Discussion of the Week - Business Model Innovation Hub2024-03-29T13:35:36Zhttp://businessmodelhub.com/forum/categories/discussion-of-the-week/listForCategory?categoryId=2478825%3ACategory%3A15389&feed=yes&xn_auth=noBUSINESS LETTERHEAD PRINTING SERVICE REQUIREDtag:businessmodelhub.com,2018-06-08:2478825:Topic:3418562018-06-08T03:54:44.608ZRichard F. Bakerhttp://businessmodelhub.com/profile/RichardFBaker
<p>Hi friends,</p>
<p>I run an IT consultancy which focuses on assisting organizations to use information technology in achieving their business requirements. I"m planning to send out letters to potential clients via post, as a way of introducing my company. We help various companies in Ontario and nearby to implement highly-effective IT strategies.</p>
<p>Letterhead is one of the most important business essentials that any business venture requires. I'm looking for a…</p>
<p>Hi friends,</p>
<p>I run an IT consultancy which focuses on assisting organizations to use information technology in achieving their business requirements. I"m planning to send out letters to potential clients via post, as a way of introducing my company. We help various companies in Ontario and nearby to implement highly-effective IT strategies.</p>
<p>Letterhead is one of the most important business essentials that any business venture requires. I'm looking for a <a href="http://www.troimail.com/commercial-print/letters-letterheads" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shop providing business letterhead printing services in Toronto</a>. Please help me find the right choice. Hope you would share your opinions and suggestions soon.</p> How to test practically the business modeltag:businessmodelhub.com,2018-05-22:2478825:Topic:3408872018-05-22T14:56:40.761ZMaher Zeinhttp://businessmodelhub.com/profile/MaherZein
How to test practically the business model before implementing it? Other than SWOT.<br />
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Thank you!
How to test practically the business model before implementing it? Other than SWOT.<br />
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Thank you! portable lift table for a new businesstag:businessmodelhub.com,2018-05-11:2478825:Topic:3403842018-05-11T06:35:09.521ZMichael A Heinrichhttp://businessmodelhub.com/profile/MichaelAHeinrich
<p><span style="font-size: 19px; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Georgia'; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;">I run a food business. I deliver food to cottages. The business is actually pretty. I serve around 100 cottages from two production units. The business is actually going pretty good. I am actually planning to start a new production unit to serve more. I've found a place but it requires some work. Also, I want to buy some…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 19px; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Georgia'; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;">I run a food business. I deliver food to cottages. The business is actually pretty. I serve around 100 cottages from two production units. The business is actually going pretty good. I am actually planning to start a new production unit to serve more. I've found a place but it requires some work. Also, I want to buy some equipment. Since the new place is halfway across the country it is not feasible to buy the equipment from my usual vendors. Everything else is fine but I could not find any places to buy hydraulic lift tables. The owner of the building I bought suggested <a href="http://www.pentalift.com/us/lift-tables/custom-portable.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">this place to buy portable lift tables.</a>I need a second opinion on this. Should I buy from them? Or are there any other options? Do comment your opinions below.</span></p> Moving office to a new countrytag:businessmodelhub.com,2018-04-19:2478825:Topic:3393712018-04-19T08:49:04.868ZLawrence b Stallingshttp://businessmodelhub.com/profile/LawrencebStallings
<p><span>I am one of the co-founders of a startup. We started out a few years ago, we have funding, but we never really had a product of our own (Mostly stayed afloat with outsourced projects.) Now we have a prototype for a new product, and we have raised quite a bit of funding for this. Most of our investors think that moving to US will be the right direction for the company due to the proximity to new developments.</span></p>
<p><span>We already have an office in Toronto and around 25 people…</span></p>
<p><span>I am one of the co-founders of a startup. We started out a few years ago, we have funding, but we never really had a product of our own (Mostly stayed afloat with outsourced projects.) Now we have a prototype for a new product, and we have raised quite a bit of funding for this. Most of our investors think that moving to US will be the right direction for the company due to the proximity to new developments.</span></p>
<p><span>We already have an office in Toronto and around 25 people work there. A discussion with current employees showed that they are open to moving. So we are moving forward with this decision. Our current worry is about the office equipment we have here. Trying to sell them on eBay was not really successful. Couple of companies actually contacted us saying that they will help with the sale for a commission. Also, we found <a href="https://www.michaelsglobaltrading.com/office-furniture/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">this company who does office equipment liquidation</a> online. The available choices are confusing us. So do comment your opinion.</span></p> Marketing strategies for a new venturetag:businessmodelhub.com,2018-02-26:2478825:Topic:3357772018-02-26T10:00:49.708ZRichard F. Bakerhttp://businessmodelhub.com/profile/RichardFBaker
<p><span>Hello,</span></p>
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<p><span>I'm a new resident of Chicago. I have been working as a research associate in a leading pharmaceutical company based in Hamilton. Last month, our family moved to Chicago after selling all the properties in Canada. Now, we are planning to start a seafood restaurant in the new place. I know it's a difficult task and a lot of preparations need to be made in advance.</span></p>
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<p><span>I have done all the registration formalities and rented a…</span></p>
<p><span>Hello,</span></p>
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<p><span>I'm a new resident of Chicago. I have been working as a research associate in a leading pharmaceutical company based in Hamilton. Last month, our family moved to Chicago after selling all the properties in Canada. Now, we are planning to start a seafood restaurant in the new place. I know it's a difficult task and a lot of preparations need to be made in advance.</span></p>
