Deloitte have published their 2015 TMT predictions for the technology, media and telecommunications sector. These predictions reveal the perspectives gained from hundreds of conversations with industry leaders, and tens of thousands of consumer interviews across the globe.
The UK accelerator and incubator ecosystem has experienced extraordinary growth over the past five years. While a great deal has been written about the rise, few concerted efforts have been made to quantify the exact size of the UK ecosystem or the rate of its growth.
Sherry Coutu’s Scale-Up Report is destined to shape public policy. It mentions that creating the next start-up is NOT the key to wealth creation, but “creating an environment (ecosystem) where a greater number of companies reach scale” should be the priority.
What do a Braille printer made out of Lego and a drone that helps farmers monitor crops have to do with chipmaking? The Economist examines how fear of being displaced by startups is turning firms into venture capitalists.
The separation of Hewlett-Packard into two $50 billion-plus companies over the coming year will be a test case in how corporate spinoffs can be orchestrated.
Never has techland felt the influence of activist investors so acutely, with a Who’s Who of hedge fund luminaries transforming the investing landscape.