Strategy & Innovation

Business Model Innovation – Apple Pay

While many other Big Tech firms are eyeing ways to leverage their platforms to enter the banking fray, Apple has taken a different approach – partnering with the banks and card networks – …

Business Model Innovation – Homeward

The inception of the ‘iBuyer’ marketplace in the USA is a curious new trend. What’s an iBuyer? That’s why we are going to look under the hood at Homeward – fresh off a $1…

Business Model Innovation – Shopify Balance

Shopify’s eCommerce business alone has turned it into Canada’s most valuable company (by market cap), worth more than even the banks (based on trading on this date). Now they are innovatin…

The Creative Renaissance

Thumbnail Photo via ArtyFactory Vive le Creative Renaissance. As the effects of COVID19 start to become apparent, so to does the fact that the world will change irreversibly in the years ahead, even a…

Finance: Customer-Based Valuation

The area of business valuations has always been a challenging field, especially given the increasing digitization and complexity of the global economy. The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has creat…

Strategy – Game Theory

Game theory is an application of statistics and probability to try and determine what the other player(s) is most likely to do next. When trying to make your next strategic move, game theory provides …

Innovation – LTV Metrics

Many times when you are browsing startup literature you will see the term LTV (Lifetime Value), reflecting the long-term value a customer brings in relation to the cost to acquire that user. But LTV i…

Business Model Canvas – Farfetch

#Fashion Farfetch Farfetch is an online luxury fashion retailer, a company that pioneered a tech-driven model that doesn’t rely on owning inventory. They platformized the supply chain and create…

Challenger Banks and the New Economy

Challenger Banks (aka NeoBanks) are on the rise. Their growth has been spurred by consumer frustration with the old guard – stemming from the ’08 financial crisis – and a massive war…

Innovation+ > Vision

There is vision and then there are visionaries. Not all of us are visionaries, but to make innovation work we all need some vision. Where is the market going? What does the future look lik…

Innovation+ > Timing

Timing is everything. Often times you will hear people say ‘I had that idea 5 years before …’ And that’s the kicker. Many of us will have ideas, many times before t…

Business Model Canvas – Banking

#Finance #Banking Fintech is the talk of the town these days. Disruption is the mode du jour worldwide, and now it has arrived into the world of finance to shakeup the banks. But few Fintechs actually…

Business Model Canvas – Zillow

#RealEstate #Sales Zillow.com Zillow started off like the Rightmove of the USA. In 2004, they created a platform that enabled consumers to search for homes across the United States to rent or buy. The…

Business Model Canvas – Rightmove

#RealEstate #Ads Rightmove.co.uk Rightmove is the UK’s dominant property search portal. On one side, consumers looking to let (rent) and buy homes search the Rightmove platform. On the other sid…

Business Model Canvas – Shopify

#eCommerce #Fintech Shopify At this point, most people probably know about the Canadian eCommerce giant Shopify. Merchants – big and small – open a store on Shopify and use the software to…

Innovation & the New Economy

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