The technological development of the world is constantly accelerating. Various technologies continuously improve the quality of our lives, eliminate systemic irregularities, and enhance work efficiency. Today, technology is present in virtually every sphere of life. In the vast majority of cases, technology brings added value to humanity. However, it also happens that with the advancement…
What is social trading? Each investor chooses a more or less complex investment strategy. Some make their decisions on the basis of fundamental factors and a thorough analysis of financial reports, others try to predict future quotations of instruments by observing their behavior in the past, while others, based on the latest information, follow the…
The collaborative economy is moving from early youth, which began in 2009, to maturity in 2019. Over the past decade, many companies using this business model have embarked on and carried out global expansion. Some have raised billions in funding, many have sold their shares in public offerings and went public. They have turned from…
The pace of new technological discoveries is growing every year. It’s getting harder and harder to keep up with the latest technology trends. They appear new, some of them interpenetrate, creating innovative market segments. Artificial intelligence, blockchain, drones, electric vehicles, collaborative economy platforms, virtual reality, autonomous cars, bioengineering, gene editing, fintech, martech, regtech, medtech, insurtech…
Blockchain technology is increasingly making its way into the mainstream. I would be tempted to say that it will be the most fashionable word of the year, I officially announce 2018 as the year of blockchain in Poland. Corporations, startups, investors, regulator and universities are increasingly interested in solutions based on blockchain technology. Many people…
I present to you the latest edition of the Polish Honeycomb, which presents the development of Polish companies using the collaborative economy model in their operation. This year’s edition was prepared in cooperation with collaborative economy platforms: CrowdWay.pl and Jadezabiore.pl. I am glad that every year new honeycombs appear and new companies are also developing…
I am pleased to announce that I have become a laureate of the Digital Poland 2020+ competition in the ECONOMY category. The competition was organized by the Polish Chamber of Commerce under the patronage of Orange and under the honorary patronage of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. More information about the contest at…
In November 2016, the trendbook after the Internetbeta conference in Rzeszów was published. The full version with my participation is available for download here: Trend book Internetbeta_2016. The discussion panel attended by representatives of: BlaBlaCar, Uber, JadeZabiore, PolakPotrafi.pl, Nextbike and prof. Bolesław Rok on the sharing economy was one of the most controversial at the…
Collaborative economy business models know no boundaries, especially in the financial industry and its technological branch – fintech. In addition to the increasingly popular services such as crowdfunding, equity crowdfunding, social currency exchange and cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin), P2P money lending, i.e. social loans, is dynamically developing. Social lending, otherwise known as peer-to-peer lending, is developing very…
In the nineteenth century, when T. Edison invented the light bulb, the manufacturers of kerosene lamps were probably not thrilled with his invention. At the beginning of the electricity age, most people believed that new technology was dangerous – they thought that there was fire in the cables and that fire in the walls would…