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<p><span>I have done all the registration formalities and rented a space in the city center. Advertising is very important for a restaurant and it is also a big part of restaurant management. Usually, restaurant managements spend at least 4% of their revenues on marketing. Since we are launching a new venture, chances are very less to survive without advertisements. But, careful planning and thoughtful execution are really essential to attract more potential customers. I have heard of <a href="http://www.grassrootsadvertising.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">guerrilla street marketing strategy that focuses on low-cost unconventional advertising</a> tactics that yield maximum results. Can someone list out the best shops providing such services in the city? Thank you in advance!</span></p> Marketing plantag:businessmodelhub.com,2018-01-24:2478825:Topic:3341002018-01-24T16:29:01.178ZMarieClaudehttp://businessmodelhub.com/profile/MarieClaude
<p>Hi there!</p>
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<p>I woul like to use the Canvas to build a marketing plan for a business that is not very mature in term of marketing strategy . Any advices / recommendations? </p>
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<p>thank you!</p>
<p>Hi there!</p>
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<p>I woul like to use the Canvas to build a marketing plan for a business that is not very mature in term of marketing strategy . Any advices / recommendations? </p>
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<p>thank you!</p> How to run productive meetings which helps to improve my company productivitytag:businessmodelhub.com,2017-12-29:2478825:Topic:3314112017-12-29T06:46:42.839Zshrikanthahttp://businessmodelhub.com/profile/shrikantha
<p>Hello All,</p>
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<p>As an owner, I always think about my company productivity. I know that meetings are the crucial part of every business and they help to improve our organization productivity in case if we conduct effective meetings. Please let me know if is there any <a href="http://themeetingwall.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">meeting management solution</a> platform which makes my employees more productive. I run meetings every week to get the updates.</p>
<p>Hello All,</p>
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<p>As an owner, I always think about my company productivity. I know that meetings are the crucial part of every business and they help to improve our organization productivity in case if we conduct effective meetings. Please let me know if is there any <a href="http://themeetingwall.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">meeting management solution</a> platform which makes my employees more productive. I run meetings every week to get the updates.</p> What are some of the most interesting business models of 2017?tag:businessmodelhub.com,2017-12-28:2478825:Topic:3312902017-12-28T15:57:30.318ZPedro Trillohttp://businessmodelhub.com/profile/PedroTrillo
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<p class="ui_qtext_para">If we follow the <b>50 Smartest Companies 2017 released by MIT Technology Review</b> you will find an interesting combination between technology and new business models created:</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">1 <span class="qlink_container"><a class="external_link tooltip_parent" href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#nvidia" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Nvidia</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Continues to tweak its…</p>
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<p class="ui_qtext_para">If we follow the <b>50 Smartest Companies 2017 released by MIT Technology Review</b> you will find an interesting combination between technology and new business models created:</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">1 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#nvidia" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link tooltip_parent">Nvidia</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Continues to tweak its chips, originally developed for gaming, to help develop breakthrough technologies like deep learning and autonomous driving.$3 billion:spending on R&D to create its new data-center chip.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">Click <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://vizologi.com/business-strategy-canvas/nvidia-business-model-canvas/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">here</a></span> the enlarge the image.</p>
<div class="ui_qtext_image_wrapper"><img class="landscape ui_qtext_image zoomable_in zoomable_in_feed lazy_loaded lazy_loading" src="https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-522805a7f551900f3837a323af2d9597" style="opacity: 1;"/></div>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">2 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#spacex" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">SpaceX</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Changing the economics of space travel with its successful landing and recycling of rockets to be recycled for multiple trips10 percent:price discount being considered for customers who agree to fly their payloads on reused rockets.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">Click <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://vizologi.com/business-strategy-canvas/space-x-business-model-canvas/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">here</a></span> the enlarge the image.</p>
<div class="ui_qtext_image_wrapper"><img class="landscape ui_qtext_image zoomable_in zoomable_in_feed lazy_loaded lazy_loading" src="https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-9f3999c7740fbd5d1db8f9e4c1d2b119" style="opacity: 1;"/></div>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">3 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#amazon" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Amazon</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Creating an AI-powered store of the future with Amazon Go while expanding intelligent voice assistant Alexa into phones, cars, and more.12,000:number of programs that software developers have published for Alexa.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">Click <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://vizologi.com/business-strategy-canvas/amazon-business-model-canvas/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">here</a></span> the enlarge the image.</p>
