I was surprised this past week to read reports about the US government forcing a sale of PatientsLikeMe, which had sold a majority stake to a Chinese company in 2017. This news comes among other reports of CFIUS (Committee on Foreign Investment in the US)...
It was a late night in the office, but I was still excited to read this paper out of MIT Professor Josh Tenenbaum's group - it highlights an approach that somewhat bridges the divide between "symbolists" (develop intelligence the way a child learns) and "connectionists"...
I have always held affixed special import to objects and their relation to stories, emotions, moments in time and space. This latent perspective of ‘objects as a fabric’ (i.e. the anti-Marie Kondo) was captured rather remarkably by Orhan Pamuk (perhaps my favorite author) in his...
Every year we do our Global Summit in the spring, and it is often at the Dorchester Hotel in London. This year we are doing our Summit on May 2, but as of today, we have decided to switch our venue from the Dorchester to...
I'm thrilled to announce that we’ve led the Series A in Scope AR. My colleague Joey Kim (who came across the company) and I are joining the board. I am keen to play a leading role in the digital transformation of the enterprise. Much of what is...
"We have started exploring retail Innovation space in U.S and found your team have great footprint in this space, so would like to have a chance to meet and exchange information with you." 3 years ago, I received this inbound email from an enterprising individual at...
"Une belle histoire ne va jamais sans cette continuité imperturbable...
Business is a family affair where I come from. We are of the baniya caste; baniyas are just 1-2% of the Indian population but make up about half or more of India's wealthiest - both in the old industrial guard and in the ranks of...
I like to SPRINT. In the gym and in life. I get a real rush out of leaving everything out there while chasing something right in front of me, not far off in the distance. While I'm all about playing the long-term chess match, sometimes...
Yesterday I was having dinner in Boston's North End (our authentic Italian district) with an important partner to one of our companies and we got to discussing Soviet state-planned industrialization. It reminded me of a quote, attributed to Stalin, that's stuck with me: "Quantity has a Quality...