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Straightforward discussions on why often we disagree with the current hype, without filters or buzzwords.

Silicon Valley has (finally) an apex predator

Silicon Valley has (finally) an apex predator

We've discussed for years how Silicon Valley and the local fauna of tech bros have become a toxic force for the global innovation ecosystem. From focusing only on short-term pizza-delivery businesses, building up unprofitable platforms trying to blitzscale their way to de facto monopolies, or pure and simple

Is it still worth working with startups?

Is it still worth working with startups?

For the last five years, I've been trying to decide if I would entirely stop working with startups, keep a regular but minimal activity, or keep on trucking and running (or participating) in various programs totaling about 120 startups a year. Spoiler alert, the answer is a little

Speaking at Tech Summit Europe

Speaking at Tech Summit Europe

This is a quick update to signal that I'll speak at Tech Summit Europe, Amsterdam, on March 28. The event is held at the Postillion hotel and business center in the city's south business and financial district (about 20 min away from the central station with

The cold war on AI

The cold war on AI

As often discussed, disruptions are vastly counterintuitive as we see them as sudden and unexpected, while they are always slow to bubble up. Regarding artificial intelligence, we can believe or not that Microsoft and ChatGPT are now racing ahead, but we might want to go back to the big picture.

Moving from product to minimum viable business

Moving from product to minimum viable business

In October 2012, I was already writing about the Lean Startup and the whole MVP fallacy. As I still get many questions about it, it's probably worth translating the article from French (with some cleaning up) and sharing it again.

How to cook a cat and the cost of running ChatGPT

How to cook a cat and the cost of running ChatGPT

Getting my eyes away from the turmoils ChatGPT is creating in the innovation ecosystem is difficult. A week rarely goes by without one of our customers asking an interesting question about this AI model. This week I had quite an interesting discussion with a former MBA student on how ChatGPT

[ Looking back at ] ChatGPT

[ Looking back at ] ChatGPT

💡I just made a quick repository of all my articles related to ChatGPT. This is for myself and future reference, but you might find it useful too. I've also added articles about digital strategy and why such generalized deep learning AI is a game-changer for the business models