Archive for the ‘Strategy’ Category

The framework of the networked society

Monday, July 12th, 2010Michel Bauwens of the P2P Society has put together with the help of Lily Fisher, a beautiful presentation on how various legal/creative/production/business tools and frameworks fit together. Thank you Robin Good for the hat tipEverything open and free on ...

Free exchange of ideas increases prosperity

Thursday, July 1st, 2010Michael Shermer writesIn his 1776 work An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Scottish moral philosopher Adam Smith identified the cause in a single variable: “the propensity to truck, barter, and exchange one thing for ...

The Do Lectures 2010

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010[caption id="attachment_5452" align="aligncenter" width="238" caption="Do Tent in the background aka Ted in a tent"][/caption]Last year I had the privilege to speak at The Do Lectures (my review here) (more Do stuff), and though I will not be able to make ...

Curated consumption in 2010

Monday, June 28th, 2010Good piece from Wired on Curated consumption, though Sarah Rotman Epps from Forrester takes a slightly different perspective to me and something we at SMLXL have been thinking about for a little while. In 2006,Lets just sprinkle the words, community, ...

No Straight Lines interview @dishymix

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010Here is a link to the interview that I had with the fabulous Susan Bratton of DishyMix.It was said that Alan Moore sounded like a character from a Guy Ritchie movie at his SXSW keynote. Skyping in from Over, England (a ...

MLove Berlin = space to think

Monday, June 21st, 2010Last week it was Helsinki, talking to, and running workshops for, mobile operators and others interested in the business of mobile. This week its Berlin and the MLove festival. There is real strength in depth in the quality of the ...

Mobile lessons for us all – all six of them

Thursday, June 17th, 2010I had the benefit of getting to know Philip Sugai via Lars Cosh-Ishii from Mobikyo, and was very excited when Philip told me about his new book - The Six Immutable Laws of Mobile Business which are,Immutable Law #1—Value Over ...

Networked solutions offer new frameworks for innovation

Monday, June 14th, 2010This statement was made by Jouko Ahvenainen of GrowVC – V=Venture, C=Community.The thought sprang to mind when reading about the challenges governments face, not only with slow growth, but also as the Economist points out large deficits and unsustainable debts.In ...

Hero’s and villians: GrowVC in conversation with Ole Tillman

Monday, June 7th, 2010well worth a listen (here)People remember stories, they like stories and they will even share stories with others. We’re discussing the value of a great story, with Markus and Jouko from Grow VC, and our special guest, actor and presentation ...

The virtual silicon valley that is GrowVC

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010Some say, its the future of funding for entrepreneurs, and they just may be right. easy to understand presentation on a company that I am a great believer in GrowVC - V=venture, C=Community.In Communities Dominate Brands, we always said the ...

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