Category: Investing

What Asia’s Love-Hate Relationship With Cryptocurrency Means For Investors

This article was originally posted on Forbes New York Business Council 2018 was the year of cryptocurrency, to hear the news tell it. Even as bitcoin, Ethereum and others rose to unprecedented heights, fell and fell some more, one thing is now certain: Love them or hate them, blockchain and cryptocurrencies are here to stay. If you’re a technologist or crypto… Read more →

What Asia’s Love-Hate Relationship With Cryptocurrency Means For Investors

This article was originally posted on Forbes New York Business Council 2018 was the year of cryptocurrency, to hear the news tell it. Even as bitcoin, Ethereum and others rose to unprecedented heights, fell and fell some more, one thing is now certain: Love them or hate them, blockchain and cryptocurrencies are here to stay. If you’re a technologist or crypto… Read more →

2019: The End of the Beginning for Blockchain?

The lofty promises of instant riches through crypto have fallen short, but the market will be better as it works through an evolutionary stage.   This article was originally posted on CFO.com Last year was a painful one for cryptocurrencies and blockchain. After crypto prices hit all time highs a year ago, the market cap for all cryptocurrencies dropped more than $500 billion by… Read more →

How to Leverage Blockchain for Your Small Business

This article was originally posted on ScoreNYC Over the past few decades, emerging technologies have had a tremendous impact on small businesses. From mobile apps for employees in the field to retail websites that enable customer interaction 24/7, technological innovation has given small businesses a seat at the table of the economic marketplace. In light of these trends, it’s become increasingly important… Read more →

4 Steps From Startup to a Growth-Stage Company

Whatever your business, the fundamentals of growth are the same. This article was originally posted on Entrepreneur.com You’ve taken the plunge and started a new business. You made it through the first year and turned a profit – congratulations. When an entrepreneur takes an idea and turns it into a profitable business, it’s a cause for celebration. But it’s not enough to… Read more →

What Can Small Businesses Learn From Big Brands?

This article was originally posted on ScoreNYC Small businesses and corporations have little to do with one another at first glance. The parable of David and Goliath quickly comes to mind: one side features a small, hungry upstart, while the other features an established legacy company with all the advantages — and consequently, everything to lose. In truth though, this zero-sum mindset is… Read more →

Is It Too Early To Invest In Space-Related Ventures?

This article was originally posted on Huffingtonpost.com Back in 2012, the launch of the first private spacecraft bound for the international space station brought earthlings into a new era of space exploration. Now, it seems like new space-related startups are launching (metaphorically-speaking) every day. Along with companies such as Planetary Resources and Deep Space Industries, well-known Silicon Valley figures like… Read more →

Ed Sappin

Businesses Leading The Shift to Low-Carbon Economy

Companies of various sizes and across many industries are taking concrete steps to lower their carbon emissions as consumers focus more on clean and green initiatives and climate change grows increasingly visible. Some companies are driven by core environmental concerns, and many by the fact that low carbon and other green sectors increasingly make good business sense on outright economic… Read more →

4 Steps From Startup to a Growth-Stage Company

You’ve taken the plunge and started a new business. You made it through the first year and turned a profit — congratulations. When an entrepreneur takes an idea and turns it into a profitable business, it’s a cause for celebration. But it’s not enough to just keep doing the same thing — continued success is going to depend on different and evolving strategies. In… Read more →

Current Reads on Bitcoin and the Blockchain

There are a lot of press articles and books out recently on distributed ledger technology. Two of the most promising were just published earlier in May. Take a read and let me know what you think: The Business Blockchain: Promise, Practice, and Application of the Next Internet Technology Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin Is Changing Money, Business, and… Read more →