UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Jason Weiss
December 2016
I just returned from my first trip to China, taking 5 Israeli startups to the beautiful island of Hainan to pitch and meet with dozens of Chinese investors hungry for new technology. In just 2 days of networking, I learned more about business in China than in years of working with incoming Chinese delegations in Israel.
by Ed Frank | December, 2018
9 Unicorns walked into a Bar…
In the startup world- between corporate innovation, disruption, changing business models- the magic word is “follow the unicorns”. Axis Innovation was invited to the WSJ D.Live conference in Laguna last week which brought the most successful startups - from Uber (value over $50 billion) to Allbirds, Stripe, Waymo, Brex (Fintech startup - Y combinator grad). Questions that we are all asking and having the opportunity to hear some of the top tech people who are watching and engaging with the changing tech landscape:
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9 Quotes from 9 leaders for 2019!
How do you innovate? “We look in Israel- we’ve made a number of deals there- and of course Silicon Valley.
-Randall Stephenson, Chairman and CEO of AT&T
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Where were you when Google employees staged a walkout? I was outside with them- Google listens to their employees, and I’m one of them.
- Ruth Porat, SVP and CFO of Alphabet and Google
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When will we see autonomous cars on the road? We are beginning our commercial autonomous driver fleet in 2020.
- John Krafick, CEO of Waymo
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Where is the car industry going? Over 90% of the innovation in cars is in the electronics.
- Richard Clemmer, CEO of NXp Semiconductors
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Amazon - What’s next with Alexa? “Our ambient user interface in the home, car, and office is where the world is going.
- Dave Limp, SVP Devices and Alexa, Amazon
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Who is funding technology? Over 74% of technology fundraising is on the NYSE
- Stacey Cunningham, President of NYSE Group
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What are the tech surprises in store for 2019? Authentic experiences, disruptive technologies, and personal experience are the key drivers.
- Michael J.Wolf, CEO of Activate
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Will Uber keep growing? With over 1 billion cars on the road in a trillion $ market we see our place with all modes of transportation.
- Dara Khosrowskhavhi, CEO of Uber
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How do you find Unicorns? We looked at pattern matching but with 0.2% success rate of startups, no clear trends other than the importance of co-founders with work experience in their 30’s and 40’.
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- Aileen Lee, Managing Partner at Cowboy Ventures
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