This is my last post on the Money 20/20 2018 extravaganza in Las Vegas. The event is coming soon, plus I need enough vacation to be properly rested before the...
It was the best of customer service, it was the worst of customer service, it was the age of legacy thinking, it was the age innovation. Charles Dickens did not...
I recently listened to the My little hundred million episode of Malcom Gladwell's Revisionist podcast in which he discusses elite universities vs non-elite universities. One of the points Gladwell makes, illustrated with...
I am proud to have collaborated on this Identity Startup Landscape article. Digital identities are one of the cornerstones of the Digital Age and accordingly, I expect a vibrant ecosystem...
I have been thinking about the evolution of the innovation function inside financial institutions (innovation groups, labs, incubators, corporate venture function, R&D, IT) and outside (accelerators, consultancy firms) both from...
Slavoj Zizek coined the term Id Machine to describe an engine that allows for the materialization of one's desires. Id is the unorganized part of one's personality which contains one's most...
Yesterday evening I had dinner with a good friend of mine who is a world renowned cardiothoracic surgeon. I asked him if he followed a framework when dealing with each patient...
If my thesis on the growing importance of Corporate Venture Capital, b2b business models and finserv (banking or insurance) Incumbents as strategic partners for fintech startups - in lending, capital markets, payments,...
Not a day goes by that I do not read or hear about how technology is finally disrupting the financial services industry. Entrepreneurs and traditional VC firms fueled the first...
"Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are" Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin The above aphorism from the inventor of the gastronomy essay can definitely be applied to...
