🟢 Five practical steps to ensure your corporate innovation program is not killed after 18 months
This week in the newsletter, I detail the key points of my latest keynote on corporate incubation.
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A primer on AI copyright
As ChatGPT unexpectedly tumbled out of stealth mode a few weeks ago, a few enormous flashpoint discussions are looming. One of them? Copyrights. Being anything but an expert in the matter, today, I wanted to simply share an article from Helen JIANG that details how copyright laws were born in
My keynote for Tech Summit Amsterdam
I'll present a keynote at Tech Summit Amsterdam tomorrow (March 28). The title is '5 Practical Steps To Ensure Your Corporate Innovation Program Is Not Killed After 18 Months' (yes, that's a mouthful). I'll explain how to get your corporate incubation program
Silicon Valley has (finally) an apex predator
We've discussed for years how Silicon Valley and the local fauna of tech bros have become a toxic force for the global innovation ecosystem. From focusing only on short-term pizza-delivery businesses, building up unprofitable platforms trying to blitzscale their way to de facto monopolies, or pure and simple
🟢 Fifty shades of digital
Digital, digital, digital! For most, it seems to be black magic, or worse, a concept so simple that everyone gets it now! Well, it's neither (even if I'm not entirely sure about black magic). Let me share a framework on 'what is digital' that I've been refining for a few years...
Is it still worth working with startups?
For the last five years, I've been trying to decide if I would entirely stop working with startups, keep a regular but minimal activity, or keep on trucking and running (or participating) in various programs totaling about 120 startups a year. Spoiler alert, the answer is a little
Speaking at Tech Summit Europe
This is a quick update to signal that I'll speak at Tech Summit Europe, Amsterdam, on March 28. The event is held at the Postillion hotel and business center in the city's south business and financial district (about 20 min away from the central station with