Massive Influence of Wikinomics Series

by Michael Keane

Recently, I revisited Macrowikinomics, by Dan Tascott and Anthony Williams. This book was written in 2010, as a follow up to the successful 2006 book Wikinomics. They speak about how to get the world rolling again after the crash using massive upheaval techniques in specific areas including Finance, Industrialization Processes, Education, Healthcare, Media and Communication, and the public's involvement and manipulation of government. I originally picked up the book years ago as notes were given by many important heads of business and government including Mark Parker (Nike), Eric Schmidt (Google), Noel Tichy (University of Michigan), Klaus Schwab (World Economic Forum), and others. With a recent revisit to the book and think back through the development of business processes, it seems that a lot of people took this book to heart. There is massive development in almost all areas covered in this book either by existing companies/organizations at the time, or by newly created businesses/organizations. The one element that seems to be evident in most of the improvement is that there is a high level of collaboration (vertical or horizontal) within each space.

Is there something in your business that corresponds with this collaboration thought pattern. Would using technology and collaboration have a disruption within your industry in some way. Would a small change create the possibility for an even larger change?

I fully recommend MacroWikinomics. There is a new book on blockchain that will be on the list of books to check out. Bankers beware. You are next in the line of disruptors.

This is an opinion article. The opinions were fully unsolicited. Please do your own due diligence before acting on this article.

July View Report over 1,000 views (Ford, Elon Musk, Bank of America, more)

There were over 1,000 views of KeaneVCC and partners posts during the month of July. This is the most ever had. The simple reason is that popular topics with thoughtful analysis is happening for these posts. The quality of the ad placement through Google Adsense is also improving as the views are increasing.

Some of the popular posts are below

 - From KeaneVCC

1) Thoughts on Musk's "Master Plan" (link here)

2) Charity Heroes (ALS Version) (link here)

- From KDK Fund

1) Additional Shares of Ford Purchased (link here)

-From KDK Options

1) BAC Call Trade Now Profitable (link here)


**As always, this blog is to be read as opinion. Please do your due diligence before acting on any information read here.**

Positive Movement On Veteran Homelessness

by Michael Keane

This story from the Huffington Post (link here) came up. While I am sure the numbers are not as good or as bad as said, there is positive movement towards lessening veteran homelessness. This story should be looked on as an opportunity to continue this movement. Give a call to your congressperson, or local pol that helps with homelessness. I know I will.

 Per disclosure, I am a former Marine.

**As always, this blog is to be read as opinion. Please do your due diligence before acting on any information read here.**

Thoughts on Elon Musk's "Master Plan"

by Michael Keane

Some people have been heavily questioning the “Master Plan” of having all electric vehicles including large trucks created by Elon Musk. But there might be a misconception within that “questioning” thought pattern. For one,  notoriety might not matter to Musk. It may not be that Musk is looking to be the sole or primary supplier of the vehicles. He might know of other companies working on the issue and feels his vocal support of the project will give the industry a boost.  Ultimately, though, this is only a part of his master plan. It is well known that his true master plan is to see humans get to Mars and that means fuel.

Mr. Musk has clearly and regularly shown his indifference towards others opinions of him and his strategies. Part of the reason is that he understands that he is going after some seriously large issues and knows that a straight line to success is laughable but also that success is attainable. When you look at his history, it is full of both successes and failures. But there is always progress. When the project is successful, the progress is paradigm changing. A great early example is Paypal. Even when there is a failure (think projects for Tesla and SpaceX), there is still progress.

There are many small companies doing great work on creating this reality. But because of uncertainties, some companies are nervous about their own sustainability. Hearing positive comments and support from Mr. Musk gives a sense of inspiration to continue the hard work of innovation that currently going on in this space.

Environmentally speaking, there are few people that are driving the needle forward in getting the rest of us off of fossil fuels. This master plan seems to be the next step in the process. If you could have this as your legacy, wouldn’t you try and do the same. At the very least, we should be out in the marketplace supporting these missions in any way possible. This article is one of those ways.

