Companies like are integrating #Blockchain into their supply chains for improved tracking/traceability and verification. #Walmart, working with #IBM's Food Trust blockchain platform, has reduced the time to track the food source from days to second. via CB Insights
Transportation-as-a-service? Ride-sharing, scooter-sharing and autonomous vehicles (and how insurance will address driverless policies) all seem to be leading up to the possibility of transportation-as-a-service. #Lyft's mission is to reduce personal car ownership. Their new subscription model seems to drive toward that goal. via VentureBeat#ridesharing #TAAS #autonomousvehicles #transportation
“Our goal is to make digitally native assets, such as #Bitcoin, more accessible to investors. We expect to continue investing and experimenting, over the long term, with ways to make this emerging asset class easier for our clients to understand and use.” #Fidelity Chairwoman and CEO Abigail P. Johnson” via Think Advisor #Blockchain#cryptocurrency
Testing the boundaries of science, technology and retail. These entrepreneurs are creating sensors to monitor heart irregularities (#BloomerTech), 3D printers using plastic water bottles (#Re:3D), genomic tests to gain insight into autoimmune disease (#uBiome) and a game using AI to assess potential employees (#Scoutible). via Inc. Magazine #FemalestoFollow #FemaleFounders
"Plastic Bank is promoting plastic recycling in developing nations — which contribute disproportionately to the ocean plastic problem — via a #blockchain-based system that lets locals trade collected plastic for health care, tuition, cooking oil & other goods and services." #socialplastic #plastics via NBC News
The fastest-growing private company, #SwanLeap, is using #blockchain technology to improve inventory management. Additional benefits include reducing delays and errors, minimizing costs and detecting issues quickly. via #INC. #Inc5000#fastestgrowingcompanies #technology
The #banking industry is ripe for #disruption. The CEO of Varo Money provides advice for being successful in #FinTech: Be agile, be resilient, be willing to do real work. Listen to the podcast, "Shaping the Future of Banking" via Heidrick & Struggles.
