Talk 1 -- How can we cope with emerging data requirements? Can blockchain ledgers handle new powers to delete user data on demand? Has contract law switched to place users in control? And must search providers, social networks and advertisers do more than take note when someone says "Stop using my data"? This talk explores an incipient nightmare for organisations, business owners and systems developers.
Going deeper, the talk takes a starting point of the General Data Directive 2016, IN FORCE since May 2016. It then describes how digital users are both spooked and eager to learn more about new data protection rights, and how those rights can break business models -- including models of large organisations like well known search engines and social media providers. It draws to a close with key aspects of how to protect businesses and website publishers from forced change and massive legal costs, and the commercial opportunities available. By it's conclusion, start-ups and large organisations alike, and their advisers, should be in a position to protect from the GDR rabbit hole
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Attending: 1 person.
From Holyrood Magazine, 28 November 2016:
"These cannot just be good tech ideas though. They need to be well thought out, scalable, globally relevant and ambitious businesses with the right management, investors, advisers, sales people and marketers, as well as having world-class technology."
What does "well thought out" mean?
* Simple: a market audience must be able to buy into the idea
* With a team: not an accident waiting to happen (an individual), or a pending divorce (two execs), but a coherent team with complementary skills capable of turning product into significant revenue
* Credible: like bees to flowers, if a fledgling firm cannot attract investors it will probably stall at some stage
In short, if an idea or partly ready product cannot seed a management team, it will not reach the $1 billion valuation unicorn league. With a little tweak though… That's all we're doing, providing a place where like-minded people can congregate over canapés, socialise with seminars, and find advice for maturing ambitions into market leaders.
