Strictly Curious Newsletter №16

Hi all! I hope you’re having a terrific Monday!

News

As aging riders hang up their leathers, Harley-Davidson and Honda pin their hopes on smaller, affordable bikes for a new generation. Link

When crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo emerged nearly 10 years ago, they helped entrepreneurs launch products by collecting preorders from anyone who was willing to support their idea. Now even corporate giants are turning to crowdfunding to get innovation to market faster. Link

Invest early, go global and aim for exits: VC firm Accel explains its investment strategy. Link

Yoox Net-a-Porter’s new ‘temple of innovation’ focuses on AI and mobile commerce. Link

VC Aileen Lee (the VC who coined the term “unicorn” — defined as a privately held startup that has a $1 billion valuation — something extremely rare!) just offered some very specific advice to female founders looking for funding. Link

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Blockchain, Tokens, ICOs: Why should anyone care? Link

Personalized cancer vaccines show glimmers of success. Treatments tailored to a person’s individual cancer mutations train immune system to attack tumours. Link

You will weep at how much Cristiano Ronaldo & Kendall Jenner earn from sponsored Instagram posts. Link

Blog Posts

How high-school popularity follows you into adulthood. Link

Research institutions now cater to the prejudices of wealth. Based on Drezner’s new book “The Ideas Industry”, the rich have empowered a new kind of thinker, the thought leader at the expense of the public intellectual. Link

Interesting Statistics

Cirque de Soleil is buying the Blue Man Group for an undisclosed sum. Cirque de Soleil relies heavily on live shows, which generate 80 to 85% of its business. Link

How the growth of e-commerce is shifting retail jobs. Link

Video: The painstaking art of making a luxury watch

Detours

The mystery behind Greece’s temples. Link

Why you shouldn’t exercise to lose weight, explained with 60+ studies. Link

Retail Therapy

Pablo Escobar’s mansion has been converted into a 5-star resort. Link

Contemplation

“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.”

(Thomas Jefferson)

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Have a great week,

Costas

Strictly Curious

I do a newsletter every Monday to start your week — the stories and links on startups, innovation, leadership, venture capital, productivity and anything else I saw that were actually interesting, and why they mattered. You should sign up by visiting www.andriopoulos.org!

COSTAS ANDRIOPOULOS

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Innovation & Entrepreneurship Professor and Associate Dean for Entrepreneurship (@Cassbusiness). Speaker, Advisor and Angel Investor (www.andriopoulos.org)

Strictly Curious

I do a newsletter every Monday to start your week — the stories and links on startups, innovation, leadership, venture capital, productivity and anything else I saw that were actually interesting, and why they mattered. You should sign up by visiting www.andriopoulos.org!

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