Welcome to 1776 Insights.

January 30, 2015

  

Welcome to the new 1776 newsletter! You may have noticed some changes on the1776 website this week; however, you'll still find all of the same great content, startups and events. We hope the new experience allows you to find what you're looking for faster than ever before.

In other exciting news this week, the Challenge Cup team is in Bangalore and will head to Austin next week! For all of our readers in Austin, there's still time to RSVP!

Jump below to read about the rapidly growing augmented reality market and what President Obama's "precision medicine" initiative really entails. 

 

With the new website and this newsletter, I hope you'll share your feedback—we are constantly looking for new ways to improve your experience. Email me at morgan@1776.vc.

 

Morgan Gress

Editor, 1776

Q&A with Bing Director Stefan Weitz: How Search Engines Will Give Us Superpowers

by Melissa Steffan, Assistant Editor, 1776
As computer systems make sense of the physical world, can those tools help humans make better sense of it, too?

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INSIGHTS

Weekly Trend: Startups Using Curation to Transform Education

by Christa Avampato
4 education curation ideas and examples of startups utilizing them.

Best Reads This Week: Education

Weekly Trend: Energy Storage Market to Break Out in 2015

by Esteban Garcia
Companies with longevity, reliability and the scalability to meet grids are most likely going to be the ones who strike gold.

Best Reads This Week: Energy

Weekly Trend: Bringing in a New Era of ‘Precision Medicine’

by Kate Tracy
Precision medicine uses genetics to personalize certain cures, drugs and medicines.

Best Reads This Week: Health

  • Education
  • Energy
  • Health
  • Cities & Transportation

2015: The Year Augmented Reality Matures

by Andrew Kemendo, CEO, Visidraft
Better computer interfaces will make lives easier, safer, more vibrant and, in the end, help us all make better decisions more intuitively.

Best Reads This Week: Cities

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EVENTS

Join 1776 & Microsoft Ventures to see India's top startups compete to win a trip to D.C.!

Join us as Stefan Weitz explains what’s next for search engines in the rapidly evolving information age. 

Come hear insights from Ebola Czar Ron Klain, Esri Founder Jack Dangermond and other esteemed panelists who will address the success stories, obstacles, and lessons learned from the ebola outbreak.

More events at General Assembly

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Learn key branding, market, and user experience principles, as well as tactics and strategies to create products with the MVP framework.

Curious about visual design? GA's part-time visual design course might be for you! Learn more at this info session.

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