920 Results from /startups
Retired Member
CBInsights quote "Venture Capital Funnel Shows Odds of Becoming a Unicorn Are Less than 1%" seems to imply everything else is failure. I strongly disagree. They reinforced this impression by saying further down in the article "70% of companies end up either dead, or become self-sustaining (maybe great for the company but not so great...
30 March 2017 /startups
During my army service, I saw slogans all over my army unit walls and written on memorials for brave soldiers: "Glory will be awarded to the daring," "Shock and Awe," "Use the element of surprise.” These slogans encouraged initiative and the need to be first in order to achieve success. These might be true statements, but ...
27 March 2017 /startups
Michael Pearson Founder at Clarus Investments
The amount of investment in venture capital backed fintech companies is well documented but how much value is being created and how does that relate to the value of established financial services companies? There are various sources of data on fintech investment levels but the one we have used is from CB Insights. According to this source, the tota...
14 March 2017 /startups Fintech innovation and startups
Some time ago I realised the banking industry was in for a regulatory shakeup along with perhaps some revelations in the areas of privacy and security. I chose to have a break, putting a few things on the shelf for a while. A friend of mine, a nuclear physicist, who was also in the financial industry and had moved into electronics, suggested I tur...
13 March 2017 /startups Where are they now?
Any site may comprise of various pages and give changed data to the clients. Planning these website pages to seem rich, appealing and embellishing them by applying great subjects, hues and making them easy to understand is the thing that Web designing is about in basic terms. It is clearly exceptionally client focused and multidisciplinary activit...
01 March 2017 /startups Business Knowledge for IT
If you were investing in a new financial services business in 2010, would you have chosen to invest in a multichannel bank or a disruptive fintech? Metro Bank and Funding Circle from the UK provide us with an interesting comparison. Both companies are regarded as a success, although only one so far has realised any value for investors. You can rev...
28 February 2017 /startups Fintech innovation and startups
Prateek Saxena Managing Director at Appinventiv
With the continuous efforts of app development companies, applications have already engaged the users more than their desktop counterparts. And, when it comes to online shopping mobile apps have clearly came out as the true winners. There is a slew of reasons that make mobile apps much more engaging than desktop websites for the users. And, one of...
27 February 2017 /startups
We know this and we keep on focusing on this aspect again and again. Is there any specific reason behind this? Of Course, Social Media (SM) is booming with new social networks emerging every single day and people following their lead. From Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Google+ to Instagram, Snapchat, Tumblr, Reddit, audience gets plenty of diff...
27 February 2017 /startups Business Knowledge for IT
Siva Shankar Marketing and Sales Specialist at Habile Technologies
FinTech is the most used buzzword in the Finance industry all over the world. In Asia, Singapore is the hottest Fintech hub. The Singapore government is keenly focusing on developing the Fintech industry which in turn increases the Fintech companies in Singapore. For every business, identifying the right influencers in their sector will be difficu...
24 February 2017 /startups
The next generation of digitisation in financial services will propel the industry into the knowledge economy. More specifically, financial services firms can look forward to a future of using a more contextual knowledge and understanding of their clients to generate tangible economic value. How much time do your customers typically spend on your...
20 February 2017 /startups Disruption in Retail Banking
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