We recently did a deep dive into a fast-growing telehealth company that’s trying to become the go-to platform that employers use to cut healthcare costs by emphasizing things like primary care video visits. There’s quite a scramble to grab market share in digital healthcare, including from Amazon, though the e-commerce giant hasn’t quite conquered the […]
The worries never end when you’re a CEO. First, you lose sleep over not having dominant market share in your industry. When you’ve achieved that, you lose even more sleep over who might steal it from you. Maintaining market share is critically important because fending off competitors as a market leader is easier. Should you […]
Our market research shows that an incredibly large number of you are interested in 3D printed houses. You want to know when they’ll be available, how much they’ll cost, and how big they can be built. It’s all rather unusual because we’re not sure what the appeal of 3D printed houses would be. Given the […]
If hardware is hard, then smart home robotics is nearly impossible. There are plenty of theories about why people have been slow to adopt robots into the home, aside from the obvious fear-driven Terminator narrative. The most obvious one is that the existing robots don’t do anything more efficiently or effectively than even a teenager […]
This past year, we’ve methodically gone through each of the twelve themes we cover to decide which stocks and ETFs we want to hold in our own Nanalyze Disruptive Tech Portfolio. More recently, we’ve been exploring the Internet of Things (IoT) theme which is slim pickings. The only IoT ETF out there doesn’t mesh well […]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are 138 million housing units in the United States, many of which are giant McMansions that don’t get much use. While the Australians are in a close second when it comes to average home sizes, a person in Hong Kong has just a quarter of the floor space […]
A lot of our articles on green technology focus on innovations that wean us away from the burning of fossil fuels, whether it’s improving solar fuel efficiency or designing advanced nuclear power plants. But another strategy to lighten the load on mother Earth rather than start packing for Mars is to be more efficient in […]
There are two types of fairy tales. There are the Disney-fied versions where everyone (except for some wicked witch or vile tyrant) lives happily ever after. Then there are the Grimm Brothers-type tales that can be as gruesome as any Halloween night movie marathon. The lesson is often that the good guys don’t finish first. […]
Doors have existed for centuries as a way of establishing a controlled entry point that can be easily guarded against intruders and as an effective repellent for Jehovah’s Witnesses. Here’s a little known fact about doors. If you ever need to properly kick down a door, don’t stand in front of it awkwardly kicking away. Turn around and while […]
Many of today’s technologies are disruptive in a first-world sort of way. Take as an example all the food delivery startups. Sure, they’re disruptive in so far as they’re creating all kinds of low-paying delivery jobs and creating new revenues streams for restaurants, but they’re hardly worth a second look when compared to truly disruptive technologies […]