Emerging Tech Spotlight: AI Impact
Velocity. The greatest tangible impact of AI on an enterprise is the velocity boost on every element of the organization employing it.
I was invited to moderate a panel on AI at the Latinx MBA Association Summit with Roberto Medrano and Rob Muro. Roberto, CEO of Beachview Capital, is a cybersecurity pioneer, board director for dozens of tech companies, and former tech executive at HP, Polivec Inc, Finjan Holdings, Avnet Technology Solutions, and Sun Microsystems. Rob is the Senior Director of Technical Product Managment at ServiceNow with executive experience at Oracle, Sun Microsystems, and Siebel. ServiceNow is an AI first, cloud-based, workflow automation platform that enables enterprise organizations to improve operational efficiencies by streamlining and automating routine work tasks.
We shared our personal stories of hard work, resilience, and family values before engaging in the twin topics: 1) Innovation Trends and the Business of AI, and 2) Impact on and Opportunities for us as Individuals and Communities.
Derisking Ventures through UX Research: A chat with GV’s Michael Margolis.
How can you find your TAM and validate your product-market fit if you don’t know who your bulls eye customers are? UX research is a way to accelerate the learning curve of startups and derisk the investment.
We had another great session of my H4H impact venture incubator course at Columbia Business School this term. Michael Margolis, UX Partner at Google Ventures (GV) joined us to chat about the key takeaways of an effective research sprint to improve the success of a venture.
Michael shared with us highlights of his approach developed over his vast experience working with Uber, Slack, Foundation Medicine, One Medical, Flatiron Health, GitLab, Lime, Kindbody, Gusto, Blue Bottle Coffee, StockX, Cockroach Labs, and Nest. These are all companies known for effectively scaling based on maximizing the value of their customer/user experience.
TAM/SAM/SOM The Meaning Behind the Metrics
Founders, you may be struggling with calculating and interpreting these familiar concentric circles. Let’s begin with the understanding investors would like to derive from them.