Link: Billionaire CEO and investor Marc Benioff says unicorn startups manipulated private markets and he's done investing in them

"The unicorn thing, I've been saying for a while now, is not great," Benioff told Stephanie Ruhle on Bloomberg GO earlier this week. "The reason why it’s not great is not necessarily that these companies are not worth this much money or whatever — we don’t actually know because they’ve manipulated the private markets to achieve these valuations." ... "There is no reason why these companies who claim to be worth billions of dollars and making billions of dollars to stay private,"

Link: Billionaire CEO and investor Marc Benioff says unicorn startups manipulated private markets and he's done investing in them

"The unicorn thing, I've been saying for a while now, is not great," Benioff told Stephanie Ruhle on Bloomberg GO earlier this week. "The reason why it’s not great is not necessarily that these companies are not worth this much money or whatever — we don’t actually know because they’ve manipulated the private markets to achieve these valuations." ... "There is no reason why these companies who claim to be worth billions of dollars and making billions of dollars to stay private,"

Link: Internet of Things Spending Forecast to Reach Nearly $1.3 Trillion in 2019 Led by Widespread Initiatives

“According to a new IDC Spending Guide, worldwide spending on the Internet of Things (IoT) will grow at a 17.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from $698.6 billion in 2015 to nearly $1.3 trillion in 2019.” I think IoT is becoming mor like IoEverything. Source: Internet of Things Spending Forecast to Reach Nearly $1.3 Trillion in 2019 Led by Widespread Initiatives

Link: Internet of Things Spending Forecast to Reach Nearly $1.3 Trillion in 2019 Led by Widespread Initiatives

“According to a new IDC Spending Guide, worldwide spending on the Internet of Things (IoT) will grow at a 17.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from $698.6 billion in 2015 to nearly $1.3 trillion in 2019.” I think IoT is becoming mor like IoEverything. Source: Internet of Things Spending Forecast to Reach Nearly $1.3 Trillion in 2019 Led by Widespread Initiatives

Link: Internet of Things Spending Forecast to Reach Nearly $1.3 Trillion in 2019 Led by Widespread Initiatives

“According to a new IDC Spending Guide, worldwide spending on the Internet of Things (IoT) will grow at a 17.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from $698.6 billion in 2015 to nearly $1.3 trillion in 2019.” I think IoT is becoming mor like IoEverything. Source: Internet of Things Spending Forecast to Reach Nearly $1.3 Trillion in 2019 Led by Widespread Initiatives

Link: Wearables marketshare from IDC

“Fitbit with 22.2%, Apple with 18.6%, and Xiaomi with 17.4%. Of course, in such a new product category, market share can be volatile, but they are far ahead of the No. 4 player, Garmin (4.1%), which largely caters to hard-core runners." Source: Wearables marketshare from IDC

Link: Wearables marketshare from IDC

“Fitbit with 22.2%, Apple with 18.6%, and Xiaomi with 17.4%. Of course, in such a new product category, market share can be volatile, but they are far ahead of the No. 4 player, Garmin (4.1%), which largely caters to hard-core runners." Source: Wearables marketshare from IDC