Author: Charles Stack

CLEVELAND, OH.  December 3, 2019  – Flashstarts is pleased to announce that they will focus on innovation consulting for corporations beginning in January 2020. Flashstarts is taking their hard-won, startup-proven, deep practical knowledge of how to deliver effective, meaningful innovation to the world of mature businesses. After seven years of serving as an accelerator and micro-vc fund, Flashstarts is evolving.  From 2013-2019 Flashstarts supported hundreds of entrepreneurs through their labs and accelerator programs; and have helped their portfolio companies raise over $45 million in follow on capital. In addition to their investment funds, they developed one of the largest startup…

We track a wide array of emerging technologies: blockchain, bitcoin, lightning network, IoT, Machine Learning, Robotics, many others. We are continually adding new technologies as they begin to emerge. Emerging technologies generally follow a similar adoption curve. The Flashstarts Levels of Technology Adoption (FLOTA) is a simple means of placing technologies on the curve. The value of FLOTA is that it allows organizations to categorize. track and manage each technology and apply the appropriate level of attention and resources at each stage. This ensures that companies don't overinvest and risk failure or underinvest and risk falling behind their competitors. The…

We are launching a new YouTube Channel focused on helping you become an Innovation Champion within your organization. Here's the video introduction to our new channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfdFpsZbn_o