Today’s post is a set of related questions for all of you. Fred Wilson has a post up on his blog today called, The Jiu-Jitsu Move. It’s about how people often dismiss new technologies, market entrants, and/or consumer behaviours as silly; whereas the real power move… Read More
So this is interesting. Earlier this month, Travis Kalanick – co-founder of Uber and its former CEO – formed a new venture fund called 10100. According to the WSJ, it was funded with his own money after he sold 30% of his position in Uber… Read More
Fred Wilson has a great post up on his blog today about open protocols. By open protocols he is referring to things like TCP/IP (transmission control protocol and internet protocol), HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol), and SMTP (simple mail transfer protocol). Whether you realize it or… Read More
I’ve written about Opendoor.com a few times. As far as I can tell, they are the furthest ahead in terms of disrupting the residential real estate market. So I like to follow them quite closely. They’ve recently launched some new features, so I figured it… Read More
Following the lead of San Francisco, a new non-profit, member-supported organization for New York tech companies has just launched. It’s called Tech:NYC. Here are their goals, taken from this blog post: Tech:NYC’s primary goals are to support the growth of the technology sector in New… Read More
Today I was surprised to learn from Charlie Gardner’s blog that groceries now represent 56% of Walmart’s sales. This is a huge number that I frankly wouldn’t have expected. Groceries have relatively low online penetration, which makes them great for brick-and-mortar retailers. I’ve written about… Read More
https://500px.com/embed.js One of the things that I try and do here on this blog is examine the intersection of design, real estate, and technology. I didn’t explicitly set out to do that, but more and more I find myself thinking that way when I’m writing… Read More
https://500px.com/embed.js Lately I’ve been having discussions around the future value of parking spaces in urban centers. So yesterday I tweeted out this poll: Will parking spaces in cities become more, or less, valuable in the future? 💸 #AThisCity — Brandon G. Donnelly (@donnelly_b) November 4,… Read More
Taxi by Roland R. on 500px https://500px.com/embed.js Early this morning Peter Cheney of the Globe and Mail published an article called: How Uber is ending the dirty dealings behind Toronto’s cab business. And I highly recommend you read it. He’s been investigating this industry for… Read More
Venture capitalist Fred Wilson wrote a post on his blog today called, Same Day/Same Hour Delivery. The post is about why he believes that Walmart could get the “most disrupted by the Internet.” And it has to do with the rapid rise of same day and… Read More
