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Running an Innovation Center at a Fortune 500 Company

Posted on 10 December 201315 August 2018

I recently spoke on how to run an innovation center within a large company at both the Lean Startup conference in SF and the Strategic Planning Innovation Summit in NYC. As part of the leadership team running the Comcast Silicon Valley Innovation Center, I’ve learned a lot about what works and what doesn’t especially within a BIG company….

Play by your own rules

Posted on 26 February 201315 August 2018

Listen to your users more than the press. Don’t get sucked into the gravity hole between you and your competition. Ruthlessly run your own path, not someone else’s. – Josh Williams An excerpt from an insightful piece by Gowalla’s co-founder on how he let the competition and the press shape his startup’s priorities. A must read for anyone building…

What was missing in the 1st iPhone? (5 years later)

Posted on 11 June 201215 August 2018

This week Apple will share their latest innovations at WWDC. However, I think its time we reflect back on what Steve Job’s announced 5 1/2 years ago at Macworld 2007: the 1st iPhone (worth another watch). Steve Jobs pitched it under the backdrop other historic Apple products: Macintosh (1984) – which changed the computer industry iPod…

My First Lean Startup – In Brief

Posted on 7 June 201215 August 2018

At last night’s Lean Startup meetup (video), Eric Ries inspired us to share stories of how we’re applying various techniques, so here goes…  In January, I had the the idea to build a new app which would enable us to make more meaningful birthday wishes to our friends in the form of something called a  BirthdayGram. However I was…

Information Arbitrage: Creating competitive advantage through data

Posted on 29 November 201122 December 2020

Information Arbitrage: Creating competitive advantage through data Found this great piece from Roger Ehrenberg (VC at IA Ventures) on how sustainable value can be derived by creating defensible assets around data. He cites dozens of examples you can learn from and I recommend anyone in the data business give to learn more about Venyu and give…

An Important Milestone at Plaxo

Posted on 22 March 201122 March 2011

It’s been a while since I’ve shared my thoughts here and so I thought I’d give you a glipse in what I’ve been up to the past 9 months or so in my new gig at Plaxo. Here’s a copy of what I wrote up on the Plaxo Blog: An important milestone – and it’s…

Interesting Product: Dropbox

Posted on 22 March 201015 August 2018

I’ve decided to try periodically sharing interesting products I come across here. First up, Dropbox… What is it: Dropbox is a service that syncs your files online and across your computers. It keeps copies of files synced across my Mac and PC as well as making them available in the cloud which I can access…

Interesting Product: Dropbox

Posted on 22 March 201022 March 2010

I’ve decided to try periodically sharing interesting products I come across here. First up, Dropbox… What is it: Dropbox is a service that syncs your files online and across your computers. It keeps copies of files synced across my Mac and PC as well as making them available in the cloud which I can access…

Product Design and The Recession

Posted on 15 October 200815 August 2018

One topic that continues to come up in discussions I’m having with colleagues, friends and family is the economy—what’s the macro-level impact of the recession we’re facing and how it may affect our industry. I’m somewhere in the middle on whether we’re looking at a deep 10 year recession or a shallow 12 month one….

Thoughts on Product Planning and Innovation

Posted on 20 August 200815 August 2018

I’ve discussed with a few people recently different models for product planning and strategy which reminded me of a paper I put together last fall in my design innovation class. I’ll post the PDF here now and hope to make it a more formal blog post soon. PDF: Leading Innovation Strategy and Process in Firms…

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