In the on-demand economy, disruption can come from above
Clayton Christensen has written the book on disruption. He’s one of Silicon Valley’s most popular business school professors and we often subscribe to his theory on disruption from below. With his theory “Disruptive Innovation,” Christensen states that “a product or service takes root initially in simple applications at the bottom of a market and then relentlessly […]
Apple killed the watch, but can it bring it back?
Apple’s first event of 2015 is scheduled for March 9 and if all the hype and rumors are correct, we will be hearing more details about the Apple Watch, which should hit the shelves in April. Apple’s smart watch is one of Apple’s most hyped products since the first iPad. Pebble’s huge success with their […]
Why you need to innovate on three horizons
How does your startup think about innovation? Is it a new feature that gets incorporated into the next release? Is it a new market breakthrough that’s years away? I recently held a mini Tweetstorm where I opened the conversation to innovation across three horizons: short-term, mid-term, and long-term. Here’s more dissection on the topic beyond […]
Inspiring a new generation of entrepreneurs – RIP Steve Jobs
We have not truly celebrated entrepreneurs since the generation of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison – entrepreneurs got respect, awards, sometimes biographies but never the attention of top athletes or celebrities. Steve Jobs has changed this – he became a mass media phenomenon with a deep impact beyond the technology circles. I hope that many […]
What are your predictions for 2011? Here are my top 4.
I didn’t do too badly predicting what would happen in the consumer Internet space in 2010 so I am giving it another try for 2011: Android will become the most important mobile platform to develop for – the iPhone platform will be number 2, the rest (RIM, Windows Phone) will only play a marginal role. […]