With all of that said, the main master plan is what is probably driving all other master plans of Mr. Musk. Getting humanity to Mars is not easy. Especially from a private citizen like Mr. Musk. It is really something that he and his team are not afraid to take on other master plans in order to succeed in the Mars master plan. They have found success in driving down rocket costs and fuel is one major component of that plan.

Moving the process of electric vehicles is one major goal of Elon Musk. His announcement of the master plan for it undoubtedly will move the process forward. Will it end up exactly how his master plan expects? Probably not. But it will probably be darn close. It will probably be even better as now more people and visions will influence and be influenced by the announcement. Now is a great time to get that electric vehicle idea out and worked on!

Per disclosure, KeaneVCC’s partner KDK Fund owns shares of Ford. KeaneVCC has also recently written blog posts on the effects of the electric vehicle on the insurance, oil, and local taxing authority areas. You can find the link here.     

Charity Heroes (ALS Version)

by Michael Keane

Have you heard the recent news in the fight against ALS? The link to the story is here.

We at Keane Venture Capital and Consulting would like to assist in driving forward more heroes like the ones in the story above. Do you know of any doctors, researchers, fundraisers, and those fighting for lives?

Let's make sure they are the ones getting thousands of follows and retweets about their progress. The more we can put a focus on these individuals and organizations, the quicker we all will succeed.

Today's hero is John Landers, PhD. Great job! 

KeaneVCC Partner Post Views Pass 15,000

A big congratulations goes out to KeaneVCC and its partners and clients as the blog views have surpassed 15,000! With new projects coming on line this year and the growth in success of its current partners and clients, KeaneVCC looks to continue its banner year of 2016! Links to the blog list are below. If you are a regular viewer, thank you for your support. If you are new, welcome! We are always looking to add value to companies and projects aligned with the KeaneVCC mission! Send us a note to keanevcc@gmail.com if we can be of service!

KeaneVCC 

KDK Fund

KDK Options


**As always, this blog is to be read as opinion. Please do your due diligence before acting on any information read here.**

Driverless Cars (Post 3 of series)

by Michael Keane

This post will be covering the effects of driverless cars on the oil, insurance, and government taxing authorities. With Google already logging in over 1 million road miles, and the successes that have been created, these vehicles are not far from hitting the consumer markets. Problems show that it will eliminate demand for oil and insurance industries, while at the same time removing a significant source of revenue from tickets and crashes. Possible solutions include finding new uses and new sources of revenue. Links to the previous 2 articles (general post 1 here, and more focused article for post 2 here).

Most driverless cars will be almost certainly electric vehicles. This is not a good sign for the oil companies. If car companies are going to invest in the technology to have a driverless car, electric engines will be a no brainer.

Insurance companies are almost certain to lose massive revenue from driverless cars. The continually mounting data is showing that driverless cars are far safer than cars driven by human beings. That will hit premiums in a big way. This one simple savings point could drive more people to driverless cars in the same way that gas prices drive consumers to electric vehicles. Knowing the trends and cycles as Insurance companies create the thought pattern that this situation is being worked on and that a plan to replace the premium revenue with another stream is likely.

Not unlike the insurance companies are local and state governments. This is because with the same data, extrapolating the idea that there will be less tickets from speeding and accidents is almost a no brainer. But unlike insurance companies, it can be fairly certain that governments are not working on this idea. Maybe this article will get them to do so. They should be looking at their revenue models (because that is what ticket revenue really is) and adapt it to future items and personal behaviors in order to replace the loss that not having speeding ticket and accident ticket revenues.  A possibility is to update roads with assistant type technology for the vehicles and charge the vehicle owners for that particular service.

Driverless cars will create an opportunity for consumers to possibly lessen the costs of insurance, energy, and tickets.  These industries would be very wise to have plans on replacing the current revenue with new plans in the pipeline.