Published inHackerNoon.com·Feb 26, 2018How to Nail An ICO: Takeaways for 20182017 will be remembered as the year of Initial Coin Offerings — 235 token sales cumulatively raised $3.7 billion throughout the year. Entrepreneurs of all kinds pushed to succeed in the brave new world of the booming crypto industry. However, many ended up sinking into long to-do lists while trying…Blockchain6 min readBlockchain6 min read
Sep 22, 2017ICO Cybersecurity: Tales from the Crypt(-ocurrency)Most ICOs and their supporters face a range of cybercrime attempts. As an advisor at several blockchain projects, I see how hackers and scammers work day and night to steal money on the hype. …Blockchain3 min readBlockchain3 min read
Published inAdventures in Consumer Technology·Sep 16, 2015Why Apple Events are a Must-Watch for Business DevelopersFive takeaways from the recent Apple event Let’s admit it — Apple’s September presentation is a standard-setting event of the year. And it’s not just because of the technologies it demonstrates. Instead, it’s all about Apple’s new vision and strategy for the next year. …Apple5 min readApple5 min read
Published inAdventures in Consumer Technology·Sep 8, 2015How to Avoid the HypeMy thoughts on Gartner’s new Technology Hype Cycle Report Every day in Silicon Valley, people try to analyze what technology is hot now and what will be hot tomorrow. Or next month. Or in the next 5 years. …Technology6 min readTechnology6 min read
Published inAdventures in Consumer Technology·Aug 24, 2015Why Having a Car is No Longer CoolMy take on five reasons to opt-in to on-demand mobility — For the past hundred years, car ownership has been a cornerstone of American culture. However, studies show the number of Americans interested in buying cars drops year over year. Millennials don’t even want to get a driver’s license anymore! …On Demand5 min readOn Demand5 min read
Published inAdventures in Consumer Technology·Aug 17, 2015How to channel your inner CEO?My View on Five Motivational Factors of Top Tech Executives — If you haven’t heard of Google’s restructuring into Alphabet, the only excuse could be laying on the beach and sipping margaritas. …Tech5 min readTech5 min read
Published inAdventures in Consumer Technology·Aug 10, 2015Meet the Influencers: Dos and Don’ts of Niche CelebritiesMy Take on Five Stories on Influencer Marketing How many world class celebrities were there 50 years ago? Maybe a few dozen actors, several dozen singers, some politicians, sportsmen, and others? Anyway, it was still a three or four digit count. Social media disrupted the concept of celebrity, just like…Digital Marketing4 min readDigital Marketing4 min read
Published inAdventures in Consumer Technology·Aug 3, 2015Forget the Past, It’s A Coding Future!My Take on the Top 5 Tech Stories of the Week — Literacy in the 21st century is far from just reading and writing skills. In fact, it’s more than typing, using email or searching online. The basic skill of the new generation, allowing people to change their lifestyles, social statuses, even geography? It’s coding. Code is a universal language of digital…Tech7 min readTech7 min read
Published inOrganizer Sandbox·Jul 27, 2015The Sharing Economy and the Tragedy of the CommonsTop 5 Tech Stories of the Week — Have you ever calculated how much a year you spend on Uber, Airbnb, and other resource-sharing services? And how much you earn with them? The romance of the sharing economy is built on three pillars: It’s affordable (compared to traditional service providers), it allows participants to earn some cash, and…Sharing Economy6 min readSharing Economy6 min read
Jul 20, 2015What is the face of tech’s future?Top 5 human tech stories of the week — My generation is lucky. Those before us had decades, if not centuries, of time for their dreams to come true. Now the gap between dreaming and changing the world shrinks to years and months — at least here in Silicon Valley. Last week we mourned Satoru Iwata, who changed the…Tech5 min readTech5 min read
