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Accepting the scale of failure

Accepting the scale of failure

Around a cocktail, everyone will agree that you have to accept failure in innovation. During TEDx conferences smart people will boast about failing gracefully and empowering teams to do so. The question is are you walking to talk yourself? Are you ready to accept failure as an unavoidable harsh reality?

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Innovate in Mumbai, Sell in San Francisco

Remember how since 2008 India was supposed to be an innovation force to be reckoned with? We had hundreds of keynotes on Jugaad innovation [https://www.manageris.com/books-jugaad-innovation-think-frugal-be-flexible-generate-breakthrough-22621.html] , bottom-up innovation, etc. Look it up, it’s fascinating that no one remembers that anymore. End result: not much, if

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Why Startups Fail

You might not remember ANKI Robotics [https://www.anki.com/en-us], an hardware and AI startup featured onstage at an Apple event in 2013. Well, this company folded yesterday and had to fire 200 employees after burning through $200 million in capital funding (including Index Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz). And

So, now Apple is a bank (finally?)

So, now Apple is a bank (finally?)

In 2013, Apple launched Apple Pay as both a digital wallet and a mobile payment service, and now Apple is a bank. Apple Pay wasn't a fantastic success even with iPhone NFC capabilities, biometric authentication, and the robust Apple ecosystem. An extra feature in Apple's ecosystem,

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Keynote (Pas de risques, pas de startup !)

I haven’t done a public keynote in a while, so just a quick heads up: I will be in Toulouse (France) and have a one hour talk on startup valuation, managing risk and uncertainties, and what it means for investors (including corporations and their innovation programs). It’s in

Innovation is not about being smart and fast

Innovation is not about being smart and fast

There is this ongoing fallacy about innovation. Innovation should be about being smart and being fast. Or at least smarter and faster than competitors. Seeing the next big thing, catching the next wave, seizing the white space, finding the blue ocean… These narratives are all about a promised Eden, hidden