Greenfield's Point of View - June 2021
Achieving Outsized Returns in AutoTech Investments In my teenage years I voraciously consumed as many business and investing books as I...
AUTOMOTIVE VENTURES
BLOG AND OP-ED
Automotive technology news, perspectives and insights from Steve Greenfield and industry influencers.
Steve Greenfield
- May 2, 2021
- 2 min
Greenfield's Point of View - May 2021
Automotive is Spawning Unlevel Playing Fields My most influential professor was Patrick Noonan, who taught Strategic Decision Analysis...
Steve Greenfield
- Apr 1, 2021
- 5 min
Greenfield's Point of View - April 2021
The Fragility of Our Supply Chain This past week, a 1,300-foot, 220,000-ton container ship called the Ever Given caught the attention of...
Steve Greenfield
- Mar 1, 2021
- 4 min
Greenfield's Point of View - March 2021
From the March 2021 Intel Report. What are you doing at Automotive Ventures? I have the pleasure of catching up frequently with Private...
Steve Greenfield
- Feb 1, 2021
- 7 min
Greenfield's Point of View - February 2021
I recently had a call with a Family Office that manages over $1 billion dollars of assets, who wanted my perspective on the future of the...
Steve Greenfield
- Jan 1, 2021
- 5 min
Top Automotive Deals of 2020
Let’s now turn to the largest and most important automotive technology deals of 2020 and put them into context. Counting downwards: Deal...
Steve Greenfield
- Jan 1, 2021
- 7 min
2021 Predictions
I’ve always enjoyed writers who take a stab at predicting what’s going to happen over the coming year. I’ve respected those even more who...
Steve Greenfield
- Jan 1, 2021
- 8 min
10 Themes That Impacted Automotive in 2020
Looking back on the year, we have a lot to choose from, but here are the top ten themes that most impacted the automotive industry. 1....
Steve Greenfield
- Dec 1, 2020
- 6 min
Greenfield's Point of View - December 2020
Automotive Tech M&A Accelerating One Month To Go… The year has flown by. This will be my last newsletter for the year, the next one...
Steve Greenfield
- Nov 2, 2020
- 9 min
Greenfield's Point of View - November 2021
The COVID Premium in Automotive Technology It’s been an interesting year. At the beginning of the pandemic, companies were suffering...
Steve Greenfield
- Oct 1, 2020
- 8 min
Greenfield's Point of View - October 2020
A Mad Rush of M&A Before The End of the Year? It looks like we may experience a bunch of acquisition activity between now and the end of...
Steve Greenfield
- Sep 2, 2020
- 7 min
Greenfield's Point of View - September 2020
What’s With the Stock Market? U.S. stocks wrapped up a banner month, with the S&P 500 posting its best August in more than 30 years. The...
Steve Greenfield
- Aug 2, 2020
- 10 min
The Grand Experiment Continues (aka: This Might Take A Bit Longer To Resolve)
McKinsey & Company notes that digital commerce adoption has accelerated ten years forward in just 90 days’ time; it’s remarkable how...