Digital nations: An actual use case for the Metaverse? As the oceans rise and threaten to engulf the low-lying island nation of Tuvalu, its people have come up with an innovative... byLeisel GrimesMarch 15, 2023
No more knocking down: Is discounting dead? Sales used to be functional. A natural go-to when stock really wasn’t selling. Now, it seems like everything’s (robot voice)... byLeisel GrimesMarch 15, 2023
Warfare or fair play? Why it’s a good time to talk about competitor marketing In the current landscape, “unethical” is a very loaded word. You might hear it in reference to open-pit mining, selling data,... bySamMarch 14, 2023
Another one bytes the dust: The difficult shift from digital to physical products Google generates $200 billion a year. It also crashes out of new product launches spectacularly and regularly. When both of... byLeisel GrimesMarch 15, 2023
Frontier Digital nations: An actual use case for the Metaverse? As the oceans rise and threaten to engulf the low-lying island nation of Tuvalu, its people have come up with an innovative... 4 minute read
Big Picture No more knocking down: Is discounting dead? Sales used to be functional. A natural go-to when stock really wasn’t selling. Now, it seems like everything’s (robot voice)... 4 minute read
Frontier Another one bytes the dust: The difficult shift from digital to physical products Google generates $200 billion a year. It also crashes out of new product launches spectacularly and regularly. When both of... 3 minute read
Big Picture Companies and cults: What’s the difference? The word “follower” has changed a lot in the past couple of centuries. Once a synonym for Christian, it now refers to those who... 4 minute read
Go to Market Indirect competitors: A direct threat? Businesses have an average of 25 competitors. It’s probably easy to name 10 of your direct and 10 of your indirect competitors.... 4 minute read
Big Picture The emperor’s new clothing brand: What can we learn from Shein’s unseemly success? We’ve swapped the changing rooms for the online checkout. Our beloved retail therapy has become just… retail. But the... 4 minute read
Playbook Married to your job: What do investors make of couple founders? When your cofounder is your spouse, you’ll hear “when are you coming home?” much less than “how late can you work?”. Or they... 3 minute read
Go to Market Innovation wars: Protecting your product when patents can’t A question every founder should ask is: what’s to stop someone else creating the exact same product as me? What’s to stop them... 3 minute read
Playbook The Faustian nature of fundraising: why a successful raise doesn’t equal a successful startup For startups, there’s an undeniable glory that comes with a multi-million dollar raise. But big money comes with baggage. A... 5 minute read
Playbook Runaway train: why startup founders shouldn’t chase the hype Blockchain, AI, VR, and other tech buzzwords are flooding the market and everyone's throwing money at The Next Big Thing™. You... 4 minute read