Zach Posner personal web page focusing on Education, Internet and Mobile technology

personal site, unedited random thoughts.

Reskilling: New Jobs, New skills. | Sep 23rd, 2018

It's learning. Just not as we know it. from accenture Slide deck touching on the reskilling that is going to be required as AI shakes up the jobs out...

Blockchain: Ben Horowitz | Sep 19th, 2018

Lot’s of discussion around Blockchain, I found this video to be a simple primer that frames the opportunity well. Thanks to AVC (https://avc.com/2018/09/video-of-the-week-ben-horowitz-on-crypto/) for...

Bezos Most Brilliant Move | Sep 7th, 2018

It is not what you may guess and it’s not sexy, its API’s! Someone recently asked me what I thought was one of the most important factors to their success and I believe a lot gets tracked back to an internal memo back that read something like this: All teams will henceforth expose their data...

Amazon ads (SEM / CPC) | Sep 4th, 2018

Hearing more and more about companies popping up to think about the ad universe on Amazon. Most is focused on SEM / CPC, but a great article from today’s NY Times, Amazon Sets Its Sights on the $88 Billion Online Ad Market: Amazon, which has already reshaped and dominated the online retail landscape,...

Opportunity Zones | Sep 3rd, 2018

Super excited about the possibilities here. Traveling throughout the country, you see areas that have been in the driver’s seat when it comes to innovation (places like Silicon Valley, Boston, Santa Monica, etc.) and when they see success, it breeds infrastructure for others to be successful (see...

Impact of the Internet | Sep 1st, 2018

The slide below from 2015 continues to stay on the top of my mind, which happens to come from my favorite annual report. I would love to see something updated that has big areas of GDP vs. Internet penetration. But for me this is inspiring, as you move away from consumer and business applications, you start...

Rinse & Repeat (keep it simple) | Aug 31st, 2018

Founders have visions and (by default) they feel that the future world should look different and if they understand the space that they are working in, they are likely right. But there is a big gap between today’s world and their future vision and the way you get there is one step at a time. So how...

Harvard Innovation Lab | Aug 26th, 2018

I was recently introduced to and had the opportunity to tour the Harvard Innovation Lab and I walked away quite impressed. If you are a Harvard student or in the Harvard eco system, I would recommend that you stop by and say hello. It is a workspace (with customized areas including wetlabs, 3d printers,...

Won’t you be my neighbor? | Aug 1st, 2018

Lots has been written on this movie, which I would recommend you check out. A key takeaway from my perspective was how Mr. Rodgers recognized TV as a powerful form of media to reach children in ways to help them vs just pure entertainment, which at times is a race to the bottom. When I think about some of...

Memorial Day – a reminder | May 29th, 2018