random projects
a short presentation of some of the projects that I have been involved in and a few interviews with random publications
recent posts
some random thoughts about innovation, user behavior, product development, entrepreneurship and other random stuff
3 myths about corporate innovation – how Verizon is acting like a startup where it makes sense for them.
There’s a lot of talk about big companies acting like startups. “We’re a billion dollar company that acts like a startup. Woohoo!” While that might be a good headline, it’s hardly the best way to run a large business. Big companies should be great at being big but simultaneously leverage innovative approaches and create environments ...
The five best ways to use a mentor
Over the past five 5 years I have had the pleasure of being a mentor for a number of accelerator programs and early stage start-ups. I am about to start mentoring another batch of TechStars, SeedCamp, and 21212 entrepreneurs, and it got me thinking about who I have enjoyed working with and which founders have ...
Why big retail will be the Internet’s next victim
New technologies regularly change the rules of competition. When a fundamental shift happens, companies that seemed unassailable flounder and newer firms quicker to grasp the changed rules take their place: if it’s big enough we call it an “Revolution”. If it small, we call it innovation. If we go back 200 years ago, the shift ...
