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Innovate in Mumbai, Sell in San Francisco

Remember how since 2008 India was supposed to be an innovation force to be reckoned with? We had hundreds of keynotes on Jugaad innovation [https://www.manageris.com/books-jugaad-innovation-think-frugal-be-flexible-generate-breakthrough-22621.html] , bottom-up innovation, etc. Look it up, it’s fascinating that no one remembers that anymore. End result: not much, if

So, now Apple is a bank (finally?)

So, now Apple is a bank (finally?)

In 2013, Apple launched Apple Pay as both a digital wallet and a mobile payment service, and now Apple is a bank. Apple Pay wasn't a fantastic success even with iPhone NFC capabilities, biometric authentication, and the robust Apple ecosystem. An extra feature in Apple's ecosystem,

Innovation is not about being smart and fast

Innovation is not about being smart and fast

There is this ongoing fallacy about innovation. Innovation should be about being smart and being fast. Or at least smarter and faster than competitors. Seeing the next big thing, catching the next wave, seizing the white space, finding the blue ocean… These narratives are all about a promised Eden, hidden

Is Privacy the new iPhone?

Is Privacy the new iPhone?

Apple is in a dangerous place this year. You might think that it’s because China doesn’t buy as much iPhones as in the previous years, or because their Mac Pro is still not updated, or whatever other reason… But no, the real reason as that Apple has been

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How to Feed Digital Monkeys (a discusssion on Status as a Service)

Eugene WEI [http://www.eugenewei.com/info] has been writing on tech since 2001. I’m not going to sell you his CV that goes from Facebook to Hulu and Flipboard. Let it just be said that he knows what he’s talking about. And his latest article he’s

Hema Market - China - Digital is Over - Innovation Copilots

Hema Market, the Full ‘Digital is Over’ Experience

Since 2016 (a bit more actually), I’ve been pushing this simple concept: Digital is over! [https://www.icopilots.com/digital-is-over-now-what] Being back in Shanghai right now is among many things a perfect opportunity to check how far digital has been integrated into the everyday life of this massive consumer

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Microsoft understands what being an OS in 2019 means (maybe)

I was discussing a few weeks ago how Alibaba is swiftly becoming the default operating system of retail stores in China [https://www.icopilots.com/alibaba-the-retail-operating-system]. Reframing your perception from what was an e-commerce platform 10 years ago, to something with much deeper and global strategic intent is challenging. It