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Category Archives: Value Capture
What is a book? Part 4: Monetizing
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
Lifelet: Value is Co-Created
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
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
From Pages to Places: The Transformation of Presence
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
Emails to a Young Entrepreneur – The Dialog Begins
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
Rand Fishkin on Network Effects for raising capital
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
LifeLet: 9Mile Labs Milestone 9
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
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
Conveying Complex Thoughts
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
When Science and Art Dance – Business Results
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