Innovation

Avoiding overcomplicated mental models — For thousands of years, people believed the universe revolved around the Earth, not the Sun. The grade-school story is that Galileo developed an amazing telescope, discovered this couldn’t possibly be true, and proved the heliocentric model. There is a problem with this tale, however. Other scientists before Galileo had developed…

The spectacular collapse of the FTX digital currency exchange will have long lasting implications for crypto and the financial services industry, but lessons from this catastrophic situation are transferrable to many industries . . . like ticketing. You can’t stop someone from selling something they don’t have In the world…

We spend our waking hours looking for meaning in noise. Each time we find it, it tells us something about our intents. Some are obvious, like the need for rest, human relationships or food, others are less so, like arguing over the internet. I don’t think doing so is pointless…

What is the project, and what problem does it solve? WEOWNS is building a global marketplace for goods and services, connecting sellers with buyers around the world. WEOWNS is the world’s first true decentralization project that will change how about weowns think economy and society. With the platform, you can create a new economy for your business and bring in…

Neuroscientist Rex Jung defines creativity as “the process of making something both novel and useful.” Without usefulness, nothing matters. Without novelty, nobody cares. So how do we go about finding creative ideas? Great ideas often feel like magic. That’s because creative thoughts originate in your unconscious brain then literally burst…

For the next month, I’m going to be posting a new startup idea everyday. These ideas aren’t supposed to be final or even good. What’s most likely is that within a month of testing the idea, the idea would have completely pivoted, but this is a starting point. Idea: Cloud-based…

After productive weeks burning backlog 💅, the quarter is about to end (not necessarily), so it’s time to get down to work and define what is next. Think about the following meeting, at the table are seated the executive team, designers, product managers, and maybe some technical leads. There is…