Innovation Anarchy Archives

Entrepreneurs, Innovation … and the Pursuit of Happiness

As an entrepreneur, July 4th is sort of like Christmas for me. Christmas in the sense that it’s a celebration of one of my personal beliefs: that the individual is capable of unlimited things.

Lost Causes and the Power of Innovation

Innovation is about more than just apps, SaaS and the Internet of Things. It’s also about cutting-edge medical treatments. It’s about taking on the most difficult cases. It’s about making the world a better place.

Forget Cryptocurrencies. The Real Opportunities are in Entrepreneurship

It seems like everyone is pitching a new cryptocurrency “investment” these days. Telegram raised more than $1.5 billion in an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) this year, and startups like Dragon, Filecoin and Tezos have all raised 9-figure sums this way. Even as prices of... Read more

Corporate Venture Capital Is Reaching New Heights, and That’s a Good Thing

Is corporate venture capital (CVC) — the investment of corporate funds directly in external startup companies — the future of VC funding? The numbers don’t lie. Global CVC activity reached record highs in 2017: $31.2 billion in funding across 1,791 deals,... Read more

What the ‘Rise of the Rest’ Is Still Missing

The headline of a recent post on Recode says it all: “A whopping 80% of all venture capital investment goes to just three states. That has to change.” Those three states would be California, New York and Massachusetts. The entirety of the Midwest — all 12 states... Read more

Peter Thiel Is Bullish on the Midwest. So Are We

Peter Thiel is one of the savviest investors of our time. His $2.5 billion net worth is proof of that. So when Thiel says the next big innovations will be born in the American Midwest, it’s probably a safe bet that he’s onto something — especially since he is planning to put his money where his mouth is.