Bain - Global Venture Capital Outlook: The Latest Trends
[Investing]
2023/03/14 09:06
Venture capital funding plummeted throughout 2022, but some spots show resilience.In 2022, start-ups fell victim to continuous market instability, geopolitical turmoil, and looming fears of a recession. Global venture capital (VC) investments declined every quarter, ending the year down 36% from 2021. Funding in the fourth quarter tumbled around 11% from the third quarter to $86 billion, as app...
(Video) Guinness’ Surprising St. Patrick’s Day Message : Drop the Booze
[Business]
2023/03/14 09:05
The Diageo brand kicks off its biggest responsible drinking campaign with nonalcoholic product Guinness 0.0. Guinness accompanies a nationwide giveaway with a joyous film of singing pints.Join iconic brands and world-class marketing leaders at Brandweek to unlock powerful insights and impact-driven strategies. Attend in Miami or virtually, Sept. 11–14. Save 50% with early-bird passes.St. Patri...
International Travel Bounced Back Strongly in 2022
[Business]
2023/03/14 09:04
While few industries have been spared by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic over the past three years, even fewer have been hit as hard as the tourism sector. After Covid-19 had made 2020 "the worst year in tourism history", international tourist arrivals increased by just 11 percent in 2021, as travel restrictions remained in place for protracted periods in many parts of the world. Now, almos...
Rolex Accelerates Swiss Production Boost to Meet Rising Demand
[Business]
2023/03/14 09:03
Rolex temporary facilities to start production in 2025. New production plans come ahead of 2029 planned Bulle site.Rolex SA will create three temporary production facilities that will begin churning out luxury watches in 2025, as the world’s largest maker of high-end timepieces seeks to boost output amid unprecedented demand for its products.Construction on the facilities in the canton of Frib...
Quarterly (Silicon Valley) Trend Report - Q1. 2023 Edition
[Trendbird]
2023/03/13 09:59
TRENDBIRD Quarterly Report (Silicon Valley VC & Startup Trend Report) - Q1. 2023 Edition Released !* TRENDBIRD Quarterly Report는 혁신적인 기술과 비즈니스 모델로 단시간내에 폭발적인 성장을 통해, Unicorn으로 성장할 수 있는 혁신 스타트업들과 Next Big 혁신 비즈니스 / 테크 모델을 조기에 발굴할 수 있도록, 실리콘밸리의 메이저 벤처 캐피탈들에 의해 사업성과 차별성, 그리고 성장성이 검증된 유망 비즈...
Salesforce Announces Einstein GPT, the World’s First Generative AI for CRM
[Business]
2023/03/13 09:09
Einstein GPT creates personalized content across every Salesforce cloud with generative AI, making every employee more productive and every customer experience better.Einstein GPT is open and extensible – supporting public and private AI models purpose-built for CRM – and trained on trusted, real-time dataEinstein GPT will integrate with OpenAI to provide Salesforce customers with out-of-the-...
Silicon Valley Bank’s Meltdown Visualized
[Investing]
2023/03/13 09:08
Here is what the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history looks like in graphicsSilicon Valley Bank’s collapse was the second-biggest bank failure in U.S. history in terms of assets. Deposits at the tech-focused lender’s parent, SVB Financial Group SIVB -60.41%decrease; red down pointing triangle, had declined in three consecutive quarters and the situation worsened on March 9 when clients...
(Video) Honda Reveals The 3rd-Gen 'Autonomous Work Vehicle'
[Product]
2023/03/13 09:07
Honda's latest autonomous robot is designed to move things around construction sites. The 3rd-gen 'Autonomous Work Vehicle can drive itself around with a two pallet load.Honda will showcase the third-generation of its prototype Honda Autonomous Work Vehicle (AWV) to improve construction industry and worksite efficiencies at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2023 in Las Vegas, March 14-18, 2023.Honda is known for...
(PDF) Mckinsey - A Better Way to Build a Brand : The Community Flywheel
[Business]
2023/03/13 09:06
Today’s fastest-growing brands participate in digital communities to earn engagement and loyalty—and do so with high returns and low risk by harnessing agile test and learn.The “big idea” in 2020s marketing is community—reaching consumers in the communities they are a part of and helping them express community membership by participating in your brand.Brands that excel at this use five rei...
Dry-Eye-Preventing Contact Lens is Powered by Its Wearer's Blinks
[Tech]
2023/03/13 09:05
Many contact lens users end up suffering from an uncomfortable and sometimes even debilitating condition known as contact lens-induced dry eye (CLIDE). An experimental new contact lens, however, could keep that from happening … using a fairly simple design.CLIDE typically occurs when the eye's tear fluid only flows across the front of a contact lens, not getting in behind it. As a result, the...
The Drive for a Fully Autonomous Car
[Investing]
2023/03/13 09:04
SAE International, the global standards and engineering association, has come up with a six level taxonomy for automated cars..In 2021, 26 companies testing 1,174 autonomous vehicles (with a driver) logged over 4 million miles on California roads. Four companies logged only 25,000 miles using driverless vehicles.Until quite recently, the autonomous car was the stuff of science fiction. More hyp...
Office Furniture Concept was Made with Accessibility Front and Center
[Design]
2023/03/13 09:03
We’ve seen the birth of a new kind of computer chair, one that integrates not only the computer but even the monitor as well. While these gaming-oriented behemoths are equal parts impressive and bewildering, they are, like most office and computer furniture, made for the majority of able-bodied people, to the exclusion of those with physical disabilities. This latter group often needs more spe...