Each week I post a few of my favorite pieces in technology and entrepreneurship. This week’s range from income inequality to the internet of things.
From Bill Gates, @BillGates, thoughts about wealth and income inequity after he read, and spoke with, Piketty.
II. What we’ve learned listening to 6,000+ people complaining about email
What people say is broken about email, from Alice Default, @alice_default, content marketing wiz at email inbox company, Front.
III. Here’s What Hackers Do With Your Data
“…cyber criminals make around 10 times more money hacking someone’s medical information than from stealing their credit card details.”
From Natasha Bertrand, @NatashaBertrand, in Business Insider.
IV. The Key Financing Attributes Of Startups In The Billion Dollar Club
How did Uber, SpaceX and Square get there? Recent WSJ data shows that there have never been as many privately held companies with such high valuations. There are 49 startups with one billion dollars valuations. Ten years ago they would have gone public.
Tomasz Tunguz, @ttunguz, venture capitalist at Redpoint slices the data by sectors (Consumer, Enterprise, etc.) showing how much was raised, valuation and valuation efficiency. Another terrific analysis by Tunguz.
V. How the Internet of things could transform the enterprise
How the IoT has the potential to benefit our lives.
By Sanjay Poonen, @spoonen, the executive vice president and general manager for end-user computing at VMware.