🟢 The Magic Spot framework
The Magic Spot is the oldest framework I built when I started to consult with startups and then, tried to explain to MBA students there was some logic in the madness.
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First, they ignore the Chinese EV, then they laugh at it, then they say it's unfair...
The Paris Motor Show is in full swing, and for the first years, Chinese automakers such as BYD are front and central. The full capabilities of China as a technology leader are now on full display, and incumbents in the West are starting to feel queasy.
It's disturbing,
Obsidian, a perfect 'magic spot' case study
Pitching innovation is hard. It gets harder when you don't have a clear business model to explain. If you do, though, things get straightforward as you just have to explain what is your added value and core offer.
Take Obsidian, for instance. Just another note-taking app in a
Sex and the creator economy
A basic rule of the internet is that sex is embedded in its social nature. Online sex sells more than combined education, investigation, science, technology, or market analysis.
The foundational issue of the creator economy is that most creators aren’t great at what they do.
It’s a power
What will a new technology undo?
In March 1998, Neil Postman shared five key ideas about technological change with Denver University students. One of the key messages was that technology is always a trade-off, bringing something new and taking something else away simultaneously.
You can read his wonderfully prescient talk and dive into the perspective he
🟢 The state of the metaverse in 2022
A few discussions these last weeks led me to try to pinpoint where the metaverse is at as of late 2022.
Well, all information looks like noise until you break the code. ― Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash (1992)
First, what do I mean by metaverse? I mean the hard promise of
BMW is trying to find a business model for their new in-car massive screens
After installing massive screens in cars to look more like Tesla (and partnering with Nvidia along the way), automotive companies such as BMW, now try to find a reason to use the technology.
New BMW Partnership Brings Video Games To Its Cars From 2023Just don’t expect to play a