Like it or not automation is coming In the past decade, robots have made drastic improvements in terms of the tasks they can perform. From military grade and industrial robots to household ones, there is no doubt that many of our daily tasks will eventually be performed by them. Although Tesla had to pull back […]
Author: Mudassar Shaikh
“If it weren’t for these customers, we would be doing just fine!” We have seen this pattern repeat itself far too many times. Few people are in the habit of looking for a gap in the market or trying to identify an unsatisfied need. Successful startups grow by building a product or service that meets […]
RPA, which stands for ‘robotic process automation’, is a technology that consists of software robots (bots) that can mimic a human worker performing operations on their laptops. RPA bots can log into applications, enter data, calculate and complete tasks and then log out, send emails, extract data from websites and excel, and generate reports. RPA […]
Not sure how to survive an ever changing business world? Darwin might have the answers! The business world is often referred to as a brutal battlefield where only the fittest survive. Companies like Kodak and Nokia are often referred to as the dinosaurs that failed to adapt to the changing environment. If you think about […]
In the past few years, there has been a lot of hype around blockchain. Investors have been blindly investing exuberant amounts of money without clearly understanding the viability of blockchain based business models. VC funding for blockchain start-ups has consistently grown, with venture investment reaching around $1 billion in 2017 (and likely to be more […]
The ‘UBER’ fever has caught North America. There has been an emergence of the “gig” economy, which is essentially an economy characterized by the prevalence of short-term contracts or freelance work, as opposed to permanent jobs. UBER and Air-BNB are the companies who have perfected this model and have radically democratized the taxi and hotel […]
What is Blockchain? Blockchain is a decentralized network of computing units called nodes that facilitate peer to peer transactions without the need for a third party or a larger centralized server to facilitate or validate those transactions. Currently, a trusted third party like a bank,lawyer or a government body is required to validate transactions, such […]