In logistics, in retail and in healthcare—leaders who seize AI now are writing the future of their industries.

Concerns about high burn rates among tech startups are not new; they did not spring into being suddenly in the fourth quarter of 2021, the final three-month period of the most recent startup boom. If ...

This year has seen a rise in the number of new privately held companies that reached a $1 billion valuation in 2024, companies commonly referred to as Unicorns. The huge AI hype in the technology ...

Of all the mythical beasts conjured up by the creative minds of history, few are as well known as the unicorn. With the body of a horse and a large horn in the middle of an elegant head, the unicorn ...

Do you feel inundated with calls to innovate, innovate, innovate? The assumption is that first-mover innovation is key to success, especially in ventures and business. Is this true? One area that has ...

In 2017 I published one of my most important investment strategy pieces that I called The Technology Super Cycle. You can see a 2018 video and article version via ...

San Francisco's red-hot startups share a handful of secrets to their success. The funders and founders behind Uber, Airbnb, Dropbox and other fast-growth companies followed a few formulas along their ...

INVESTORS OFTEN describe the world of business in terms of animals, such as bears, bulls, hawks, doves and dogs. Right now, mere ponies are being presented as unicorns: privately held tech firms worth ...

In that case, is there a common formula these high-flying companies apply to earn their place in rarified air within their respective industries? My answer is yes. I believe today’s unicorns have ...