Is the legal field the "last untapped gold mine?"The potential market for litigation finance ranges in $100s of billions, of which some $30 billion is currently funded.Created after the 1960s,…
"Intelligence Explosion", "Post-scarcity", "Technological Singularity" -- for someone who is a little familiar with at least several of these concepts, attention management is a major framework to consider. A Wikipedia…
Over 15 years ago, the Swedish Tax Agency rolled out a plan to reorganize its functions with a max 150 employees per office. Participants of the Hamburg-based social network XING…
In NYC, high-information New Yorkers adapt "plaintive ignorance". The New York Times recently observed how some left-leaning, reflective New Yorkers vowed to break up with the news. One cited reason:…
Pittsburgh. Nvidia's first “AI Tech Community city”. A city full of entities that deploy artificial intelligence to solve hard challenges in the physical world. The second largest city in Pennsylvania…
Business networking can feel a little awkward sometimes. You end up in these situations where it's all small talk and maybe some boring business talk. But, there's a way to…
As we discussed it here earlier, urban AI startups are making hyperlocal insights more accessible and enable faster data-informed decision making for entrepreneurs and city managers.In the meantime, urban experts…
Here our founder explains the figure "5,000" in the company's name. Does 5,000 Cities need 5,000 mentors -- one for each city across the world that has at least 100,000…
Depending on who is reading this -- you may be a local economic development officer in search of startups that exhibit the healthy signs of "staying power". Or you may…
A website promoting masterminds in California singles out three types of them: non-local, travel-to masterminds several times a yearweekly “accountability” group, monthly meetings with a full day hands-on mastermind organized…
Why do Mentors choose to work with more than one startup? Here are the three types of reasons that Startup Mentors in our community typically mention. For some, it's more…
Just how scalable is your hyperlocal startup? Unlocking the Power of Hyperlocal Innovation About a month ago, during one of those onboarding calls with a Tanzanian startup founder (in a…
Questions to be answered by every Startup Mentor 1. What is my industry preference? Some startup mentors are sector-agnostic. Others prefer to stay within their circle of competence, to quote…
We've been keeping this conversation going since April 2021.Check our community blog with unique contributions from local experts and budding analysts -- from Dresden to Mumbai via Nairobi and Buenos…