<div class="ui_qtext_image_wrapper"><img class="portrait ui_qtext_image zoomable_in zoomable_in_feed lazy_loaded lazy_loading" src="https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-803904ae38fb2de05d24c8699040b081" style="opacity: 1;"/></div>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">4 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#23andme" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">23andMe</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Vindicated this year when the U.S. FDA granted permission to tell customers whether their DNA puts them at higher risk for some diseases.1 million plus:number of customers who have consented to have their genetic information used for scientific research.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">Click <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://vizologi.com/business-strategy-canvas/23andme-business-model-canvas/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">here</a></span> the enlarge the image.</p>
<div class="ui_qtext_image_wrapper"><img class="landscape ui_qtext_image zoomable_in zoomable_in_feed lazy_loaded lazy_loading" src="https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-70977dee6bdcb466cd8da89496d5e4a5" style="opacity: 1;"/></div>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">5 Alphabet <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#alphabet" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link"></a></span><b>Why?</b> Continues to dominate research into AI while expanding innovation in phone systems, virtual reality, and self-driving cars.40 percent:amount of energy the company says it saves applying machine-learning algorithms from its DeepMind subsidiary to cooling its data center.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">Click <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://vizologi.com/business-strategy-canvas/alphabet-business-model-canvas/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">here</a></span> the enlarge the image.</p>
<div class="ui_qtext_image_wrapper"><img class="landscape ui_qtext_image zoomable_in zoomable_in_feed lazy_loaded lazy_loading" src="https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-bc2545a1d7d23e39a08c8319e700a550" style="opacity: 1;"/></div>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">6 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#iflytek" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">iFlytek</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Its voice assistant technology is the Siri of China, and its real-time portable translator puts AI to remarkable use, overcoming dialect, slang, and background noise to translate between Chinese and a dozen other languages with surprising accuracy.70 percent:iFlytek’s share of China’s market in voice-based technologies.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">7 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#kite-pharma" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Kite Pharma</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Nearing FDA approval of its experimental immunotherapy that uses a patient’s own blood cells to combat cancer.39 percent:proportion of study participants very sick with lymphoma who showed no sign of the disease six months after a single treatment with Kite’s therapy.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">8 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#tencent" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Tencent</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Turning its insanely popular chat platform WeChat into a virtual operating system featuring mini programs.50 percent:proportion of WeChat’s 770 million daily users who are on the service at least 90 minutes a day.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">Click<span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://vizologi.com/business-strategy-canvas/tencent-business-model-canvas/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link"> here</a></span> the enlarge the image.</p>
<div class="ui_qtext_image_wrapper"><img class="landscape ui_qtext_image zoomable_in zoomable_in_feed lazy_loaded lazy_loading" src="https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-4a0819b1bcae0f55d67200989a842a2d" style="opacity: 1;"/></div>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">9 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#regeneron" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Regeneron</a></span> <b>Why?</b> The biotech company has a strong drug pipeline and track record treating eye and other diseases, and it’s testing treatments for rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, and pain.500,000:number of U.K. volunteers whose genetic data it is helping sequence.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">10 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#spark-therapeutics" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Spark Therapeutics</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Its blindness treatment could be the first gene therapy approved in the U.S. to treat an inherited disease.1 in 30,000:estimated number of individuals affected by the disease, Leber hereditary optic neuropathy.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">11 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#face-" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Face ++</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Pioneering new uses of face recognition technology, from fraud investigation to “smile to pay.”106:maximum number of points on a person’s face that its technology tracks.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">12 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#first-solar" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">First Solar</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Making advances in cadmium telluride cells; building three of the five largest solar projects in the U.S.$2.9 billion:estimated 2017 revenue.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">Click <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://vizologi.com/business-strategy-canvas/first-solar-business-model-canvas/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">here</a></span> the enlarge the image.</p>
