A VC in Vacationland
Seeking the next gen supply chain technology breakthroughs
recent posts
- The Role of Generative AI in Supply Chain Investment Strategies
- AI’s Impact on Supply Chain Investment Strategies
- The ‘New Normal’ is now the ‘No Normal’ in Supply Chains
- SRR—Sustainability, Resilience, Risk Management: The Latest Supply Chain Buzzwords & Investment Opportunities
- 3PLs–Investing in the Next Generation of Outsourced Supply Chain Solutions
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Category: Venture Capital
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We had very different office perks when I was living in London and developing Andersen Consulting’s Supply Chain Consulting Group across Europe. Coffee and biscuits delivered to you desk four times a day, a partner breakfast, lunch and dinner room with a private chef (unfortunately shared with Arthur Andersen’s partners), office supplies brought to your…
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In a post last week, we reviewed the emergence of the newest type of supply chain innovators– LARTE’s–Location Aware Real Time Enterprises. This week, we will look in depth at two emerging players in this field–eCourier and Pizza Pilot. Logispring, one of my investing partners, has just completed funding the international expansion plans of eCourier,…
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No, LARTE is not the latest Starbuck’s drink…but more on that later. Location Aware Real Time Enterprises (coined LARTE by the TechBlog cognoscenti) refer to companies who use GPS, RFID, wireless, among other technologies as an integral component of their business models. Think of FedEx and UPS who use these technologies to optimize pick up…
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Does your potential customer think with their head, their heart or their gut? I was reminded of this very useful piece of consulting lore recently. I guess it had become so ingrained in me that I never thought of it any more, putting it in action automatically. The story is as follows: people generally think…
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I just added a new Google customized search engine to my Blog, titled Cool Supply Chain Start Ups. My intent is to allow Blog readers to search my site and others for start ups in the supply chain space that knowledgeable friends and Dave think have a chance of being a new, new thing. Note:…
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An emerging challenge in the supply chain technology space is figuring out how open source software solutions will provide new opportunities to enhance supply chain management. But I get ahead of myself. I would first like to examine whether one can develop a business model people are willing to invest in around open source software…
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Charles River Ventures, a pioneer fund in the software and supply chain space ( read: Yantra) has come up with a neat program that is the rage of VC discussion groups and Blogs today. Called the Quick Start Seed Funding Program, the program offers companies a loan of up to $250,000 to fund the initial…
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A few weeks ago, I posted a note asking where are the supply chain entrepreneurs? In this post, I would like to introduce two innovative supply chain companies– New Vine Logistics and MooBella. They indulge two of my passions–fine wine and fine ice cream. Both have brought significant innovation to industry supply chains. Unfortunately, I…
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This year’s winner of the Nobel Peace prize, The Grameen Foundation, and it’s founder, Professor Muhammad Yunus, should finally give microcredit the spotlight it has long deserved. Microcredit has helped countless women and men create a life for themselves and their children who were living below the poverty level in all countries of the world.…
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Don’t get me wrong, I speak to at least one new supply chain entrepreneur per day. They have interesting ideas in general–for example, everyone at the moment is into some variation on RFID technology. But I started to think about what ideas I am NOT seeing and why they are not coming forward. Note: I…
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