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Ransomware Attacks Are Evolving. Your Security Strategy Should, Too

The administrator of your personal data will be Threatpost, Inc., 500 Unicorn Park, Woburn, MA 01801. Detailed information on the processing of personal...

Teen Rakes in $2.74M Worth of Bitcoin in Phishing Scam

The administrator of your personal data will be Threatpost, Inc., 500 Unicorn Park, Woburn, MA 01801. Detailed information on the processing of personal...

Top 10 Fintech News Stories for the Week Ending October 23, 2021

This week was all about funding rounds. Fintech raised billions of dollars from investors this week with N26 and FTX leading the way....

A Look at the Fintech Unicorns of Southeast Asia

This week’s Finovate Global List Series feature takes a look at the roster of Southeastern Asia-based technology unicorns compiled by Credit Suisse’s...

Thursday Note on THE Supply Chain – Birth Rate in The United States

 This is just a quick note on some learnings from the last few days.  While there are a lot of issues in supply chain which are well documented both here and other places (i.e., international capacity, truck capacity, shortages of materials etc.) the single biggest issue I hear from all my peers is the labor issue.  So, why is this such a big issue?

First, it appears to be a very systemic issue which is pervasive and has no easy fix.  A lot is discussed about pay rates but the reality is America is running out of workers.  it is simple math.  The chart below from MacroTrends (Source United Nations) shows it clearly:



The birth rate of the United States is the problem.  Combine that with a very restrictive immigration policy of late and you can see the problem.  This was not an unforeseen problem.  5 years ago, at a HBS reunion I heard the head of the Dallas Federal Reserve say this was coming.  Is it COVID related?  Well, like all things, COVID did not help, but this was coming for a long time.  We are just now here.

So, if you are young and fertile… get at it and do your patriotic duty and have kids. 

Second, I hear over and over again from friends in almost every industry in America:  They cannot produce fast enough to meet the demand for everything.  Thus, there is a shortage of everything.  Given how long it takes to spin up large capital projects I would just say we have to learn to live with it.  

Finally, the trend of the markets valuing and investing in technology instead of assets continues.  Flock Freight is now the newest unicorn according to TechCrunch.  Another app to try to help me find capacity.  This, I will admit is a bit unique in that it is not just another brokerage app but more assistance in co-loading.  Co-loading has been the holy grail for 30 years so I will watch this closely but so far, app or no app, no one has seemed to be able to make this work.  

OK, that is it and the song for tonight is in honor of these unicorn companies getting 100’s of millions of dollars:  Winner Take It All, by Abba:





Newsletter: The next big tech outage + Our new unicorn

Top investment opportunities Startup of the Week: NetOp, preventing the next big tech outage Should we work with friends and family? Israel heads for...

How to determine when your firm is a Unicorn/Decacorn: Challenger bank N26 raises $900 million at $9 billion valuation

When your accumulative total of funds raised to date is $100M+ you company is a $1B Unicorn in valuation. Each additional $100M is an...

Podcast 320: Renaud Laplanche of Upgrade

One of the true pioneers of the fintech space joins us for the show today. This is someone who has become a giant...

Sheepy talks UOL’s communication struggles leading up to Worlds 2021

A team so dominant in its region can sometimes have its struggles overlooked in favor of its successes. For Unicorns of Love’s founder...

OpenSea ‘Free Gift’ NFTs Drain Cryptowallet Balances

Cybercriminals exploited bugs in the world's largest digital-goods marketplace to create malicious artwork offered as a perk to unsuspecting users.

[Hailo in Calcalist] New unicorn Hailo raises $136 million Series C for AI chips for edge devices

The Israeli company develops microprocessing chips for artificial intelligence applications used in autonomous cars, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), internet of things (IoT) devices,...

Nomodic partners with Nexii as a certified installer in North America

CALGARY, Alberta (PRWEB) October 12, 2021 Nomodic Modular Structures Inc. (Nomodic) announced today that it has signed a three-year Master...

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