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The first wave of media was fueled by cheap audience acquisition from social media companies like Facebook which created BuzzFeed and UpWorth. The second wave is the subscription wave. Consumers want curation, contextualization, and recommendations

The rising cost of college and the student debt crisis have become one of the main causes for concern for the US economy. A growing economy and full employment mask the dangers of this crisis in the making: the overall price of higher education increased 600% between 1980 and 2010, double the rate of inflation in that period (per Ryan Craig's "Coll... See more

These tactics interact. Sometimes the very act of merging multiple datasets adds substantial value. Joining data correctly is hard! Other non-glamorous ways to add value include quality control, labelling and mapping, deduping, provenancing, and imposing data hygiene.

6. Track record: list angel investments and advisor roles to demonstrate both access and deal judgement

The internet has reduced the opportunity costs involved in launching retail concepts, of every size. Overlay that with prevailing attitudes of many Millennials to make a job, rather than take a job, and you have the makings of many new startups. Add some crowdfunding and the power of influencer marketing to take a product from obscurity to ubiquity... See more

New tools empower players to create their own content in the form of mods/maps/items/game modes. UGC allows games to scale quickly and cost-effectively—rather than building everything in-house.