The Best Of NewCo Shift — Week of November 7th
Once again, here’s a summary of our most popular and impactful stories we’ve recently published. Thanks for both reading and sharing these stories. Remember to follow us on Medium and social media to...
View ArticleAn Insider’s View of Bitcoin, Blockchain, and the Future of Money
Insights from Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam Just another year of up and to the right. I host a podcast which takes deep dives into science, tech, and sociological topics. I do this via interviews...
View ArticleDigital Currency and Blockchain: How are Financial Institutions Responding?
A survey of the early stages of a financial revolution Beyond the hype around Bitcoin, there is a quieter revolution taking place as various governments and industries explore the potential uses of...
View ArticleOld Man Tech to New Digital Moguls: Beware the Power of Government
When Bill Gates says you’re tempting fate, best to listen Screenshots from what became a disastrous deposition of Microsoft CEO Bill Gates in 1998 Bill Gates was the Mark Zuckerberg of the 1980s and...
View ArticleHow to Succeed at Being a Crypto & Blockchain Influencer Without Really Trying
A photo of me (center) in Bay Area Musical’s “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” Photo by Ben Krantz. In July of 2017, I wrote a post on Medium titled What It’s Like to Be a Woman at a...
View ArticleWinner Take All Platforms Won’t Necessarily Win
How blockchain, backlash, and breaches may challenge conventional wisdom and reshape your industry The Official Future Hits Some Speed Bumps Ask anyone in any major sector of the economy about the...
View ArticleComplete Energy Democratization Is Coming. Let’s Get Ready.
Blockchain may play a key role in the next 10 years of electricity “With the broadcast system, you have one person in one station deciding what gets put out over the airwaves. When you have a...
View ArticleThe Dawn of Digital Switzerlands
Photo by Derek Thomson on Unsplash The tech behemoths’ role in nation-states is evolving The biggest US tech companies now have powers which challenge the primacy of governments in many domains. In...
View ArticleWhither Middlemen?
Is a world without middlemen really a good thing? A recent piece in the Harvard Business Review entitled The Promise of Blockchain Is a World Without Middlemen lays out the case for decentralized...
View ArticleFree The Data, Start a Business, Save Main Street…and Change the World!
Gramercy Tavern in New York City How a fictional “Token Act” might change the game in small business across our economy. If Walmart can leverage data tokens to lure Amazon’s best customers away, what...
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