Note: This post updates #UnderConstruction | Towards A MarineTech Innovation Hub in New York City. The group that met on Friday, October 6, 2017 met again for a follow up on Friday, November 10, 2017. This blog is a summary of the discussion at took place at that meeting, and the resulting outcome. The Bottomline: Dr. Christopher […]
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Progress Report | #TNYSCM Minimum Viable Launch – Building A Supply Chain Community
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on November 19, 2017 in #TNYSCM, Communities, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Startups, Supply Chain, Technology, Venture Capital
The New York #SupplyChain Meetup #01 – The Minimum Viable Launch November 16, 2017 On November 16, The New York Supply Chain Meetup reached an important milestone – we held our first event. This blog post will trace how we got here, and share some pictures from our minimum viable launch. We hope you’ll join […]
#CountDown: 8 Days to a Minimum Viable Launch
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on November 8, 2017 in #TNYSCM, Communities, Investment Themes, Investment Thesis, Startups, Supply Chain, Technology
After a few years of thinking about startups building software for trucking and shipping, and more recently, distributed ledgers and supply chains, on August 23, I thought to myself “I really should attend the supply chain meetup in NY.” I was surprised to discover that no such thing existed. So, without thinking, I took out my […]
Update #01: White Paper | Towards A Supply Chain Operating System
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on October 21, 2017 in Business Models, Computer Science, Innovation, Intellectual Explorations, Investing, Investment Themes, Investment Thesis, Lab Notes, Long Read, Mathematics, Organizational Behavior, Startups, Supply Chain, Technical Brief, Technology, Uncategorized, Venture Capital
This update identifies areas of supply chain technology that will be sufficiently well served by existing relational database management systems, and enterprise resource planning systems. It also outlines areas of supply chain that distributed databases or ledgers are more suited for. Lastly, to avoid confusion Nahum Goldmann’s contact information is provided at the end. […]
#UnderConstruction | Towards A MarineTech Innovation Hub in New York City
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on October 10, 2017 in Communities, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Startups, Supply Chain, Technology, Uncategorized, Venture Capital
On Friday, October 6, 2017, a small group of about 20 people got together at the American Bureau of Shipping in Manhattan, New York. The group was convened by Christopher Clott, Ph.D. He is the ABS Chair of Marine Transportation and Logistics in the Global Business & Transportation Department at SUNY – Maritime College. The […]
#UnderConstruction | Why A Supply Chain Meetup in New York?
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on September 10, 2017 in Communities, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Investment Themes, Investment Thesis, Supply Chain, Technology, Venture Capital
The goal of this blog post is to explain why I believe strongly that New York Needs A Supply Chain Meetup. You can join The New York Supply Chain Meetup here. By many estimates, supply chain inefficiencies impose significant overhead costs on corporations, and on the world as a whole. When one reads about the […]
White Paper | Towards A Supply Chain Operating System
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on August 26, 2017 in Business Models, Computer Science, Intellectual Explorations, Investment Themes, Investment Thesis, Lab Notes, Mathematics, Operations, Organizational Behavior, Startups, Technical Brief, Technology, Uncategorized, Venture Capital
Note: This article does not necessarily reflect the opinion of KEC Ventures, or of other members of the KEC Ventures team. Supplying the world with nearly everything is an enormous and complex job: there are things to discuss. – Rose George (2013-08-13). Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, […]
Updates – Industry Study: Ocean Freight Shipping (#Startups)
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on June 20, 2017 in Entrepreneurship, Industry Study, Innovation, Long Read, Market Study, Startups, Technology, Venture Capital
Note: This article does not necessarily reflect the opinion of KEC Ventures, or of other members of the KEC Ventures team. Supplying the world with nearly everything is an enormous and complex job: there are things to discuss. – Rose George (2013-08-13). Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, […]
Industry Study: Ocean Freight Shipping (#Startups)
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on February 8, 2017 in Entrepreneurship, Industry Study, Innovation, Investment Themes, Investment Thesis, Long Read, Market Study, Startups, Venture Capital
Co-author: John Azubuike (@jnazubuike), KEC Ventures. Note: This article does not necessarily reflect the opinion of KEC Ventures, or of other members of the KEC Ventures team. Supplying the world with nearly everything is an enormous and complex job: there are things to discuss. – Rose George (2013-08-13). Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the […]
Updates – Industry Study: Freight Trucking (#Startups)
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on December 31, 2016 in Industry Study, Innovation, Market Study, Startups, Technology, Venture Capital
Note: John Azubuike (@jnazubuike) and I are currently conducting research on software startups in the ocean freight shipping market. We expect to publish that towards the end of January 2017. Our blog post about freight trucking startups opened the door to numerous conversations that we may never have had, with people who know more about […]