Category Archives for Idea
Ideas for products and strategies for the future by Shlok Vaidya.
Idea: Save the Information in Nonprofits, Save the World.
You can’t trust these behemoth corporations to give us a level playing field. You have to make it. And we’re at a point where it needs to be done in an intentional and aggressive way. Otherwise we stand to lose control of the decentralized global platform that underpins life today. Continue reading
Idea: Systemic Disruption Dashboard
Lead time for an inbound threat varies from minutes to days. There should be a tool that can adapt to either timeline that assesses the potential for systems disruption. Data centers, railways, bridges, sewers, energy pipelines, subway switches, the list … Continue reading
Is It Time for Price Per Square Foot to Die?
Connect:Homes is a pretty cool modular housing company. They’ve adapted their designs so that that fully prepared units can be shipped anywhere using standard industrial transporting practices. (Shipping containers.) That’s smart. Unfortunately, the company is using the standard real estate … Continue reading
The 1:1 Model Can Do 1:5 – and Should
The model was pioneered by Toms, then Warby Parker. Buy a hip and sexy product, and they’ll ship off another to someone needs it. Shoes. Glasses. And now, thanks to Porteur, bikes. Buy a $1200 fixed gear bike (comes with a pack) … Continue reading
Announcing: Omne – Energy from Everything
Omnivorous energy is one of the more important tenets of resiliency: “A truly resilient strategy for the local production of energy (both heat and power) should be able to consumer nearly any type of fuel. … Continue reading