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◼️ Innovation Micro-interview #6 - Cedric BEGON, Paris

◼️ Innovation Micro-interview #6 - Cedric BEGON, Paris

A series of micro-interviews with people we work with. Partners in crime, current or former customers, all have a unique view on innovation and the current zeitgeist. Five questions on innovation, short answers. We might agree, we might disagree. No context, no comments.

And in the end, the network effect wins...

And in the end, the network effect wins...

When we mistakenly think that products and features are center-stage for winning the market over, it's worth remembering what happened to Slack and why network effects are such game-breakers in business. Slack is a SaaS team collaboration software that was launched in 2013 and managed to recruit a

How to pick an expert

How to pick an expert

Being an expert at something is sometimes difficult to discuss, prove, or even validate from your perspective – not to mention from a potential customer's perspective! There are usually two ways to pick an expert: social proof and some seniority—someone recommended by others who has accumulated enough time

Anticipating network effects in the eighties

Anticipating network effects in the eighties

As much as network effects have been the beating heart of the digital wave that submerged most markets since the early 2000s, in the eighties, they were still very much underappreciated. Michael Dertouzos on NBC’s Today Show, August 8, 1983. pic.twitter.com/EIyNprSjgX — MIT CSAIL (@MIT_CSAIL) August

◼️ Innovation Micro-interview #5 - Jay LATTA, Munich

◼️ Innovation Micro-interview #5 - Jay LATTA, Munich

A series of micro-interviews with people we work with. Partners in crime, current or former customers, all have a unique view on innovation and the current zeitgeist. Five questions on innovation, short answers. We might agree, we might disagree. No context, no comments.

How e-commerce is still confusing incumbent big retailers

How e-commerce is still confusing incumbent big retailers

I just read about an intriguing signal about incumbent big retailers. The TL;DR is that companies like Nordstrom or CVS are increasingly tweaking their C-suites structures by naming executives at specific roles to adjust to the explosive growth of e-commerce. Does it read like 2012 news? Kind of. Here&