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<p class="ui_qtext_para">13 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#intel" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Intel</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Acquisitions in computer vision and AI show it’s serious about adapting to new technology.46 percent:portion of revenues derived from areas beyond PC chips.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">Click <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://vizologi.com/business-strategy-canvas/intel-business-model-canvas/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">here</a></span> the enlarge the image.</p>
<div class="ui_qtext_image_wrapper"><img class="landscape ui_qtext_image zoomable_in zoomable_in_feed lazy_loaded lazy_loading" src="https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-322838e939bc5a26cfb3c481badb0640" style="opacity: 1;"/></div>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">14 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#quanergy-systems" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Quanergy Systems</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Its solid-state version of lidar is cheaper and more compact than conventional versions of a technology essential to autonomous driving.$250:price of its S3 Lidar sensors for autonomous vehicles</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">15 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#vestas-wind-systems" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Vestas Wind Systems</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Overtook General Electric to become the biggest U.S. installer of new wind power last year and is investing in energy storage.14:consecutive number of profitable quarters.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">16 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#apple" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Apple</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Minting money selling its popular mobile phones and laptops while adding impressive names to its AI research team and promising to do more manufacturing in the U.S.$257 billion:cash on its balance sheet, more than the entire market value of General Electric.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">Click <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://vizologi.com/business-strategy-canvas/apple-business-model-canvas/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">here</a></span> the enlarge the image.</p>
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<p class="ui_qtext_para">17 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#merck" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Merck</a></span> <b>Why?</b> In a first, the FDA has approved its immunotherapy Keytruda to treat cancers on the basis of the tumor’s genetic characteristics, not its location in the body.$39 billion:estimated 2017 revenue, buoyed by sales of Keytruda.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">Click <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://vizologi.com/business-strategy-canvas/merck-business-model-canvas/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">here</a></span> the enlarge the image.</p>
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<p class="ui_qtext_para">18 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#carbon" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Carbon</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Its novel 3-D printing process makes it possible to fabricate parts out of a wide variety of plastics.100,000:number of pairs of shoes Adidas will print by the end of 2018 using Carbon technology.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">Click <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://vizologi.com/business-strategy-canvas/carbon-business-model-canvas/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">here</a></span> the enlarge the image.</p>
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<p class="ui_qtext_para">19 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#desktop-metal" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Desktop Metal</a></span> <b>Why?</b> With nearly $100 million from VC firms, GE, Alphabet, and others, this startup is focused on cheap, fast 3-D printing of metal parts.$120,000:cost of its first product, to begin shipping in September.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">20 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#ionis-pharmaceuticals" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Ionis Pharmaceuticals</a></span> <b>Why?</b> RNA drug approved for a rare disease, spinal muscular atrophy36 plus:number of its RNA-targeted drugs in development.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">21 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#gamalon" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Gamalon</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Its technology can write and rewrite its own code, algorithms that will accelerate machine learning.100 times:its technology’s efficiency advantage over other machine-learning methods.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">22 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#illumina" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Illumina</a></span> <b>Why?</b> After a drop in sales last fall, unveiled a new machine, NovaSeq, that will be capable of sequencing 48 entire human genomes in two and a half days—and could one day push the cost of genome sequencing down to $100.$850,000:price of the cheaper of its two NovaSeq models.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">Click <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://vizologi.com/business-strategy-canvas/illumina-business-model-canvas/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">here</a></span> the enlarge the image.</p>
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<p class="ui_qtext_para">23 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#facebook" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Facebook</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Despite controversies over fake news, live streaming video, and discriminatory advertising, and poor sales of its Oculus VR headset, it continues to work on interesting applications of AI and VR, and its Instagram business is singing.20:number of natural-language data sets built into the company’s AI research tool, ParlAI.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">Click <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://vizologi.com/business-strategy-canvas/facebook-business-model-canvas/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">here</a></span> the enlarge the image.</p>
