Straightforward discussions on why often we disagree with the current hype, without filters or buzzwords.
As noted in my newsletter this week, Amazon is phasing out its checkout-less grocery stores with "Just Walk Out" technology (I'm making this separate post about it for future reference...). The technology, which relied on cameras and sensors to track purchases, is being replaced due to...
There's been much discussion recently about why Apple finally canceled its Apple Car project. The media consensus seems to be that Apple will have to face a product with too thin margins. This seems quite weird to me. Or you would have to believe that this giant, led...
As we're witnessing in real-time, Microsoft and other GAFAMs are plucking every remotely interesting AI startup remotely interesting out of the market (either by acquiring them or having enough investment to control them); open innovation seems the best possible way of catching up with the fast-paced market turnaround....
After more than a decade of keeping on thinking China was the low-cost sweatshop of the rest of the world, the U.S. and Europe are having a rude awakening. China is now publishing more patents than the rest of the world and, step by step, starts to dominate every...
A few days ago, I was reminded of how economists often categorize quantities into two main types: stock and flow. Stock refers to static quantities, while flow represents rates of change. For example, products in inventory represent stock, while orders and deliveries represent flow. Similarly, the movies available on Netflix...
An ongoing discussion I'm frequently involved in is how chasing investment and capital raised as the key indicator for any startup ecosystem is not a KPI in any shape or form. But it's an indicator that the media loves, public authorities 'understand,' and worse,...
