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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 …

Bitcoin – The Bitcoin Economy?

Bitcoin is sizzling in South America. Northern winters are helping to cool miners and create new incentives for renewable energy. Rumors are swirling about social-media giant Twitter introducing micro…

Business Model Canvas – Spotify

Streaming music is big business. Long removed from the days of the (compact) disc and the iPod, today’s streaming services enable a cloud-based, listen-wherever-you-are experience. Spotify leads…

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…

2020 – Predictions & Trends for Markets and Brands

2020 is here. The beginning of a new decade. The beginning of another major election year in the US. And an extension of what looks like to be a once-in-a-century (or two or three!) shift in the globa…

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…

What is Strategy?

Searching for an acceptable definition of what ‘strategy’ is is difficult nowadays, especially in an increasingly digital economy. Furthermore, when you consider the fact that many of this…

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…

Business Model Innovation – Sonder

Sonder is a hybrid between Airbnb and hotels. What started out as Flatbook in 2012, a service where they marked-up sublet apartments in Montreal on Airbnb, was rebranded to Sonder in 2016 and now wort…

Business Model Canvas – CoLiving

#Housing What is Coliving? Quick Pitch – Coliving is a more communal way of living, where costs and space are shared in such a way that residents feel an enhanced quality of life and a greater s…

Business Model Innovation: ClearBanc

Is ‘Financing (for) the New Economy’ finally here? According to Clearbanc, the answer is yes. Backed by @chamath and Social Capital, who has shed light on the fact that ~40% of VC dollars …

Business Model Canvas – Revolut

#Fintech Revolut.com Quick Pitch – Revolut is a digital, branchless challenger bank based in the UK that offers frictionless low-fee banking and free intra-currency transfers for both consumers …

Venture Capital Meets CryptoAssets

Whether or not we are at the early stages of another CryptoBoom is to be determined. But one thing is clear – major VC and Hedge Funds alike are already positioning themselves and preparing to d…

Innovation – The Innovator’s Dilemma

Have you heard of the Innovator’s Dilemma? It’s a form of Game Theory in action that helps explain why early-stage startups can go from 0 to $100mn in such a short amount of time. David vs…

Innovation – Power Laws

The term ‘network effects’ has become commonplace in the discussion of innovative business models, but its application dates back to before the world of Facebook and others. It’s log…

Strategy for the New Economy

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