Higher Quality Outputs are Expected

Higher interest rates, fragmented platforms, WFH uncertainty, VC funding declines, generational blending and technology shifts are going to force a new level of quality to be demanded by businesses. SHOW: 736 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Find "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and Spotify Keep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBE GCore - Global Hosting, CDN, Edge and Cloud Services Use promocode “CLOUDCAST” to receive a €100 credit on Gcore services Equinix Global Data Centers and Networking Learn more and signup at https://deploy.equinix.com/. SHOW NOTES: A few charts about Q2 VC funding (Josh Wolfe) “THAT’S A ZERO INTEREST RATE PROBLEM, BRO!” The power dynamics have changed and continue to change (money, location, communications, etc.) Dumb money is getting harder to find, hence ideas need to be better and execution needs to be better EXPECTATIONS OF HIGHER QUALITY ARE GOING TO RISE SIGNIFICANTLY The unicorn boom of 2020-2022 will face a reckoning by the end of 2023 or mid-2024 VC funding is getting harder to obtain Higher interest rates are going to create higher (internal) hurdle rates within companies Social media channels are fragmenting Working collaboratively is getting more difficult because of both WFH fragmentation and generational fragmentation Collaboration will be needed to teach what is expected and acceptable AI is going to create a new level of “commodity” of tasks and product capabilities Customers are going to have new pricing power as they watch vendor sales slow down FEEDBACK? Email: show at the cloudcast dot net Twitter: @thecloudcastnet FEEDBACK? Email: show @ the enterprise ai show dot com Bluesky: @TheEntAIShow.bsky.social Twitter/X: @TheEntAIShow Instagram: @TheEntAIShow