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A lot of founders / teams have been asking if they should be adopting a cryptocurrency strategy.  This is understandable given the frenzy of fundraising recently and the ongoing dialogue about the potential for cryptocurrencies as an alternative business model [...]  Read more

A lot of founders / teams have been asking if they should be adopting a cryptocurrency strategy.  This is understandable given the frenzy of fundraising recently and the ongoing dialogue about the potential for cryptocurrencies as an alternative business model [...]  Read more

Last month, I went to the (most beautiful city in the world) Amsterdam, to speak at The Next Web Conference .  I did two talks, one at a sub-event focused on tech & social issues, on the topic of Data [...]  Read more

I just got done coaching my son’s baseball practice. It had been amazing to watch this group of 7 and 8 year olds improve over the course of the season – learning the fundamentals and now starting to make some [...]  Read more

One thing that’s interesting about yesterday’s Basic Attention Token sale  is how quickly it went – $36M transacted in 30 sec. Lots of people were surely disappointed as they attempted to buy into the token sale only to have their orders [...]  Read more

In case you missed it, today Brave raised $36M for the Basic Attention Token .  They had allocated 30 days for the token sale, but sold out of 1B BAT in 24 seconds. The Basic Attention Token (BAT) ICO just raised [...]  Read more

As cryptocurrencies and blockchains have continued to gain steam (and attract capital), a common question in the air is, what type of leader does it take to be successful in this space? Read more

As more areas of our economy become computerized and move online, more and more of what regulators need to understand will be in the source code. For example, take the VW emissions scandal : These days, cars are an order [...]  Read more

Last week, I was in Amsterdam at the Next Web conference, giving a talk about “Purpose, Mission and Strategy” — how companies can strengthen the connection between these to align efforts and make tough calls more easily (will post video when [...]  Read more