Note: A version of this article was first published on July 31, 2019 at Port Technology. The innovations required to reinvent global supply chains will not happen without collaboration. This article describes our experience facilitating such collaborations, starting in late 2017. In late 2016 and early 2017, I spent a lot of time studying trucking […]
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Where Will Technological Disruption in The Fashion Supply Chain Come From?
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on October 25, 2018 in Entrepreneurship, How and Why, Innovation, Investment Themes, Investment Thesis, Startups, Strategy, Supply Chain, Technology, Venture Capital
Originally published at www.refashiond.com on October 25, 2018. By Brian Laung Aoaeh and Lisa Morales-Hellebo Authors’ Note: This is the second in a series of six articles about problems and opportunities in global supply chains, with a focus on the fashion industry. In this article we focus on trying to learn how executives at fashion industry incumbents […]
The Fashion Supply Chain Is Broken
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on October 15, 2018 in Entrepreneurship, Industry Study, Innovation, Investment Themes, Investment Thesis, Long Read, Supply Chain, Technology, Venture Capital
By Brian Laung Aoaeh and Lisa Morales-Hellebo Originally published at www.refashiond.com on October 14, 2018. Authors’ Note: This is the first in a series of six articles about problems and opportunities in global supply chains, with a focus on the fashion industry. This article frames the problem. The next article will delve into a historical analyses of […]
#ChainReaction: Notes on Centralized, Decentralized, and Distributed Systems
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on February 18, 2018 in Computer Science, How and Why, Innovation, Organizational Behavior, Sociology, Startups, Strategy, Supply Chain, Technology, Venture Capital
This blog post is the first in a series of blog posts I will write as part of my effort to take an inventory of what I am learning about supply chains, digital tokens, and distributed ledger technologies. I expect these blog posts to be frustrating for most people to read because I suspect they […]
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. […]
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 […]
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?
#NotesOnTactics: Relationship Management Hacks For First-Time Early Stage Tech Startup Founders
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on July 23, 2016 in Entrepreneurship, Funding, How and Why, Innovation, Operations, Pitching, Startups, Venture Capital
Note: I published a post titled “Relationship Management for Your Startup” on January 13, 2014 at Tekedia.com. This post is inspired by that one, and portions of this post are exactly identical to the original. It appears the post at Tekedia is no longer online. This post updates that one, with lessons I have learned […]
How To Make Africa More Innovative And Entrepreneurial
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on July 9, 2016 in Africa, Development, Diaspora, Entrepreneurship, Long Read, Uncategorized
Note: This blog post is a consolidation of a 4-part series I wrote for Tekedia. They were published between June 10, 2012 and July 22, 2012. This version is substantially identical to the originals from which it is compiled, with only non-material updates. My exam is behind me now, and I can turn my attention […]