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Philippe MEDA

Since 2007, Philippe has collaborated with hundreds of startups and advised numerous multinational corporations on disruptive innovation strategies. He also teaches MBA courses in Europe and Shanghai.

🟢 From Deeptech to Diptech

🟢 From Deeptech to Diptech

For the last years, most startup ecosystems accepted that trying to birth the next Facebook was mission impossible. The password to the future was deeptech. Not anymore. Let's try to understand why "diptech" is the new black.

Five predictions for startups in a recession

Five predictions for startups in a recession

The NASDAQ shedding 30% of its value overnight has had a wonderful consequence for startups: every single investor now only speaks of unit economics. And Europe is now following suit. For most startups, the novelty is a system shock. We are talking about the end of pitching a future business

Will Roe reversal change tech forever?

Will Roe reversal change tech forever?

Well, here we are – or more precisely, here they are. Be assured that I'm not going to add comments to the flood of discussions and analysis. Not to mention that although my personal feelings about how the U.S. is dangerously becoming a sh*thole country (to quote

Europe has a new plan for innovation ecosystems; most will struggle

Europe has a new plan for innovation ecosystems; most will struggle

The European Commission is about to present a new policy roadmap for innovation ecosystems called "A New European Innovation Agenda." The incentive is clear: European innovation ecosystems are still not on par with US ones. It would be a long (undoubtedly interesting) discussion to understand what's

Tesla is not a car company

Tesla is not a car company

I've been saying that Tesla is not a car company for many years. The car is admittedly an essential moving piece (pun intended) of their business, but it's only the product. Tesla is, first and foremost, an energy company monetized with high-end electric cars. Their crucial

Have we been thinking of VR horribly wrong?

Have we been thinking of VR horribly wrong?

I'm not going back on why virtual reality, promised for twenty years, is still not here (the technology is ready, but there's no scalable problem to solve). But lately, I've been thinking a lot about how slow infrastructure changes create fast-paced market transformations. Probing