Lives in Motion | Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | Sep 2008
Unrelated: Business process design starts off with a whiteboard, creative minds and colored stickies, gets processed into codes, rules, programs and processes; cleaned up, outlined and detailed, communicated and implemented, a blueprint for repeatable success.
But despite the plan, business processes get messy. Should [...]
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September 22, 2008 – 6:12
Photrade: A photography sharing, licensing and syndication service without a compelling value proposition
September 9, 2008 – 21:32
Photrade combines photo sharing and a stock photography licensing marketplace into a photo syndication service that helps photographers control and license their images.
While Photrade offers a variety of sharing and licensing services, most of the attention about Photrade will focus on one aspect of its business model, the advertising-supported photography licensing and syndication [...]
How can we create a funding model for lifestyle businesses?
June 12, 2008 – 11:56
Following up on my thoughts on whether we need a new funding model for starting businesses…
How will venture capital and the broader “funding and business support” ecosystem evolve with a changing business and cultural approach to entrepreneurship and collaboration?
Businesses are learning that developing a “collaboration strategy” is a key part of corporate strategy (perhaps even [...]
Do we need a new funding model for starting businesses?
June 4, 2008 – 0:12
Three separate issues / trends that I’m looking at, and hoping to address:
Entrepreneurship: An increasing interest by younger people entering the workforce to create their opportunities (forming or joining startups or smaller companies) rather than have their opportunities handed to them (joining a larger company).
Collaboration: Rapidly decreasing startup costs [1] and continued development and usage [...]
Why does a combination of great individuals become an ineffective group?
June 2, 2008 – 17:40
Originally titled “How can groups hack?”, I decided to change the title June 22, 2008.
This is exactly what I need to read on a Monday morning:
Hacking means taking things that suck and making them better.
Sidenote: For my non-tech friends, don’t let the language obscure the meaning. Although we think of hacking as a [...]
Importing and Exporting Ideas
May 16, 2008 – 14:32
Lately I’ve been asked a lot: “What do you do?”
It’s a tough question to answer. My job title, my current project, my current employer, my website all display parts of me and my interest, unaggregated over time, experiences and contexts.
So, what do I do?
I solve user and business problems by connecting ideas [...]
The importance of looking around
April 16, 2008 – 9:12
Example: Below is looking straight ahead:
Taj Mahal, Agra, India
And this one is from the exact same place, just turned around 180 degrees:
Taj Mahal, Agra, India
Looking around, exploring viewpoints, is how a photographer explores their eye, surveys a scene, and “sees” the world in a way to extract meaning.
The same applies in business.
Look around. Take [...]
You can steal content, but you can’t steal me
April 14, 2008 – 16:24
Books for Sale / Delhi, India
John Handel:
“When everyone’s a creator, there’s less room for high-quality professional content.”
… and paradoxically, it’s becoming harder to harder to find it.
Content is becoming a commodity in an era where an increasing amount of value is being consumed without any direct exchange of money.
What is going on? The [...]
