Its finally here. A lot of you pushed me to create a video series that is practical, honest and covers aspects of technology in a simple understandable manner. “The Ian Khan Show” is a weekly video series that does exactly that. If you have a topic of interest or questions, send them to me and I will try to cover them in future episodes.
It’s a common refrain to reflect on the notion that cell phones were predicted by the original Star Trek series. It may seem trite now, with supremely disruptive technologies like the Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet of Things charging down the pike. But we can look at the effects mobile phones have had on our private lives and the business world as a standard for change. For all practical purposes, you could say that cell phones took 40 years to change the world. Now, to understand the speed of the changes that are coming, you have to understand- the next disruptive technology is change itself.
(more…)Let’s face it, technology has been fast changing the pace at which we work. Computers revolutionized every industry and continue to do so. Last week speaking at a Document Management & Strategy Conference in Boston. I could not help but sympathize with many of the organizations attending that a large portion of our modern workforce is still using paper. Yes, printed paper for transactions, general business, to keep track of things and so on. I personally do not have anything against paper but fail to understand that why in today’s era of technology and a tremendous amount savings through technology do companies still consume more paper than necessary.
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William Mougayar is one of world’s leading authority on Blockchain Technology. I had the opportunity to connect with him recently and bring some of his insights to my listeners through an interview on the Innovation Times podcast.
As a long time industry insider, William Mougayar is a prolific researcher, writer and theorist who has been described as the most sophisticated blockchain business thinker. His views and insights are well respected worldwide.
William is a direct participant in the crypto-technology market, working alongside startups, entrepreneurs, pioneers, leaders, innovators, creators, enterprise executives and practitioners; in addition to being an investor, advisor, and Board member in some of the leading organizations in this space.
William is the General Partner at Virtual Capital Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund, and currently on the Board of Directors of OB1, the OpenBazaar open source protocol that is pioneering decentralized peer-to-peer commerce, a Board Advisor to the Ethereum Foundation, a member of OMERS Ventures Board of Advisors, an Advisory Board member to the Coin Center and Bloq, and founder of Startup Management.
Previously, he held senior level positions at Hewlett-Packard, Cognizant and Aberdeen Group, and he founded 3 startups, CYBERManagement, Eqentia, and Engagio.
William is a graduate of the University of Washington, the University of Western Ontario Ivey School of Business, and attended the University of British Columbia Graduate Commerce School.
Twitter: @wmougayar
Blog: http://startupmanagement.org/blog/
Book site: http://thebusinessblockchain.com/
Watch/Listen to the Interview Below
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