We’re now less than a week from The New York Supply Chain Meetup’s fourth gathering. The purpose of this post is to outline our plans for that event, and preview what we expect to do between now and June 2018 . . . We’re still in the early days of building this community, so much of this is subject to […]
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#CountDown: 11 Days to The New York Supply Chain Meetup #02
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on January 14, 2018 in #TNYSCM, Business Models, Communities, Operations, Strategy, Supply Chain
We’re now about two weeks from The New York Supply Chain Meetup’s second event. The purpose of this post is to outline our plans for that event, and preview what we expect to do over the course of the first six months of 2018 . . . We’re still in the early days of building […]
Update #01 | Towards A MaritimeTech Innovation Hub in New York City
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on November 23, 2017 in Communities, Entrepreneurship, Lean Startup, Startups, Supply Chain, Venture Capital
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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?
#NotesOnStrategy: 20 Important Questions
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on June 15, 2016 in Entrepreneurship, Management, Startups, Strategy, Venture Capital
I found these notes in one of my old notebooks . . . as I was reorganizing my desk a few days ago, after taking the CFA Level III exam for a 4th time early this month. I do not have any answers written down, but I assume I wrote them down as a starting […]
Connecting The Dots: Economic Moats & Early Stage Technology Startups
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on February 5, 2016 in Business Models, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Investment Thesis, Management, Startups, Strategy, Technology, Venture Capital
I started writing about economic moats in September 2014. Since then I have written about Network Effects, Switching Costs, Intangibles, and Efficient Scale and Cost Advantages. The purpose of those posts was to outline how I think about economic moats while I am studying a seed stage startup and trying to determine how things might unfold […]
Notes on Strategy; Michael Porter’s Generic Competitive Strategies for Early Stage Tech Startups
Running a business without a strategy is like breathing air without oxygen. My post Notes on Strategy; For Early Stage Technology Startups led to follow up questions from a handful of readers who asked for additional posts with more explanations and examples. 1Let me know if you feel I have failed to attribute something appropriately. Tell me how […]