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Weak Signals

How to see markets beyond the curve, catch weak signals, and anticipate turnarounds to leverage change and disruptions

Shaping digital

Shaping digital

It’s starting to be clearer for everyone that the GAFA are not “startups” anymore, but incumbents in defensive mode. While I was exploring this as an early signal in mid-2018, the platforms’ dark patterns [https://innovation-copilots.ghost.io/my-innovation-radar-2018-part-2-platforms-dark-patterns/] are now shamelessly visible. Just recently, Google has been tweaking

"David vs. Goliath" by Malcolm Gladwell 📚

"David vs. Goliath" by Malcolm Gladwell 📚

The narrative of David vs. Goliath has been constantly used to describe how startups and industries interact with each other. Startups are frail but smart and nimble, and industrials are powerful but slow-moving, yada yada... You know the story. In 2013, I read the latest Malcolm Gladwell book on this

Who needs concept products?

Who needs concept products?

The CES (Consumer Electronic Show) is held annually in Las Vegas. Journalists flock to the event and bombard social media with pictures, articles, and videos of improbable products that will never see the light of the market. Historically, the rock stars of the show have been connected to fridges and

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The Logic of Uber’s IPO

Uber is intended to hit the stock market at a valuation of $82.4bn. Here’s a few things to keep in mind: The target valuation was initially $100bn, but since Lyft was introduced on the stock market on March 28 and lost already 27% of its initial valuation, Uber

What is the shelf life of Zuckerberg point of view on entrepreneurship?

What is the shelf life of Zuckerberg point of view on entrepreneurship?

Am I the only one that wonder why we still ask rock-star CEOs what was their recipe for success? I understand the father figure thing. But the 2019 market, its digital environment and socio-economics have nothing much to do with what they had to face in 2004. What can a

Why ad is monetization wrong (really)

Why ad is monetization wrong (really)

In a recent article on Medium called The End of the Ad-Supported Web, Julien Genestoux puts the finger on many things I was obsessing with these last few months about ad monetization. You may want to read the article first; my additional comments are below. The main gripe with ad