Catching Up On Readings: Public Cloud 2024

This report from Gartner forecasts that worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services will grow 20.4% to total $678.8 billion in 2024, up from $563.6 billion in 2023 driven by GenAI adoption. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

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Man and Superman: India’s Prospects in the Age of AI (Part 7)

And this is my conclusion about AI-generated Art, Music, Poetry and Literature. AI can do something mechanically. Human beings experience the same creative process as a spiritual endeavor, something that AI cannot take away.

Man and Superman: India’s Prospects in the Age of AI (Part 6)

Superman has to exist, for the most part, in a post-work society. 

And now, we need to enter the realm of history, anthropology, and philosophy to look for answers.

In the beginning of time, Man hunted and gathered, sat around the fire telling stories. Man sang. Man danced. On the walls of caves, Man drew pictures. The beginning of civilization was when Man stopped to care for fellow-human beings.

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December 7 – 626th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 626th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, December 7, 2023, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 p.m. India IST.

If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea. You’ll receive straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and answers to any of your questions. Others can register to “attend” to watch, learn, and interact through the online chat.

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Man and Superman: India’s Prospects in the Age of AI (Part 5)

Does AI aid this threat, or can it hinder its nefarious progress? Let us contemplate the issue.

The primary tool of politics is the Narrative. The story. Example: Donald Trump’s declaration that the election has been stolen from him is a story that he has successfully sold to the American electorate. 

Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped Using Services from Romania to $5M+

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. 

Tremend Managing Director Marius Hanganu has built a services company from Romania to over $5 million in revenue. When we spoke in 2018, he was trying to bootstrap a product using the services business.

Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your personal journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background?

Marius Hanganu: I’m from Romania. I was born near the seaside. At an early age, we moved to the capital city of Bucharest. My father is an Admiral in the Navy. A bit of that made a mark on myself. I got into computers around 12. I got into the Polytechnic University of Bucharest in the Computer Science Department. It’s probably the best in the country.

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Man and Superman: India’s Prospects in the Age of AI (Part 4)

A parallel revolution will take place in education. Today, the world struggles with finding good teachers to educate children, young adults, and even adults because so much is changing and continuous education is essential to staying on top of one’s profession.

We’re definitely moving toward AI-enabled personalized tutoring at all levels now. ALL students – even those who are below average – with the help of personalized tutoring – will perform at an above average level.

And because this is ALSO a technology-driven solution, it is completely scalable.