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 […]
Tag Archives | Venture Capital
#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 […]
User Manual: The Early Stage Startups I Want To Hear About Most in 2017 and 2018
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on December 25, 2016 in Deal Flow, Investment Themes, Investment Thesis, Operations, Pitching, Startups, Strategy, Venture Capital
About KEC Ventures We are a team of early-stage investors based in New York City. We invest in information technology startups that are pursuing business models with the potential to transform the way business is done in their market. In such startups, we invest in the first institutional Seed Round. Often, but not always, we […]
Announcing KEC Ventures’ Investment in Navisens
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on August 26, 2016 in Funding, KEC Ventures Announcements, Startups, Technology, Venture Capital
Note: This blog post was originally published on August 26, 2016, at KEC Ventures. I am excited to announce that KEC Ventures has made an investment in Navisens $2.6 Million seed round. Navisens is based in San Francisco, CA. Navisens develops a software-only location platform that operates indoors and outdoors without relying on infrastructure located on […]
#OpposingViewpoints: Do Economic Moats Happen By Accident?
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on August 15, 2016 in Business Models, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Startups, Strategy, Technology, Venture Capital
Do economic moats occur naturally or by accident? I had never contemplated this question till Andy Rachleff graciously emailed me back after I sent him my presentation on economic moats seeking his comments about two weeks ago. Why did I email Andy? That’s a great question. In early 2010, when it started becoming clear that we […]
Economic Moats – For Early-Stage Tech Startups (Presentation)
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on July 28, 2016 in Business Models, Entrepreneurship, How and Why, Innovation, Startups, Strategy, Technology, Uncategorized, Venture Capital
This presentation distills the essence of the following blog posts into a presentation format. The target audience is early-stage startup founders, and investors. Economic Moats Blog Post Series Network Effects Switching Costs Intangibles Efficient Scale, and Cost Advantages Connecting The Dots #OpposingViewpoints: Do Economic Moats Happen By Accident?