Emerging Business

Emerging Business News of the Week – 9/25/17

*  Want to Raise a Founder? Then Follow Through on Your Commitments.  [Entrepreneur] * Today’s Must-Reads For Entrepreneurs: Why Toys ‘R’ Us Failed, Why Best Buy Survived  [Forbes] * How Apple Will Stop Companies Abusing Facial Recognition on New iPhone X  [Fortune] * Despite all odds, Hyperloop One just raised another $85 million  [TechCrunch] * Bitcoin […]

September 24, 2017 | 1 min read | Tagged: Apple, Best Buy, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies, EB News, Facial Recognition, Founder, Hyperloop, iPhone X, Toys "R" Us

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Brian J. Burt Partner

Emerging Business News of the Week – 8/28/17

* The 2 Unbreakable Rules That Helped This Orange Juice Company Get to $50 Million  [Inc] * Inside Waymo’s Secret World for Training Self-Driving Cars  [TheAtlantic] * Middle America Is Crazy in Love With Bitcoin  [NBCNews] * This T-Shirt Sewing Robot Could Radically Shift The Apparel Industry  [FastCompany] * Why Blockchain Will Change Everything  [Fortune]

August 27, 2017 | 1 min read | Tagged: Bitcoin, Blockchain, EB News, Natalie's Orchid Island Juice Company, Raising Capital, Robot, Self-Driving Cars, Waymo

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Brian J. Burt Partner

Emerging Business News of the Week – 8/21/17

*  Chill: Robots Won’t Take All Our Jobs  [Wired] *  How America’s Fastest-Growing Company Turned Video Games Into a $54 Million Cash Cow  [Inc] * Can Ionic Materials Design A Rechargeable Battery That Unseats The Lithium-Ion?  [FastCompany] * Feeling the Squeeze? Stop Buying Brands  [CNNMoney] * Teenage Bitcoin Millionaire is Back with a Better Botangle  […]

August 20, 2017 | 1 min read | Tagged: Bitcoin, Botangle, Brandless, EB News, Iconic Materials, Rechargeable Battery, Robots, Skillz

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Brian J. Burt Partner

EB News of the Week – 5/29/17

*  I Tried to Revolutionize Health Care. Here’s Why It’s So Hard to Crack  [Inc] *  Entrepreneurship Is Crossing the Fine Line Between Crazy and Genius  [Entrepreneur] * Walt Disney World’s New Avatar-Inspired Park Opens this Weekend  [FastCompany] *  Riding Shotgun With Uber CEO Travis Kalanick  [Fortune] *  Bitcoin Has Come Roaring Back—But So Have […]

May 28, 2017 | 1 min read | Tagged: Avatar, Bitcoin, BurgaBox, Disney, EB News, Healthcare, Iodine, Travis Kalanick, Uber

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Brian J. Burt Partner

EB News of the Week – 1/18/16

* 3 Strategies I Used to Build a Billion-Dollar Company [Entrepreneur] * Bitcoin A “Failed” Experiment, Says Departing Developer [FastCompany] * Why So Many Lottery Winners Go Broke  [Fortune] * Elon Musk says Apple electric car is an ‘open secret’ [SVBusinessJournal] * How Mattress Startup Tuft & Needle Said No To VC Money, Borrowed $500K […]

January 17, 2016 | 1 min read | Tagged: Apple, Billion-Dollar Company, Bitcoin, EB News, Electric Car, Lottery, Tuft & Needle

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Brian J. Burt Partner