February 5, 2021
By: Isaac Brown Blockchain is moderately useful. It’s good for buying drugs on the internet, laundering money, avoiding fees on currency exchanges, and perhaps a handful […]
January 15, 2021
By: Isaac Brown In 2020, digital industrial tech vendors tried to sell the following story: “You need me now more than ever”. Was it true? Maybe, […]
November 17, 2020
By Eric Sugar Like roughly 60 million other Americans, I enjoy playing fantasy football every season (well, I mostly enjoy it… depends on how I’m doing). […]
October 29, 2020
By John Kunschner There have been tech booms and busts, 9/11, bank meltdowns, IPO window shut downs, political uncertainties, and other disruptions, but certainly this COVID-19 […]
October 20, 2020
By Dallas Soukup Power utilities are heavily regulated, and sometimes fall behind the curve when it comes to embracing digital technologies. I recently spoke with my […]
October 15, 2020
By Scott Zakheim As we continue to get comfortable pivoting our work lives to fully virtual, I’ve recently started to get more comfortable pivoting our work […]
September 24, 2020
By Eric Sugar Founders are expecting a lot from their investors today – not just cash (and some advice), but tactical assistance with execution (product, strategy, […]
September 13, 2020
By Isaac Brown Last week, I had the pleasure of hosting a virtual panel-style debate with my friends John Riggs (SVP, Applied Technology Solutions at Munich […]
September 3, 2020
By Eric Sugar My colleague Olivia Allan leads our Conferences and Events business at Landmark Ventures. She recently published a piece about how we’ve successfully pivoted […]
September 2, 2020
By Olivia Brooks Allan These past few months have been filled with uncertainty as the events industry grapples with a new reality. Through this shared experience […]
August 28, 2020
By Isaac Brown The exit of OSIsoft is a BIG DEAL in the industrial tech space. After 40 years, J. Patrick Kennedy finally sold his baby […]
August 5, 2020
By Isaac Brown In a previous post, we discussed the role of Chief Digital Officers at industrial companies. These brave leaders are often tasked with digitizing […]
July 27, 2020
By Isaac Brown I bought a new phone at Verizon a few weeks ago – the sales rep wasted no time trying to convince me to […]
June 24, 2020
Landmark CIO Summit is a meticulously curated forum for leading CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, CDOs, Corporate Technology Leaders, and Venture Capital Executives to collaborate and discuss business trends […]
May 11, 2020
By Isaac Brown Across hundreds of conversations with operational leaders over the past 6 weeks, there seem to be 3 main categories of industrial tech solutions […]
May 11, 2020
By Jessica Abo, Entrepreneur Corrie Conrad believes doing good is good for business. As Sephora vice president of social impact, sustainability, diversity and inclusion, she’s particularly […]
April 14, 2020
By Simon Mainwaring, Forbes The global onset of coronavirus is limiting in-person events. Major happenings like SXSW, Coachella and the NBA have been called off for […]
April 14, 2020
By Isaac Brown, The Internet of Things (IoT) involves many elements, one of the foremost being the optimization of machine performance. The technology stack is becoming […]
March 2, 2020
By Isaac Brown, As the hype surrounding digital transformation continues to grow, the prominence of the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) continues to rise. But what is […]
February 10, 2020
By Isaac Brown, In the realm of maintenance analytics, people talk a lot about physics-based vs. machine learning-based models. The old guard tends to favor physics, […]
January 24, 2020
By Scott Zakheim, In reflecting on some of the prevailing themes and discussions at Landmark’s Dealmakers @ CES events last week in Las Vegas, one particular exchange with […]
January 24, 2020
By Isaac Brown, Somehow IoT & AI have helped to make equipment maintenance an incredibly sexy topic in the realm of digital innovation – who would […]
January 23, 2020
By Dr. Ely Weinschneider, Psy.D, As a part of my series about “C-Suite Moms” I had the pleasure to interview Olivia Brooks Allan. Olivia is the Practice Head […]
January 10, 2020
By: Isaac Brown, Landmark Ventures Internet of Things stakeholders talk a lot about the edge these days – some of the noise is just hype, but some […]
December 18, 2019
By: Isaac Brown, Landmark Ventures Digital transformation products (IoT platforms, predictive analytics, etc) are still largely considered a “nice to have” for industrial operators. Now don’t get […]
December 10, 2019
By: Simon Mainwaring, Forbes This is the eleventh post in a series on social changemakers. Each interview was conducted around the Los Angeles Social Innovation Summit. At the […]
December 10, 2019
By: Isaac Brown, Landmark Ventures In a recent post, we discussed various business models that digital solution vendors leverage when selling tech to industrials – we considered […]
December 10, 2019
By: EVERFI EVERFI and the Social Innovation Summit recently convened 50 business leaders and change agents for an off the record conversation in Palo Alto. The discussion included […]
November 19, 2019
By: Isaac Brown, Landmark Ventures Every day, I ask an exec at a manufacturing company what keeps him or her up at night. Dark matter and ball […]
October 30, 2019
By: Scott Zakheim, Landmark Ventures Thanks to the generous and warm hospitality of my friend Robin Zucker, CMO of WORLDZ, I was afforded the opportunity to head […]
October 28, 2019
By: Isaac Brown, Landmark Ventures Predictive maintenance is a killer use case for IoT & predictive analytics technologies – how did a grimy old concept for […]
October 8, 2019
By: Isaac Brown, Landmark Ventures In recent years, IIoT and I4.0 startups have been founded under the premise that many industrial operators are “data rich and information […]
