August 10, 2021
Free is an illusion
There's ample to read about the subject of "free" (products or services), and most of it points to you - as being the product. Although this statement has been proven, for the most part, true, it's oversimplified. Free is an inordinately complex subject, and reducing it to a catchphrase only benefits those who want to leverage collecti...
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July 22, 2021
Stop being scared of leaving social media
Have you ever wanted to press the delete/unsubscribe/remove button on any of the popular social media (personal or professional), messaging or video apps? And if so, why didn’t you? Probably because some form of fear crept into the decision-making process. And that’s precisely what these companies want us to feel, and they’re very good...
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July 12, 2021
Is it the brand or the food?
It’s become ubiquitous during the crisis; getting delivered anything you want to eat in under ten minutes. Sign of the times or a profound change in consumer behaviour, ghost (or cloud) kitchens are sprouting everywhere, and more disturbingly, globally. There are three types of restaurants; the traditional privately owned (your neighbo...
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March 20, 2021
Entrepreneurship jargon is boring
Entrepreneurship is sick. Amongst other things, the victim of the tech frat culture. A seclusive and clannish club that has been perpetuating an artificial language for quite a while. A place where most of the terminology is smug and self-assured, usually being totally out of touch with the limits of what one actually did, knows, and c...
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March 8, 2021
Why always new?
Not a week goes by when someone doesn't pitch me some idea that is a copy/paste of something else that already exists. There's nothing wrong with that except, more often than not, the person pitching it says it's new, unique, and innovative. After listening impassively, what I end up discovering is that they've simply tweaked something...
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