【浏览美国创业公司】
10家创新公司，纯互联网/软件与传统行业的技术升级各占半壁，提高效率和解决需求是主要出发点。
明天浏览以色列特拉维夫创新公司，再补充MIT Technology Review，慢慢养成些科技型创业的感觉。
**研究Uptake
https://www.uptake.com/services
【Slack · 工作交互软件】
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简介：
公司内部交流软件，内容对所有人可见，解决信息不对称的痛点。
分组。可按项目、部门等建聊天组。
检索。可跨聊天组搜索文件、信息、内容。
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How：优化并再造工作交流环境；
Why：产品将更多依靠人类智慧和创造力，而不是执行重复性任务的能力
The key to Slack’s success is optimising and reinventing the work chat environment for people, allowing them the freedom to operate the chat more creatively than any other message-app. CEO of Slack, Stewart Butterfield, had this to say: “One thing we can predict is that we will increasingly rely on human intelligence and creativity as opposed to human capacity to perform repetitive tasks”.
【tilr · 招聘软件】
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匹配。员工与雇主的匹配，只以工作技能为标准，解决了歧视的痛点（从雇员角度出发）。
“Our mission is to automate the recruitment process. Our vision is to close the global skill gap”
【FreightHub · 数字化货运服务提供商】
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传统行业升级。技术+货运代理业，升级流程和客户接口（痛点：提升效率）。
【Crtlio · 购物比价软件】
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推荐。商品及折扣信息推荐，客观无倾向（如广告商）(低价买好/名货的痛点/区别于低价不掉价的大众品牌）。
"Join the money saving revolution."
【Qualtrics · 品牌】
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通过客户细分、目标定位和品牌接触点研究，巩固客户品牌。
【Uptake · 数据应用/网络安全】
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Uptake is an Illinois firm that looks to revolutionise the way we use data. Taking into account how commoditised and connected our technology is, they look to take everything that is quantifiable and recordable to then understand what innovations, deals and shortcuts can be given to the users of said technology.
Becoming key players in the cybersecurity industry, using machine learning and data science to holistically accommodate the life of the average consumer.
【Snowflake · 基于云的数据仓库】
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升级。解决传统数据库容量压力问题。
数据库+大数据平台的灵活+云的延展性+实时数据分享
“Snowflake is built for the cloud, combining the power of data warehousing, the flexibility of big-data platforms, the elasticity of the cloud and live data sharing – all at the fraction of the cost of traditional solutions”.
【Zume Pizza · 自动外卖披萨餐厅】
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有趣。配送途中制作披萨，在一辆配有自动烤箱和自动清洗的面包车中。
It consists of pizza that is cooked en-route to the customer’s location, in a van equipped with automated ovens and self-cleaning robot cutters.
【SwiftComply · 餐馆监管系统（数字化）】
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联通与透明。降低餐馆合规监管的成本，connecting kitchens, city management and restaurant management together and allowing them to improve their relations and create a more transparent and efficient system with regard to regulatory compliance.
CEO Michael O’Dwyer began as an engineer setting up a fat, oil and grease regulatory program for food businesses in Dublin. In his time doing so, he noticed the inherent frustration expressed by both restaurant owners and enforcing city officials, and realised there must be some way to digitise regulatory compliance and accommodate already-burdened workers with something that should not necessitate so much stress and time.
Top 10 tech startups shaking things up in 2018
https://www.em360tech.com/tech-news/top-ten/top-10-tech-startups-shaking-things-2018/
【校友分享】
- 一手知识。理论的创始人、教材的作者亲临来讲
- 讲底层逻辑（道），而不是具体方法（术）
- 毕业不离校，感兴趣的课，可以回来复听。
- 老师在哪，这扇窗在哪。课堂上听过，现实需要时，回校找老师讨教。
