Category: Business & MBA

Business related notes.

  • A new decade

    A new decade

    31. December 2019

    Feuerwerk
    Feuerwerk

    A lot happened. Many things changed. Ten years ago, I was not married, I did not have kids. I grew up to become a responsible father and husband. And I took on areas of responsibilities I never thought of, both privately and professionally.

    Today, 31. December 2019, marks the end of a decade, before a new decade begins. It doesn’t feel like it, even when the past years will be remembered as the 10s. And we’re entering the twenties now.

    At the beginning of the decade, I only earned my MBA. Back then, I worked for one of the most amazing companies I could imagine up till today. At that company, I was given an assignment, not only abroad but on a different continent. After having traveled Europe and the entire Middle East in the years before, I had an opportunity to visit all countries South East Asia from Singapore in this decade.

    During that time, cloud computing did merely exist, it was a newly coined term. And people were excited by what Apple shaped in form of the iPhone. Social Media was still new and innocent, people were excited by the opportunity to exchange with friends, family but also to meet total strangers on the Internet.

    Feuerwerk 2009
    Feuerwerk

    Since then, I did not only have the opportunity to take on responsibility for one of the most popular smart lighting products, also did I have the opportunity to transition to a role I wanted to grow into.

    In this role today I work for one of the largest European software vendor, proudly contributing to a product in the hottest Enterprise Software space.

    A new decade

    I had the opportunity to see it all grow and develop, into technology that shapes both society and business. And I had an opportunity to exchange ideas in that space with the brightest minds in the industry. And to build a network of friends and colleagues that are among the best and most motivated.

    We’ll see more development in technology and society. Social media has seen it’s peak. Consumers are sceptical of being tracked. Big Data, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence are exciting technologies. Society will benefit from these, but it will require policy and products that use them right. Awareness for the correct use of technology will increase and sustainability will become more important.

    31. December 2019 does mark the end of a decade. It does not mark the end of anything else. It’s a random day that marks a rather arbitrary ten years timeframe. I’m thankful for the past decade and excited for the next.

  • Work more focused

    The year is coming to an end and it’s time to start collecting ideas for new years resolutions. Most often, distraction keeps you from being productive. Nir & Far recaps a few ideas that help you resist distractions and work more focused.

    https://www.nirandfar.com/distraction-proof/
    Nir & Far

  • Netflix (Security) on Youtube

    Netflix (Security) on Youtube: Netflix Security runs a YouTube Channel! As opposed to the company channel, it does not only broadcast previews! This is a great subscription for security practiconers!

    Via Stephanie Olsen (on LinkedIn).

  • Maybe it’s just capitalism, that is broken?

    Inspiration is more important than the quick buck, still many organisations are after growth alone. It’s a dangerous game, but that’s not exactly news, right?

  • More Female Founders

    Not only more Female Founders, but also more successful Female Founders, measured by unicorns, have entered the startup universe. Those are companies that passed the $1 billion in valuation. Crunchbase, the leading platform for professionals to discover innovative companies, has the data:

    Crunchbase data shows what ‘overperforming’ really means: 2019 has been a historic year for female-founded unicorns, which were born at an unprecedented pace.

    https://news.crunchbase.com/news/more-female-founded-unicorns-were-born-in-2019-that-before-data-shows/
  • Munich-based Mylivn raises €5.5 million

    Mylivn raises €5.5 million
    Mylivn raises €5.5 million

    Mylivn is a social network aimed at the ‘slash’ generation who have more than one career or passion, e.g. developer / photographer.

    Source: Munich-based Mylivn raises €5.5 million and launches social network for next-Gen content creators | EU-Startups

  • Intel acquires Habana Labs

    Intel acquires Habana Labs: Intel put a heavy bet on Artificial Intelligence today. In a press-release, the company announced the acquisition of Habana Labs, a company founded and based in Caesarea, Israel. The deal was worth “approximately $2 billion”.

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    Nerdy Unicorn

    To push its artificial intelligence strategy, Santa Clara-based Intel has acquired Israel’s Habana Labs for “approximately $2 billion dollars.”

    Source: Intel’s Latest Swing At AI Is A $2 Billion Deal From Israel

  • Shoshana Zuboff on surveillance capitalism

    Shoshana Zuboff, author of “The age of surveillance capitalism“(Affiliate link) talks about surveillance capitalism and it’s impact on democracy at the Alexander von Humboldt Institut for internet and society.

    In her book, she investigates a novel market form and coined the term ‘surveillance capitalism’.

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  • Paul Krugman on “the Internet’s impact’

    Paul Krugman on “the Internet’s impact’

    Economist Paul Krugman predicts the impact of the internet
    Economist Paul Krugman

    Prognosen sind schwierig, besonders wenn sie die Zukunft betreffen.

     Karl Valentin,  Mark Twain oder Niels Bohr zu. (Wikipedia)

    Natürlich ist es immer schwierig, Vorhersagen zu treffen. Nachdem es sich bei dem Urheber des Zitates um einen führenden Ökonomen handelt, kann man das ein bisschen strenger betrachten. Um etwas positiver zu sein, kann man an der stelle vielleicht noch anführend, dass Deutschland offenbar nach wie vor Marktführend in der Anwendung von Faxgeräten ist:

    https://twitter.com/Saefken/status/1201898727922900992
  • Apple Reportedly Acquires Spectral Edge

    Apple has bought a tech startup that improves mobile photo quality, according to a new report from Bloomberg.

    https://news.crunchbase.com/news/apple-reportedly-acquires-spectral-edge/
    via CrunchBase News