Perfectly Sliced - December 2023 Edition

The tech world always moves quickly, but rarely has it been as tumultuous as this. The events taking place at OpenAI have kept me on my toes; they’ve also made me think about what the future of AI is going to look like and how it’s going to impact the planet. The technology is amazing, yes, but it wasn’t designed sustainably. For AI to make the right impact without threatening Earth’s precious resources, we’ll need other breakthrough technologies to reduce the environmental burden that AI and data-intensive applications like it place on the planet.

From managing energy with innovative power solutions to decreasing the CO2 impact from food waste, there are so many impact-driven greentech startups working to decrease our carbon footprint. I share my advice on how to craft winning sustainability pitches on TechCrunch. Make sure you’re following my six-point checklist to make the headlines and we’re proud to be putting those tricks of the trade to use for our own clients too!

We created a global PR storm around IOTA’s launch of its $100 million entity under the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) for the sustainable tokenization of real-world assets. We landed coverage across the world on Reuters, U.S. News, Nasdaq, CoinDesk, Markets Insider, Cointelegraph (again), Yahoo!Finance, Daily Mail, The Star, Newsbreak, Channel News Asia, Investing, U.Today, Cryptonews.com, Zawya, The Defiant, crypto.news, BeInCrypto, Crypto Daily, and so many more. 

IOTA is also making sustainability a priority. The Foundation goes beyond digital assets and promises digital autonomy for everyone, which it proved isn’t an impossible goal with the launch of IOTA 2.0. The news garnered media attention on MSN, Infoebae (again), Investing.com, CoinmarketCap, AMEX, Markets Insider, Investor Place, Future Zone, U.Today (again) (again), Cryptopolitan (again), CryptoNews, 0xzx, The Coin Republic, Bitcoin Insider, Cryptonewsz, Bankless Times, Cryptomonday, Crowdfund Insider, and more. 

Our clients have been offering helpful insights from advice on bootstrapping to navigating an acquisition. 

HappyFunCorp’s Co-Founder and Co-CEO Ben Schippers shares on TechCrunch the underlying components of dealmaking without sugar-coating the experience.

In his article for MedCity News, Qualitest Senior Vice President & Sector Head Jayan Sivasankaranm shared his advice on navigating the complexities and challenges of remote patient monitoring. 

Jason Wolfe, Founder and CEO of the Wolfe Companies, advised investors on navigating the gift card market in his piece for Nasdaq. 

In her piece on crypto.news, Pan Lorattawut, the CEO of VUCA Digital, the company behind the CROWN Token Project and ADOT marketplace, wrote about how NFTs aren’t going anywhere. 

In his article on Spiceworks, Ross Fernandes, Head of XR Tech and Ground Truth Assurance at Qualitest, explored the future of business with XR technologies and how they will redefine training, product presentation, and collaboration.

In addition to IOTA, our other clients have been capturing the attention of people all over the globe, including none other than Elon Musk! Check out the highlights below.

I arranged an interview with my good friend Robert Scoble and Aimi’s Founder and CEO, Edward Balassanian, for Scoble’s first-ever episode of the Unaligned Podcast. The episode was such a hit that even Elon Musk couldn’t help but see the recording and retweeted it as a good example of a video on X!

Michael Koch had heads turning with his AI entrepreneurial advice landing on Barnes & Noble, Cointelegraph, MSN, AOL, Yahoo!News, Yahoo!Finance, Insider, Insider India, Markets Insider, DNYUZ, Insider Netherlands, Daily Advent, Business News, Bitcoin Ethereum News, Yahoo!Sports, and more.

CROWN Token Project launched T-Pop NFTs and danced its way onto Techopedia, The Nexus, E-Crypto News, and more.

Innventure, an enterprise growth engine, went public and skyrocketed onto Yahoo! Finance, Bloomberg, Law 360, Orlando Business Journal, MarketWatch, and more.    

Rakuten Viber launched a suite of business tools charging its way onto The Mainichi, Phone Arena, TechCrunch, OverClockers, Phil Star, GMA Network, CNN Greece, Gaming Deputy, ABS CBN news, Manila Bulletin (again), Manila Times (again), CNN Philippines, Japan Today, Business World Online, Cellular News (again), Kyodo News, Bollyinside, Business Daily, In Cyprus, Sinch Engage, UnGeek, EconoTimes, Abobo Magazine, Retail News Asia, Crisis Monitor, Today Tech, Vietnam News, EIN News, and more.                 

The holidays are a time when you can take some time off to reflect and spend time with those you love. They remind us to appreciate the annual progress we've made, both professionally and personally, and to cherish the moments spent with loved ones. It's a season not just for celebration, but also for gratitude and thoughtful contemplation about the future we want to create for ourselves and for the generations to come. As the world moves faster and faster, it’s important to slow down occasionally and focus on the truly important things: Your own emotional and physical health, as well as the health of your loved ones and of course, our planet.