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Supply Chain Predictions from the Pros

Last week I shared my thoughts on upcoming technology trends in the supply chain industry…

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2018 Supply Chain Technology Trends

New year, new predictions! Here’s where I see opportunity for technology to impact the supply…

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Defining the Warehouse Robotics Market

Five years ago, the acquisition of Kiva created a market opportunity for a new wave of…

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Musings on Industrial Software

At Schematic Ventures, I’ve invested in a few industrial software companies tackling automation and met with countless more. Over time I’ve noticed a common pattern: companies are following the strategic playbook of the modern computer software industry. However the…

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Common Sense in Technology Cycles

Entrepreneurs have been building software businesses for more than two decades which has brought us to a period of relative maturity in the current technology cycle. Over the years, we’ve distilled the strategies of the successful companies into best practices for the…

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New Look at Supply Chain Start-Up Landscape

Given the enormous size of the entire supply chain market, verticals (and the start-ups within) are mostly discussed in isolation. I thought it would be interesting to examine start-ups in relation to the supply chain as a whole and soon noticed a…

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Choosing the Right Corporate Innovation Strategy

Recently, I’ve been speaking to an increasing number of companies thinking about creating or redefining their innovation strategy. For those discussions, I outlined the following strategies in escalating order of three dimensions:

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Building a Drone Fence

When it comes to emerging technology that depends on sizable, external forces independent of a team’s ability to execute, we focus on infrastructure investments. Specifically infrastructure that will be core part of the emerging technology regardless of the eventual outcome. For the drone…

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