I rarely comment or (worse) link to websites discussing startup ecosystems as they mostly only report how much money was raised by teams X or Y. Which, in and of itself, as someone working on innovation and not short-term risky investments, bears no interest to me. But there's
AI
This week, I want to share something that surprised me –or should I say even me– regarding the pace at which AI gets embedded in different aspects of our lives. As my only remaining social network is now LinkedIn, I spend about an hour every day on the site to
Hot Takes
It's difficult not to consider the Y Combinator accelerator as the mother of everything startup for these last (nearly) twenty years. If anything, their track record is impressive, and their own marketing doesn't even bother trying to be smart or subtle. Facts are enough: "39%
Newsletter
This week we'll discuss the different types of strategic moats a business can build to protect itself from competition. We'll see why AI might bring in a new disruptive way to building business moats. A way that very few will be able to afford and that might change business forever.
I don't think I've ever reposted a comic, but because it's XKCD and it's about urban planning, how we deal with change, and Amsterdam, I couldn't pass on this one:
Hot Takes
Of the 73,257 NFT collections we identified, an eye-watering 69,795 of them have a market cap of 0 Ether (ETH). This statistic effectively means that 95% of people holding NFT collections are currently holding onto worthless investments. Having looked into those figures, we would estimate that 95% include
Recently, there have been some discreet shifts in the world of entrepreneurship around what is called Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition or ETA. In stark contrast to the traditional startup narrative that's dominated our thinking for so long, where young entrepreneurs would invent a new product, launch it by moving
Strategy
This is an updated version and translation of "De l'utilité des predictions invariantes" written back in August 2008.
Technology
If you've been following me, you know I have been pointing out how Apple has been steadily shifting to become a service company for years. In that regard, iPhone sales that seem so critical to run-of-the-mill analysts are admittedly less and less critical as Apple has pretty much
Newsletter
For many years, I have pondered how to nudge organizations most effectively through troubled waters or, quite often, sheer storms, and in doing so, I always asked myself the core qualities involved to get there. How to be an efficient 'copilot'. And if you're reading this
Hot Takes
USB-C Read more on this: 🟢 Europe now has a clear role in tech, regulating it (you’re welcome)This week, I wanted to tackle a long-standing discussion we needed to have about how Europe has become a white knight of sorts for the US, “helping” them –and the rest of
Beginner
A century ago, crossing the street was a straightforward task – just step across. But today, with traffic regulations in place, finding a crosswalk and waiting for that green signal is the norm if you want to obey the law. Jaywalking, or crossing outside designated areas, can now lead to hefty