What is the business case for a disruptive business model / technology ?

Imagine being commissioned by Chad Hurley to work on a project for “Online video sharing” or by Steve Jobs to work on a project to deliver “Digital Music Player with a cool interface”. What business case or strategy would they have shared ? There was no existing market for their inventions before they introduced it. [...]

Microlending should not just be about philanthropy

Microfinance is clearly in vogue with Prof. Yunus of Grameenphone winning a noble prize this year. Here’s a link to the story
James Webster, a colleague of mine, has recently posted about Kiva, a non-profit organization that allows individuals to contribute towards microfinancing a venture in the developing regions such as Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and [...]

Pairing and productivity

Just been through a blog reading trail starting from Kathy Sierra’s “The Asymptiotic Twitter Curve” to Jason Fried’s “How to shut up and get to work” to Joel Sposky’s “The value of alone time” which all talks about individual productivity. The gist of those blogs is that we feel compelled to repetitively keep [...]