It’s often a challenge to keep an eye on what’s happening within the startup industry. It’s so dynamic and ever-changing, so that we decided to pick up all the essentials on Virtual Reality, Big Data, Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence, IoT and Machine Learning to help you always stay in the loop within the industry!

TO READ

Product

• Blockchain Startups Dominate Seed Funding, According to GlobalData
• Data Science vs. Big Data vs. Data Analytics
• The case for boosting enterprise software startups with services
• Facebook Is Investing $1 Billion in Small-Business Initiatives This Year. Why the ‘Likes’ Aren’t Pouring in
• Bedrock Capital raises $122M to fund startups that reject conventional wisdom

Entrepreneurship and Management

• Billions have been wiped from the tech sector this week. Here’s how to protect yourself from more pain
• In Entrepreneurship, Failure Doesn’t Have to Be Fatal
• 8 Proven Habits for Ultimate Success
• THE CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA DATA APOCALYPSE WAS PREDICTED IN 2007
  
• Most people in Silicon Valley ‘have regrets right now,’ says Microsoft’s Jaron Lanier

Hot Stuff: AI, AR, VR, IoT, Blockchain

• Microsoft reaches a historic milestone, using AI to match human performance in translating news from Chinese to English
  
• China’s Surveillance State: AI Startups, Tech Giants Are At The Center Of The Government’s Plans
  
• Ready Player One – do you buy Spielberg’s vision of virtual reality? Discuss with spoilers
  
• Intelligent to a Fault: When AI Screws Up, You Might Still Be to Blame
  
• Facebook updated its VR avatars to look more ‘lifelike’
  
• AR/VR market transition begins as startups raise record $3.6 billion
  
• AI is already learning how to discriminate
  
• How artificial intelligence and data add value to businesses
  
• Investors share their predictions for AI and machine learning in 2018
• THIS STARTUP MAKES AUGMENTED REALITY SOCIAL— AND UBIQUITOUS
  

TO LISTEN

• How Can We Teach Computers to Make Sense of Our Emotions
• The Craziest Marketing Tactic Ever
• Investor Stories 82: Lessons Learned (Mohnot, Turner, Narasin)
• Better Diversity, Better Outcomes (Elizabeth Galbut)
• Daniel Pink — How to Make Better Decisions and Be More Creative
• How to Prioritize Your Life and Make Time for What Matters
  
• Balancing Feature Development with Marketing, the Cost of Technical Debt, and More Listener Questions
• GDPR, Preparing to be Acquired, Technical Debt, and More Listener Questions