Catching Up On Readings: State of Digital Health 2022

This report from CB Insights provides insights into the state of the Digital Health industry in 2022. US-based companies accounted for 68% of total digital health funding in 2022. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Catching Up On Readings: Tech Layoffs

This feature from Crunchbase covers the tech layoffs in 2022 and 2023. Over 58,000 people in U.S.-based tech companies have been laid off in mass job cuts so far in 2023 compared to 140,000 in 2022. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Catching Up On Readings: Top Tech Trends 2023

This feature from CB Insights identifies the top tech trends poised to reshape industries in 2023. These include super apps, immortality as a service, and consumer robots. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Catching Up On Readings: Chip Wars

This feature from The Wall Street Journal covers in detail how chips have become the new oil and how the two superpowers are racing for dominance in the industry and artificial intelligence. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Catching Up On Readings: CES 2023

This video feature from The Verge covers the best of CES 2023 including the biggest announcements, names, and gadgets shown this year in Las Vegas. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Catching Up On Readings: ChatGPT Buzz

Wish you all a very happy new year! This feature interview from Gartner looks at why ChatGPT is making waves in the AI market. The interview explores how ChatGPT is different from other conversational AI innovations and what are its use cases. For the last week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapping to Exit with David Lambert, Right Side Capital

If you have been bootstrapping and think you are ready for investors, you need to learn how investors think. First, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. Then, start looking for entrepreneur – investor fit. Here is my conversation from 2019 with David Lambert of Right Side Capital Management.

David Lambert is Managing Director at Right Side Capital Management, a firm that invests small chunks of capital in capital efficient ventures. The firm is very much in line with the Bootstrapping to Exit philosophy we’ve been discussing. You can listen to a podcast of our conversation here or watch the roundtable video below:

Sramana Mitra: Tell us about yourself. Tell us about Right Side. Let’s get acquainted.

David Lambert: I have predominantly been a career entrepreneur before starting Right Side Capital. I came out to the San Francisco Bay Area to go to Stanford in the late 80’s. A month after I graduated, I started my first company.

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Catching Up On Readings: Digital Health 150

This report from CB Insights ranks 150 of the most promising digital health startups in the world. This year’s winning startups are working on interoperability and data integration, home care and monitoring, AR/VR in healthcare, and hybrid care. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.