<div class="ui_qtext_image_wrapper"><img class="portrait ui_qtext_image zoomable_in zoomable_in_feed lazy_loaded lazy_loading" src="https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-d23f1fae4e2ef5a50650bf551b017cdf" style="opacity: 1;"/></div>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">24 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#udacity" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Udacity</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Has found a business model for online education by working with corporations to make course material relevant to jobs; now connecting companies to students and graduates, too.15:number of “nanodegrees” the company offers in skills for selected jobs.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">25 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#dji" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">DJI</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Has continued to innovate in consumer drones and begun expanding into drones for enterprise as well.50 percent:estimated North American market share.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">26 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#mercadolibre" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">MercadoLibre</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Runs the largest online market in Latin America and is expanding to mobile point-of-sale transactions. Its MercadoPago online payment tool lets users deposit cash into their accounts.182 million:number of registered users, a 20 percent increase over the previous year.cloud business has reduced the software giant’s reliance on PC sales. Its expanding team of quantum computing experts hopes to develop commercially viable products to compete with efforts by Google and IBM.$15 billion:projected annual revenue for its commercial cloud business.</p>
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<p class="ui_qtext_para">28 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#rigetti-computing" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Rigetti Computing</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Though a startup, it’s got its own fab in the Bay Area and an ambitious approach to quantum computing that combines hardware and software, focusing on design that can be easily commercialized.$64 million:venture funding raised by the company in the past year.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">29 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#kindred-ai" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Kindred AI</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Combining strengths of humans and robots into exoskeleton suits in a bid to help people and machines work together.Immersive teleoperation:the type of technology the company makes, in which a human controls a robot via a wearable device.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">30 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#sophia-genetics" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Sophia Genetics</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Evangelists of data-driven medicine are sorting through DNA sequences with AI algorithms to accelerate diagnosis in oncology, cardiology, and more.106,000:number of patients tested to date</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">31 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#tesla" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Tesla</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Autopilot accidents, car maintenance problems, and concerns about its solar strategy and ability to produce enough cars have hurt, but cofounder Elon Musk continues to take big bets. Battery cell production has begun at his giant Nevada “gigafactory.”400,000 plus:number of preorders for its lower-cost Model 3.</p>
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<p class="ui_qtext_para">32 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#oxford-nanopore" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Oxford Nanopore</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Twelve years and $200 million in the making, its inexpensive, portable genetic analyzer has been successfully tested from Antarctica to space and shows promising for on-the-spot diagnostic testing, germ monitoring, and more.882,000 letters:record length of a single DNA strand read continuously by one of its machines.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">33 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#foxconn" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Foxconn</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Acknowledging the direction of Chinese manufacturing by shifting from low-cost human labor to add extensive robotics to its factories.60,000:number of jobs automation eliminated at a single Chinese factory.</p>
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<p class="ui_qtext_para">34 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#m-kopa" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">M-KOPA</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Its pay-as-you-go solar power model works well in its African target market, and the company is expanding sales with local communications leader Safaricom.500,000:number of homes connected as of this spring.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">35 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#forallsecure" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">ForAllSecure</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Headed by an academic from Carnegie Mellon University, the company is still in startup mode but has been garnering attention since last August, when it won the Pentagon’s DARPA contest with a bot designed to autonomously spot, test, and fix software security flaws.14:number of previously undiscovered vulnerabilities in networking devices the company’s tools have found.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">36 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#flipkart" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Flipkart</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Benefiting from the consolidation of India’s competitive e-commerce sector, including $500 million investment from eBay.$11.6 billion:company’s current valuation, the highest for any Indian e-commerce startup.</p>
