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Where's the crutch technology?

Where's the crutch technology?

I wrote about NFT technology yesterday and didn't want to get too much in the weeds in an already long post. Still, I'd like to point at a key concept that startups and corporate innovators often miss: the crutch technology. When you're pushing a

Could McDonald's start competing with Tesla?

Could McDonald's start competing with Tesla?

When I train executives or startupers on building business models, there's always a painful step: understanding that the product is only a feature of the business, not the end-game. This is true to the point that there might be a vast disconnect between the value a company delivers

Receiving clients' public praises

Receiving clients' public praises

Last week, one of my dearest clients, Erasmus Center for Women and Organisations (Rotterdam School of Management), without me having to ask for it, shared about my book on their public Linkedin profile. Beyond the initial ego boost, it made me ask the following questions: how do we raise each

On consulting and being paid like a plumber...

On consulting and being paid like a plumber...

Today's a concise post to share an amazing business pitch that reminds you what opposability means when talking about added value. It's not about AirBnB or the usual startup suspects but from a rock-star sound engineer named Steve Albini. We were in 1992, and it'

Solving autonomous vehicles legal responsibility

Solving autonomous vehicles legal responsibility

I often speak about the automotive market because it's in such turmoil that from an innovator's perspective, everything is exciting about it. Every part of the business model is changing (or should be), the underlying technologies and manufacturing processes are changing, what customers need is changing,