Startup Funding Espresso -- The False Pretenders
The False Pretenders Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Emerging technology markets bring several challenges to the investor. These markets are new and cutting edge but are also immature, unevenly distributed, and opaque. In the early days, it\u2019s not clear what the real winner will look like. In many emerging markets, the false pretender precedes the winning solution. In the 1990s, the Palm Pilot and the Newton were early versions of mobile technology. They both met the form factor requirement, but the processing power, applications, and other factors fell far short of customer requirements. Later the iPhone took over the market when it met those expectations. In analyzing startups in emerging markets, look for the false pretenders to see what features they bring and what they don\u2019t bring to the market. Notice the key missing features. Roadmap the path to providing those features. For processing power, it\u2019s clear how fast chips are progressing, so it\u2019s not hard to estimate when the processing power will be available. There\u2019s some money to be made in funding the false pretenders. It\u2019s important to know where the startup is on the roadmap and how long it will take for the technologies to mature. Thank you for joining us for the Startup Funding Espresso where we help startups and investors connect for funding.Let\u2019s go startup something today. _______________________________________________________ For more episodes from Investor Connect, please visit the site at: \xa0 Check out our other podcasts here: \xa0 For Investors check out: \xa0 For Startups check out: \xa0 For eGuides check out: \xa0 For upcoming Events, check out \xa0\xa0 For Feedback please contact info@tencapital.group\xa0\xa0\xa0 Please , share, and leave a review. Music courtesy of .