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AI assistants will help users navigate an increasingly overwhelming number of choices..or will they? Trade marks play a vital role in global economic growth by promoting freedom of choice, enabling consumers to make quick and safe purchasing decisions and by driving competition and innovation. Conventional trade marks such as letters, numbers, words, log... A growth mindset is key to innovation As a profession, lawyers have not always been known for their “growth mindset”, the phrase coined by Carol Dweck in her bestselling book and multi-million views TED talk. The alternative, having a “fixed mindset”, a tendency towards being more risk-averse... Designing a product that is "100 percent fatal" According to the CEO of Nectome, a new San Francisco start-up supported by the famous accelerator Y-Combinator, his company is "uniquely situated" in providing a product that is 100% fatal to its users. He has a point - few other products spring to mind t... FCA offers support for green fintechs The FCA has roped off a section of its regulatory sandbox for fintechs that are developing environmentally-focussed products and services.  This corresponds nicely with our own ambition to include some greentech in the next round of the Fast Forward progr... Tech Firms: Eating Traditional Asset Managers’ Brunch? It’s been said that traditional asset managers have failed to attract millennial investors because they don't understand what they want. Start-ups in the sector seem to have stolen a march by offering simple interfaces, online and through apps, which don’... Fast Forward Turns 3 Great to see that we're now open for applications for the third cohort of Fast Forward, our emerging tech programme.  Please encourage applications from any friends or contacts in the ecosystem, especially any green/clean businesses - and we're not just l... Collaborative working: engineering serendipity? Collaboration spaces and co-working are right on trend - just look at the stats at WeWork, which has over 250,000 members and a reported valuation of $21 billion. That's not to say that this is a new concept - whilst Google's famous 'Garage' opened less t... Video Killed the Radio Star Certain business leaders could benefit from listening to The Buggles' homage to Schumpeter's theory of creative destruction every now and then. A cautionary message lies in the upbeat late 70s rock song: innovate or die. History is littered with examples ... What are Decentralised Autonomous Organisations? The new acronym on the block is "DAO", standing for Decentralised Autonomous Organisations. But what exactly are they and why do you need to know? What is a DAO? A DAO is business or not-for-profit organisation whose decision making processes and governan... Immutability - not always a superpower Although smart contracts prevent deviation from an agreement, this means they do not have an efficient adaptive mechanism. This does not reflect the reality of contractual relationships. The parties in a contract will be somewhere on  the relationship sca...