Tag: business model

Art vs Automation – the Rolls Royce dilemma

Art vs Automation – the Rolls Royce dilemma By Victor Moran   At the beginning of the 20th century, the Rolls Royce company was founded by “Henry Royce, a successful engineer and Charles Rolls, owner of one of the UK’s first motor car dealerships” (1). By 1907, the Silver Ghost was declared the best car… Read more Art vs Automation – the Rolls Royce dilemma

The fall of the greats - The Blockbuster Story

  The fall of the greats – The Blockbuster Story By Victor Moran   If someone had told me back in the early 2000’s that Blockbuster and Toys R’Us that by 2018 both companies would be closing all their stores I would have laughed. I remember a job fair at my campus where lines of… Read more The fall of the greats - The Blockbuster Story

Could Artificial Intelligence be working purely for you and me?

Companies like Facebook, Google, Amazon, and IBM, have been recruiting top A.I. scholars and putting them in corporate research positions where they are allowed to publish academic papers and refine their studies. As these businesses invest heavily and gain some of the biggest minds in the field, some technologists have expressed concern that these technology… Read more Could Artificial Intelligence be working purely for you and me?

The Future of Transportation: Highways, Flyways or Personal Freedom

Aging infrastructure, traffic congestion, and increase in population are creating problems in metropolitan areas. Transit authorities, startups, and established companies have entered a race to bring the next commuting technology to market. As we move into the future, flying cars, Hyperloop, self-driving cars, and drones are adding a new dimension to the future of transportation.… Read more The Future of Transportation: Highways, Flyways or Personal Freedom

Is open source software worth investing in?

Did you know that three out of four key developers of LAMP stack components (an open source web platform for websites and servers) are Nordic? Linus (Linux) and Monty (MySQL) are Finns, whereas Rasmus (PHP) is a Dane. This development highlights the nature of the Nordic startup with active internal and external communication resulting in… Read more Is open source software worth investing in?