Future Commerce Podcast: eCommerce, DTC and Retail Strategy

Danger Ahead: Challenges Preventing Adoption

Future Commerce Podcast: eCommerce, DTC and Retail Strategy

Wearables

  • Bit of implosion of the industry
  • Health gamification

Alexa News

  • Makeover for Alexa Skills Store
  • Enabling Skills with your voice

Messenger bots: Where we're at now v. the future

  • Messinabot just released - it's rudimentary
  • Side note: Who is going create the best bots?
  • Spring
    https://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/why-facebooks-shopping-bot-kinda-sucks?utm_term=.bhN4QMnnmN#.lm7Oy0wwb8
  • Sarah Guo: https://news.greylock.com/5-reasons-mobile-apps-may-still-rule-3a0f0469cb3f#.b7h3mkijq
  • When and why should you have a bot?
  • Don't get too far ahead of yourself

Opportunities ahead

  • https://medium.com/startup-grind/marc-andreessen-clayton-christensen-venture-capital-is-abundant-opportunity-is-scarce-1d7d720a5009#.h22zc758u
  • Plenty left to be done with emerging technology
  • There's money available to do it.
  • Greylock is actively looking to invest in the conversational space

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