days til Future of Fintech! Use discount code MODERATORS for your $500 discount.
The Industry Standard
CB Insights data is the most trusted by those in the industry and the media. A few recent hits.
Barron’s. Teresa Rivas analyzes the winners and losers in the retail apocalypse and uses CB Insights’ Sephora Teardown as an example of a bright spot in retail.
P.S. Last Friday’s client note question about Milli Vanilli got the most responses of any client note ever. If you’d like to discuss tech, M&A multiples, and amazing 80s music, you should become a client. Also, let me know what your favorite Milli Vanilli song is after checking out the client note.
The new king of pizza 
