6 days agoSmartAB™ Wisdom #4: Cozy Up To CVCsI wrote about the benefits of securing CVC investments in the past. And in my LinkedIn posts, I emphasized the benefits of bringing the CVCs onboard — to a young startup. It was all told from a startup’s perspective… For example, in “Corporate Venture Capital — The Most Underutilized Factor…Corporate Venture Capital9 min read
May 9SmartAB™ Wisdom #3: Add IQ To Your Subscription ModelLast month, I introduced a truly innovative and ground-breaking service — SmartAB™. And I declared right from the outset, that Canada Green ESCO (CGE) designed SmartAB™ to turn advisory costs into… profit centers. And at the times when all the major stock indices are in a free-fall and crater before…Subscription9 min read
May 5SmartAB™ Wisdom #2: Embrace MetaverseIs Metaverse On Fire? In my LinkedIn post “Content Is Eating The World”, I wrote: “Exactly 10 years ago, Marc Andreessen from Andreessen Horowitz, coined his famous phrase “Software is eating the world”. …Metaverse8 min read
Apr 23SmartAB™ Wisdom #1: Avoid Taking Debt!SmartAB™ is a truly revolutionary concept. And IMHO, it is time for the Institutional VCs to look at themselves in a mirror and ask the following question: Are Most Of Your Investments Doing Well? Well, if not, let us turn your portfolio losers into… profit makers, at a very low…Advice8 min read
Apr 8SmartAB™ — Redefining EntrepreneurshipRedefining Entrepreneurship — one Advisory Board at a time… If you followed my LinkedIn posts over the last 6 years, you must have noticed a great deal of REINVENTION advice. I offered my recommendations to companies and associations of all sizes — large and small. The list includes: · Reinventing IBM · Reinventing Virgin · Reinventing MEC · Reinventing…Advice10 min read
Mar 15Atlantic Crossing Redux?…Russian atrocities in Ukraine are exceeding the wildest imaginations. And Putin’s ruthlessness and unbound viciousness toward civilian population — have left western democracies shaken to the core.Putin9 min read
Mar 6NATO — In 2 Words, Please…Since my previous post on NATO entitled: NATO — It’s Time To Flex The Muscle… a lot has changed. Or, should I say: “all hell broke loose”… Putin has now unleashed his most brutal and utterly unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. And the contemporary world has not seen anything like that…Nato9 min read
Feb 27Bravo Primus & Congratulations On A Job Well Done!As the brutality of the Russian invasion unfolds in front of our very eyes, our worries and concerns about the suffering of Ukraine, the pandemic, the struggling economy, and the global threats — are at all times high. Understandably, as we watch the surreal and erratic appearances of the new…Primus6 min read
Feb 19NATO — It’s Time To Flex The Muscle…“Predicting Rain Doesn’t Count. Building Arks, Does” — this Noah Rule is attributed to Warren Buffett and it is my favourite business quote of all time. I quote it often to emphasize the importance of action — especially when making high-stake decisions is difficult and complex. To me, not knowing…Ukraine9 min read
Feb 11Startups & The Case MethodsIn the preamble to his recent post: The Class That Changed the Way Entrepreneurship is Taught — Steve Blank writes the following: “Revolutions start by overturning the status quo. By the end of the 20th century, case studies and business plans had reached an evolutionary dead-end for entrepreneurs. …Case Study10 min read