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Embracing Failures: Lessons from Unsuccessful Products
Failure is an anathema to success in the lexicon of business. Yet, the untold secret of most successful innovators is a storied history of products that missed the mark, undersold, or outright…
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Tech Layoffs? Let 120,000 Startups Bloom
I live here in Silicon Valley, and no doubt any of you who are into technology and the news have heard the news of massive layoffs in the tech sector. You’ve got…
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The Internet Is All Wrong
What is the true motivation behind the creation of the internet? Wasn’t it intended to link every human in the world to every other human on the planet, and maybe even lead…
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Are You Willing To Take The Risk To Innovate?
One of the steps that follow “facing the future” and “feeling empowered to change yourself or your organization to build your ideal future” in the Foresight Leadership curriculum that I teach is…
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There’s Never Been A Better Time For Innovative Startups
We certainly live in a fantastic time, don’t we? Even as recently as five years ago, we did not have nearly as many tools, frameworks, and platforms available to us as we…
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Mine, Or Sell Tools To The Miners?
I read today that several Twitch influencers are feeling burned out because “if they ain’t gaming, they ain’t making” (money, that is.) It’s gotten to the extent that some of them turn…
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WORDLE, Innovation, Startups and Failure
Have you played WORDLE? If you haven’t, you’ve likely been under a rock – it’s a super popular word game that a developer supposedly invented as a time-waster while he was waiting…
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In A Complex World, Humans Are Slaves To The Exact
Do you know what product managers do? Do you know what startup founders do? In my view, the skill set for each of the above is pretty much the same. Product managers…
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Boundless Imitation
I want to go into Mimetic Theory in a little more detail – I’ve just been reading René Girard’s Mimetic Theory (Studies in Violence, Mimesis & Culture), and the author makes some…
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Don’t Buy An Electric Car Today, Invent Clean Power Generation Tomorrow
Having a Tesla is all the rage around here – yes, I myself even put down a deposit on a Cybertruck – less for the fact that it’s electric and more for…
