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Virtual Reality is a Failure … ? Probably Not.

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:04-05:00 Boston Harbor Angel members, Ziad Moukheiber and David Powsner, are the hosts of Failure – the Podcast, a podcast about about business failures, focusing on startups and emerging companies. Virtual reality, ... augmented reality, ... mixed reality, ... oh my! Is this just more hype from the tech industry, or is there really something to this? Grand View Research says that the market for virtual reality and alternative reality (VR/AR) was just under $1B in 2016 and predicts that it will...

And Now … A Word from an Entrepreneur

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:05-05:00 Boston Harbor Angel members, Ziad Moukheiber and David Powsner, are the hosts of Failure – the Podcast, a podcast about about business failures, focusing on startups and emerging companies. A prior guest of the podcast likened markets to conversations. The entrepreneur introduces a product. The buying community accepts or rejects it. The entrepreneur tweaks and reintroduces the product. With luck, the buying community accepts it with more gusto. This back and forth, a conversation of sorts, continues until the entrepreneur and...

A Bit of Blockchain

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:05-05:00 Boston Harbor Angel members, Ziad Moukheiber and David Powsner, are the hosts of Failure – the Podcast, a podcast about about business failures, focusing on startups and emerging companies. A lot has been written about blockchain. Much of it only adds to the confusion around this topic that is feeding the latest tech bubble. Join us in a discussion with Seth Berman, an expert on cybersecurity and criminal law, as he works his way through our needless banter and the intricacies...

Practicing What You Preach

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:05-05:00 Boston Harbor Angel members, Ziad Moukheiber and David Powsner, are the hosts of Failure – the Podcast, a podcast about about business failures, focusing on startups and emerging companies. Even the team of “Failure - The Podcast” isn’t immune from failure. Sh_t happens. It certainly happened to us, right in the end of one of our best sessions. We had just finished recording (or so we thought) the story of Encyclopedia Britannica’s historic downfall. Our guest, James Goulka, formerly COO of...

“Corporate” Venture Capital? Who knew?

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:05-05:00 Boston Harbor Angel members, Ziad Moukheiber and David Powsner, are the hosts of Failure – the Podcast, a podcast about about business failures, focusing on startups and emerging companies. Just when you thought you understood venture capital...Tune in >>  

Failure by Committee

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:05-05:00 Boston Harbor Angel members, Ziad Moukheiber and David Powsner, are the hosts of Failure – the Podcast, a podcast about about business failures, focusing on startups and emerging companies. Well-established companies can blow a product intro just like a start-up. Tune in >>  

Some Thoughts on Pitching

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:06-05:00 Boston Harbor Angel members, Ziad Moukheiber and David Powsner, are the hosts of Failure – the Podcast, a podcast about about business failures, focusing on startups and emerging companies. The marketing pros will tell you that there's a right way to pitch and many wrong ways.  That may be.  But when you are on the front line, things change.  Mark, Ziad and Dave, in a not-too-serious discussion of pitching investors. Tune in >>  

An Upcoming Event at the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge on the Internet of Things (IoT)

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:06-05:00 Boston Harbor Angel members, Ziad Moukheiber and David Powsner, are the hosts of Failure – the Podcast, a podcast about about business failures, focusing on startups and emerging companies. The MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge will be hosting "Connected Things 2018" on April 5, 2018, at the MIT Media Lab. Join Moukheiber and Powsner in a discussion with Frank Gillett, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester. Frank will be moderating a panel on IoT and Blockchain at the MIT event....

The Internet of Things (IoT) Marketplace

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:15-05:00 Boston Harbor Angel members, Ziad Moukheiber and David Powsner, are the hosts of Failure – the Podcast, a podcast about about business failures, focusing on startups and emerging companies. Failure is essential to evolution. To understand how it affects commercial markets, you need to understand those markets in the first instance. Frank Gillett, has been studying the Internet of Things (IoT) marketplace for years in his role as a vice president and principal analyst for Forrester. Join Moukheiber and Powsner in...