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<p class="ui_qtext_para">37 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#bluebird-bio" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Bluebird Bio</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Leading gene-therapy company focuses on engineered T cells that recognize and kill cancer and other conditions. Its treatment for sickle-cell disease appears promising.66 percent:increase in stock price over the past year.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">38 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#adidas" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Adidas</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Commercial production at its robot-heavy factory in Ansbach, Germany, is to begin this year, producing locally and on demand. A second factory has been announced in Atlanta.300 million:number of pairs of shoes Adidas makes each year, largely in Asia.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">39 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#ibm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">IBM</a></span>WhyExploring new technologies like blockchain and cloud AI while continuing work on important long-term challenges like quantum computing.400:number of customers the company has worked with on blockchain applications.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">40 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#general-electric" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">General Electric</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Moving to incorporate AI into its businesses as it focuses on technological innovation in wind and renewable energy, data-driven services, and other business lines.60,000:number of jet engines GE says will be connected to the Internet by 2020.</p>
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<p class="ui_qtext_para">41 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#alibaba" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Alibaba</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Quickly expanding the artificial intelligence in its Alibaba Cloud platform, including industry-specific products, and launching a global electronic trade platform to build its business with small and medium-size companies around the world.57 percent:Alibaba’s share of Chinese online commerce.</p>
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<p class="ui_qtext_para">42 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#htc" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">HTC</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Despite some executive turnover and a tough year financially, the company has interesting prospects in virtual reality and access to China’s enthusiastic VR users.1,500:number of pieces of content outside developers have created for its VR system, Vive.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">43 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#blue-prism" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Blue Prism</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Its software helps companies including banks and insurers use AI to do back-office clerical tasks.189:number of deals the company signed in 2016, more than four times its 2015 number.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">44 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#jumia-africa-internet-group" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Jumia (Africa Internet Group)</a></span> <b>Why?</b> The online platform has consolidated all its consumer Web services—shopping, travel, food delivery, real estate sales, car rentals—under one name, Jumia.500,000:number of African companies that use Jumia’s platform.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">45 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#veritas-genetics" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Veritas Genetics</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Launched by well-regarded researchers and funded with venture capital backed by Chinese and U.S. pharmaceutical companies, it will sequence anyone’s genome for just $1,000 and interpret it, too. In 2017, it started offering to sequence newborns in China.1,250:number of conditions, risks, and traits it will tell parents about in their newborns.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">46 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#daimler" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Daimler</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Delivering the first run of its short-haul all-electric truck this year while working on vehicle connectivity and autonomous driving for cars.200 kilometers:range of its lithium-battery-powered eTruck.</p>
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<p class="ui_qtext_para">47 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#salesforce" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Salesforce</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Looking to push AI-generated tools, such as an algorithm designed to summarize documents, to its massive user base.20 percent:market share in customer relationship software.</p>
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<p class="ui_qtext_para">48 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#snap" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Snap</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Though its glasses have not been a runaway hit, Snap was strategically smart to recast itself as a camera company. It’s entertaining users with face-altering filters and pioneering the use of machine vision and augmented reality for socializing.3 billion:number of snaps users create each day.</p>
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<p class="ui_qtext_para">49 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#ant-financial" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Ant Financial</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Its Alipay business, dominant in China, is moving into new markets with investments in India, Korea, and elsewhere. It’s now exploring AI as a means of underwriting lending, and blockchain to record customers’ charitable donations.450 million:number of annual active users</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">50 <span class="qlink_container"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/companies/2017/#baidu" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" class="external_link">Baidu</a></span> <b>Why?</b> Despite the high-profile loss this year of its well-regarded head of AI, Andrew Ng, the company is doing important work in the field, including leading China’s National Engineering Lab of Deep Learning Technology and Application.</p>
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