Category Archives: Value Capture

What is a book? Part 4: Monetizing

Posted on July 3, 2020 by

Day 112 of Self Quarantine                       Covid 19 Deaths in U.S.:  131,000 “The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it.” – Benjamin Disraeli … Continue reading →

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Lifelet: Value is Co-Created

Posted on April 17, 2019 by

Many moons ago, Katherine James Schuitemaker entered my life as I interviewed her for a senior marketing position at Aldus.  It was my first explicit encounter with Value Co-creation. I asked Katherine “what is your philosophy and understanding of branding?” … Continue reading →

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Business 101 for Designers

Posted on January 15, 2018 by

The following is an early draft of what will be a sequence of posts.  I am still struggling with how to bring business alive for individual contributors and managers who only have their one area of expertise in a company … Continue reading →

Posted in Content with Context, Design, Emails to a Young Entrepreneur, Entrepreneuring, Relationship Capital, Service Science, User Experience, Value Capture | 5 Comments

From Pages to Places: The Transformation of Presence

Posted on April 25, 2016 by

Synchronicity is a wonderful thing. “Watch legendary Disney animator Glen Keane draw in virtual reality” leaped from my morning email. I clicked on the web page and up came a short article that started with “Virtual reality is a potent … Continue reading →

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Emails to a Young Entrepreneur – The Dialog Begins

Posted on January 1, 2015 by

From: Mikhail Rostov mikhail@emailstoskip.com To: Skip Walter skip@emailstoskip.com Professor Skip, As I was sitting in front of my locker staring at the detritus of my three year combined MBA and Master of Design program at the Institute of Design, I was deep … Continue reading →

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Rand Fishkin on Network Effects for raising capital

Posted on September 14, 2013 by

At the 9Mile Labs Milestone 9 event, Rand Fishkin of Moz was given the Entrepreneurial Einstein award voted on by the nine accelerator companies for his talk on “12 Lessons Learned Building Moz.” Throughout the talk Rand constantly referenced the TAGFEE … Continue reading →

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LifeLet: 9Mile Labs Milestone 9

Posted on September 11, 2013 by

What a great day September 10, 2013 was to see the nine companies of 9Mile Labs Cohort I present their business and products to an enthusiastic audience at Seattle’s Bell Harbor Conference Center. Benjamin Romano wrote a great article at … Continue reading →

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Advice to a wannabe entrepreneur

Posted on September 9, 2013 by

More times than I can count (or even want to remember) some aspiring entrepreneur contacts me to ask for advice on how to start a business and bring their idea to market. The QBQ (question behind their question) is often … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, Entrepreneuring, Flipped Perspective, Human Centered Design, Software Development, Value Capture | 1 Comment

Conveying Complex Thoughts

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

While preparing for my recent presentation for the Design Strategy Conference 2012, I went through a labor of love trying to make some complex ideas and experiences understandable. To help me with this process, I engaged my colleague, Christine Martell … Continue reading →

Posted in Attenex Patterns, Content with Context, Design, Human Centered Design, Science and Art, Value Capture, Visual Analytics, VisualsSpeak | Leave a comment

When Science and Art Dance – Business Results

Posted on May 7, 2012 by

Each year the Institute of Design in Chicago, IL, holds a Design Strategy Conference.  This year, Patrick Whitney, asked me if I would share how we used the human centered design process to develop Attenex Patterns. The video of the … Continue reading →

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