From Taylor Swift Tickets to Venture Capital: Navigating the Challenges of High Demand and Limited Supply
On November 15, 2022, a staggering 14 million people flocked to Ticketmaster with the hope of securing a ticket for Taylor Swift's Eras Concert (Revell, 2022). It was a scene of chaos, with thousands of [...]
Revolutionizing Construction: The Emerging Market for Autonomous and Remote-Controlled Heavy Equipment
The construction industry is one of the oldest and largest industries in the world, but it has been slow to embrace technological change. However, in recent years, there has been a significant shift in the [...]
The Why Behind the Growth of the ESG Sector
Startups heavily rely on trends in investor and consumer behavior. Amid volatile venture capital (VC) conditions and Gen-Z becoming more influential in the market, the ESG sector specifically is going to see growth. According to [...]
Startup Snapshot: Decarbonizing the Supply Chain in 2023
Pause and scan the device in front of you: have you ever considered the true cost that was transferred between the overseas manufacturing and the day that you first powered it on? Many companies are [...]
Smart Homes, Smarter Robots: A Look into the Future of Home Automation
The market for autonomous snow-clearing and lawn-mowing robots for residential homes is experiencing rapid growth, with a growing number of homeowners looking for smart and efficient solutions for household chores. The popularity of smart [...]
Beyond the Frame: How AI is Transforming the Film Industry
Once reserved for the pages of science fiction, artificial intelligence (AI) is now rewriting the script for the media and entertainment industries. Pictured above is a de-aged, voice-synthesized Mark Hamill in The Book of Boba [...]
‘Ask ChatGPT’ – A Future with AI Living Amongst Us
Chat-GPT is an AI language model developed by OpenAI that uses deep learning techniques to generate natural language text in a conversational context. With over 175 billion parameters, Chat-GPT is one of the largest and [...]
The Drivers of Entrepreneurship: South Africa as a Case Study
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 [...]
Atland Ventures’ Founding Story
A few weeks ago, I had the chance to sit down with Lucas Bagno to learn more about how Atland Ventures began and what went into starting the fund. Bagno is a current investor at [...]
The State of Corporate Carbon Commitments and Startup ESG Strategy
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 [...]