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As tech crosses the chasm

As tech crosses the chasm

A key innovation signal is when technology gets past a certain point of adoption with early adopters and finds a beachhead to the early core market. This transition is what makes or breaks an innovation--adopting the 'new' by said core market. In 1991, Geoffrey Moore was the first

Seeing beyond Foodtech

Seeing beyond Foodtech

In 2021 I was working on a comprehensive benchmark of the Foodtech and Agtech ecosystems worldwide for one of the largest biotech clusters in Europe. Think of their role in the market as plucking the best deeptech startups ahead of the curve, bringing them the best nutrients possible to promote

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'