Disruption and The Shampoo Strategy
The latest post by Steve Sammartino
Business success is built on what I like to call a Shampoo Strategy. We find a formula, a business model that works, and then we rinse and repeat. It’s the way all wealth is created… [ READ POST ]
The problem with corporate climbing
August 23, 2019
A weird fact about corporate career hierarchy climbing is this: the skills you need to get to the top are not the skills you need once you get there. Some leaders are true polymaths who can… [ READ POST ]
Never grow your vegetables in someone else’s garden
August 16, 2019
In an attention economy it is a compelling offer for a website to offer access to an audience of 2.4 billion people (Facebook) or promise that 90% of all internet searches start with you (Google). It… [ READ POST ]
Do this before you launch a startup
August 8, 2019
I am often asked by budding entrepreneurs if their new startup idea is any good. But rather than do that, I tell them how to check it themselves. This is what I tell them: It… [ READ POST ]
The next phase of innovation
August 2, 2019
Innovation doesn’t have to include a microchip, be a consumer gadget, come from private industry, generate profits, or even be a physical thing. If we can agree on these truths and what innovation is, then… [ READ POST ]
A Privacy Tipping Point?
July 19, 2019
This week I did media interviews from Sydney to New York to Washington to San Diego about the sudden popularity of FaceApp. I’m guessing you’ve already tried it. If not – you upload your photo to the… [ READ POST ]
Cars will own themselves
July 4, 2019
You’ve probably heard about blockchain, but what we really need to understand is how blockchain can be used to fundamentally change what corporations are and how they can be run. Slight nerd warning for this… [ READ POST ]