October 1, 2019
By: Isaac Brown, Landmark Ventures We are most of the way through 2019 – and are we still talking about IoT platforms? Yes, we are. Despite […]
September 9, 2019
By: David Shefter, Landmark Ventures Companies that sit back and develop a security posture based solely on prevention will put their business performance and brand reputation […]
September 9, 2019
By: Jessica Abo, Entrepreneur If you ask Sam Glassenberg how his company, Level Ex, came to be, the founder and CEO will admit it was an accident. “I’ve […]
September 6, 2019
By: Simon Mainwaring, Forbes This is the eighth post in a series of conversations with business leaders from some of the most innovative companies in the […]
September 3, 2019
By: Simon Mainwaring, Forbes This is the seventh post in a series of interviews with purposeful business people. Interviewees attended the Los Angeles Social Innovation Summit. Innovators […]
August 28, 2019
By: Dacia J. Ferris, Teslarati Tesla’s internships for high school graduates at Gigafactory 1 in Sparks, Nevada have been well received due to their mutual benefits […]
August 27, 2019
Simon Mainwaring, Forbes This is the sixth post in a series of interviews with impact-driven corporate leaders. Interviews were conducted around the Los Angeles Social Innovation Summit. […]
August 26, 2019
By: Jessica Abo, Entrepreneur Whether you’re looking at Tesla’s factories in California, Nevada, New York or soon to be Shanghai, or the company’s sales and service centers […]
August 23, 2019
By: Simon Mainwaring, Forbes This is the fifth article in a series of interviews from business leaders who attended the Social Innovation Summit in Los Angeles. The Summit […]
August 20, 2019
By: Mel Ochoa, Cison PR Web Landmark Ventures, a global strategic and financial advisory firm that offers a unique combination of business development, influencer event programs, […]
August 16, 2019
By: Jessica Abo, Entrepreneur When it comes to innovation and making a positive social impact, Mike Masserman suggests every company leader start by asking themselves: What is […]
August 13, 2019
By: Simon Mainwaring, Forbes This is the fourth article in a series about mission focused businesses trailblazers. Each interviewee attended the Los Angeles Social Innovation Summit. The […]
August 7, 2019
By: Simon Mainwaring, Forbes This post is the third in a series of conversations with purpose-driven leaders who shared insights at the Social Innovation Summit in Los Angeles […]
August 2, 2019
By: Jessica Abo, Entrepreneur When it comes to social innovation at Starbucks, there are many things that make John Kelly proud, but he admits picking one […]
June 19, 2019
By: Mel Ochoa, Cison PR Web Landmark Ventures, a global strategic and financial advisory firm that offers a unique combination of business development, influencer event programs, […]
June 12, 2019
By: Simon Mainwaring, Forbes This post is the first in a series of discussions with top corporate leaders around the purposeful initiatives and innovations they shared […]
June 5, 2019
By: Paul Clolery, TheNonProfitTimes Los Angeles, Calif. — Life is a series of intersections. Audience members at the 2019 Social Innovation Summit (#SIS19) here this week were asked […]
June 5, 2019
By: Dave McMenamin, ESPN OS ANGELES — Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, in L.A. for a downtown speaking engagement, couldn’t stifle a grin when asked about the current […]
January 4, 2018
By Sara Harari Director of Programs In 2017, our Social Innovation Summit inaugurated our brand new Learning Journey format — and it was a huge success! […]
June 4, 2017
By: Rahim Kanani, Huffington Post The national and global landscapes look starkly different today than they did a year ago, as does the promise and prospect […]
May 25, 2017
By: Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune Every once in a while, you meet someone who makes you grateful to be walking around on Earth right now, sharing […]
January 13, 2017
By Anthony Juliano CTO & General Partner I’m tired. I’m tired of marketing organizations using the term “AI” to describe some portion of machine learning in […]
August 1, 2016
By Anthony Juliano CTO & General Partner It turns out that innovation is one of those funny words that gets tossed around a lot – especially […]
June 8, 2016
By June Sugiyama Director of the Vodafone Americas Foundation; recently led the transition of Foundation’s strategy towards technology for social impact. This post is part of […]
June 7, 2016
By Phil Goldstein BizTech Phil Goldstein is a web editor for BizTech. Besides keeping up with the latest in technology trends, he is also an avid […]
April 1, 2016
By Greg Petroff Chief Experience Officer, GE This post is part of a series produced by The Huffington Post in conjunction with the Israel Dealmakers Summit […]
March 31, 2016
Bruce Aust Vice Chairman, NASDAQ This post is part of a series produced by The Huffington Post in conjunction with the Israel Dealmakers Summit 2016, the […]
March 30, 2016
By Yitzhak Peterburg Chairman of the Board of Directors, Teva This post is part of a series produced by The Huffington Post in conjunction with the […]
March 25, 2016
By Ziva Eger Chief Executive, Foreign Investments and Industrial Cooperation, Israel Ministry of Economy and Industry This post is part of a series produced by The […]
March 25, 2015
By Alan Weinkrantz The Times of Israel Jon masterfully frames his talks in historical context, provides facts and figures that supports his narrative, and leaves us […]
March 3, 2015
CTIA–The Wireless Association® today announced new strategic partnerships with Microsoft Corp., Media Technology Summit and InterDrone. These organizations, led by visionaries at the forefront of mobile […]