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Out of 108 startups with a valuation of more than one billion dollars, 78 are from the US and only nine are from Europe. Whats going on? Before you read on: This is a complex issue and I don’t claim to have the answers. In fact it s going to ask more questions than it answers [ ]
A well known, but often overlooked avenue of exploring potential businesses, is to look for problems to solve. Society, mankind and organizations have all sorts of problems they are more than willing to pay someone to solve. Here is the interesting thing though; Despite the staggering number of problems in this world, most entrepreneurs are [ ]
Facebook and Twitter seems to be unbeatable and companies are feeling the pressure to establish themselves in the social space to get a piece of the traffic pie. But is the price of traffic really worth the trade-off? Whether you re a newspaper, publicly traded on the stock exchange, small start-up, governmental organization or an NGO [ ]
The words metaphor and intuitive are often used in UX. They are the metrics we use to judge the quality of a solution. But is this quality really as universal as we might like to believe? Let me introduce you to my mom. (Insert random yo momma joke here) Some years ago I needed a [ ]
I admit that I am not the superstitious type. Superstitions have never resonated with me as my mind simply doesn t grasp the idea of something unnatural. It is, therefore, with some reluctance that I use words like ghost and immortals here. However, they are useful to explain my thoughts on digital identity for reasons which [ ]
I m going to share with you a few of my principles to get clients to approve a design. As many designers know, discussing design with clients can be one of the most challenging aspects of a client relationship. Every designer has experienced the frustration of watching helplessly as their design is deconstructed, only to have [ ]
When Sony introduced the PlayStation in 1994, it wasn’t at all obvious that they would be successful. Nintendo and Sega were already in fierce competition and, although their arena was the 16-bit market, they were much more experienced in selling consoles and games. One of the features that was radically different with the PlayStation was [ ]
Next to the relationship between man and woman, there’s probably no two groups of people who understand each other less than designers and developers. Yet there is very little literature about the subject and surprisingly very little debate. Why this problem get so little attention isn t easy to answer but 5 years after having co-founded [ ]
We must evolve our understanding of branding. Too long have companies and their agencies been treating values as if they are merely words to play around with. In this next decade, discount brands will be judged on their ability to be what they claim they are. But before I get into what that mean, adiposity [ ]
Let’s start with what most people probably can agree. Information is accumulating online. The amount of available information is increasing at an exponential rate, therapist some say it doubles every second year. This mean that any illusion of being able to stay up to date with everything that is going on is utopian and has [ ]