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01 Mar 2017

Why Amazon Is The World’s Most Innovative Company Of 2017

“Our job,” says Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, “is to invent new options that nobody’s ever thought of before and see if customers like them.” Picture your ideal neighborhood. What does it look like? Is it manicured, with buildings set in a pattern so that everything flows tog...

23 Feb 2017

Where are the Wearables Killer Use Cases?

In spite of recent setbacks, there are still a lot of believers in this rather broad category ranging from smartwatches and AR glasses to fitness and healthcare devices, and some out-there clothing and fashion wearables. Are they “were-ables”? It was reported in January that Fitbit would have lo...

30 Jan 2017

Deep Learning is Rapidly Changing Our Lives

The core technology of Deep Learning has been around for many decades, but recent increases in massive data availability, processing speeds, skills and investor focus have accelerated the state of this art, with a turning point in 2012, and now affecting almost every aspect of our lives, from auton...

23 Jan 2017

The Real-Time Payment Revolution

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The world is developing a taste for real-time payments, and there is no going back! Real-time payments are having a disruptive effect on the banking landscape, with very significant benefits to consumers and businesses – reducing transactional risk, improving cash flow and back-office efficien...

30 Nov 2016

The Digital Vortex: How digital disruption is redefining industries

The Digital Vortex is the inevitable movement of industries toward a “digital center” in which business models, offerings, and value chains are digitized to the maximum extent possible. The difference between digital disruption and traditional competitive dynamics comes down to two main factors:...

29 Nov 2016

The rise and rise of corporate venturing

Corporate venturing is growing strongly. In 1H2016, Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) accounted for 20% of all 3,113 venture-backed deals, with a deal value of $12.7 billion*. The number of active CVCs has doubled since 2012, with at least 100 new CVCs making their first investment during 2016. Europe...

31 Oct 2016

4 banking business models for the digital age

Author: Ben Robinson. Digitization of the banking industry is making new banking business models possible. But, it is the combination of regulation and technology that is making new business models a necessity. There are 4 strategic options open to banks, shown below. These vary in terms of the scop...

13 Oct 2016

VC Funding and the Foie-Gras Effect

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In the tech start-up scene (globally), it often feels like a company’s progress is measured by funding milestones such as Seed Funding, Series A and Series B, rather than real business milestones such as revenue targets, turning cash flow positive and reaching profitability. The question all too...

27 Sep 2016

A new approach to business-model innovation

In a disruptive age, established business models are under attack. Discover how incumbent companies can reframe them. Let’s face it: business models are less durable than they used to be. The basic rules of the game for creating and capturing economic value were once fixed in place for years, even...

26 Sep 2016

Steve Jobs: Innovate the Go To Market Strategy

“Entrepreneurs identify the gap in the market and sell products. Engineers build products.” This is how it was. Engineers knew their place. They were focused on designing and building the best product, but were not necessarily thinking about the broader value proposition, value chain, pricing mo...