
Jeff Vance
Jeff Vance is the founder of Startup50.com, a site that discovers, analyzes, and ranks tech startups. Follow him on Twitter, @JWVance, or connect with him on LinkedIn.

The year in startups: 3 trends in 2019 offer a glimpse into a wild 2020
Taking a look back at three tech and investment trends that dominated 2019 and may shape 2020.

4 ways to spot startups too focused on Big Problems
Do high-tech startups understand -- and have a solution to fix -- your real problems? Here are four ways to find out.

Tracking economic disruption in the digital age
From carriages to quantum computing, have today's industries learned how to harness creative destruction?

How to build a startup evaluation toolkit
In the first installment of our startup evaluation guide, we cover five essential tools you need to ensure you are heading in the right direction.
Big Data Secrets from Airbnb, Starbucks and Sonic
The 5 small steps that can lead to big competitive advantages.

10 Cool Marketing Automation Startups to Watch
Marketing automation can help can help businesses better target prospects, find and test new products and services. These 10 startups can help businesses plug gaps in their marketing strategy and offer solutions to problems companies...
Big Data Wars: How Technology Could Tip the Mid-Term Elections
It’s Project Ivy vs. VoterGravity as Democrats and Republicans deploy competing data analytics platforms.

10 Hot Internet of Things Startups
As Internet connectivity gets embedded into every aspect of our lives, investors, entrepreneurs and engineers are rushing to cash in. Here are 10 hot startups that are poised to shape the future of the Internet of Things (IoT).

5 Big Data projects That Could Change Your Life
Real-world Big Data projects that are already paying rewards.
10 Hot Hadoop Startups to Watch
As data volumes grow, figuring out how to unlock value becomes vastly important. Hadoop enables the processing of large data sets in a distributed environment and has become almost synonymous with big data. Here are 10 startups with...
