By discussing some of the research into some of the other driving factors behind start-up inception in developing countries – particularly South Africa, I hope to bridge the importance of both international credit markets as a driving factor behind innovation and entrepreneurship worldwide, as well as the necessity of supporting these communities during times of [...]
With the marriage of corporate Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) commitments and government financial infusions on the federal and state level, demand for carbon offsets is on the upswing. In order to meet the pressure of Net Zero and similar action plans with deadlines in the next five to 25 years, startups are melding the [...]
Take a look at the picture above. What comes to mind? If your guess was “an oil painting of a happy raccoon taking a selfie while surfing a massive wave into the sunset,” you would be correct! This one of a kind picture was generated by DALL-E 2, a machine learning (ML) model developed by [...]
The explosion of grocery & food delivery in 2020, magnified by the COVID-19 pandemic, drove retailers who had not yet fully implemented the necessary infrastructure to pivot on an unforgiving timeline. Some were unprepared for the volume of demand for online orders, slashing store and restaurant retail space into ramshackle half-baked outposts for pickup/delivery orders [...]
The gaming industry is booming. Nobody could have imagined what the gaming industry would blossom into when they grabbed their favorite snack and played a few rounds of Centipede on their living room TV box. However, simple games like these have led to a tech revolution in which has flourished into todays’ gaming industry and [...]
At this point in time, it is clear that the world is undergoing a digital transformation. This transformation is showing up in just about every area of life- including the sources of the food we eat. Does running a farm sound simple to you? Think again. Although some may have [...]
Agriculture is an essential part of our society, though it has been facing various challenges due to growing population, climate change, soil erosion, and other ecological challenges. Scientists have estimated that by 2050, food demand will be 60% higher than it is today, but the amount of fertile land will [...]
You may have seen headlines recently about a digital creator's collection selling for $70M, a video-game gif with a character named Nyan Cat selling for $500k, or Jack Dorsey's first tweet on Twitter sell for $2.9M. With the crypto boom of late 2020 and early 2021, multiple digital industries have emerged: [...]
Meat consumption is at an all-time high, which would seem to be an encouraging sign for the industry. The average American is currently eating about 140 pounds of meat each year, compared to 120 in the 1970s.[1] Additionally, the number of vegans or vegetarians in the past 20 years has not increased. However, regular meat [...]
The advertising industry is undergoing exponential change. The out of home (OOH) advertising industry has consisted of stationary billboards, transportation vehicles such as bikes, scooters, cars & busses, and other permanent assets in shopping malls and streets. You can even go as far to say that out-of-home advertising started in Stone age with cave drawings, [...]
