Healthcare and education are the biggest laggards in technology yet data is super important to their effectiveness. The regulatory minefield (and traditionalist culture) within these industries can only hold back modern technology adoption for so long. Fortunately they seem to be becoming more open to it these days.
My startup is for educational games for kids, and almost noone want to invest in us, because of how the market works, that is basically or you sell, or you don't. There is no middle ground, no organic slow growth...
Happily our seed money is sustaining us, but it is clear that we need to spend in marketing about 5 or 6 times our current budget (That go almost 100% for development).
Ha! The FDA review board for a drug is allowed to own and trade pharmaceutical stocks, receive cash incentives and guarantees of future employment from companies under review, and generally relies on the summary findings of the company to make their decisions.
It is as much of a minefield as the FCC is to the Family Research Council, or congress is to big oil.
What part of education is a laggard when it comes to technology? Education is always trying something new when it comes to technology. It seems like a bigger issue with education is that it's an easy target for con artists.
