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Technological Innovation Has Made Every Business a Digital Business
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With Howard Schultz’s announcement that he’s restructuring Starbucks so he can personally be involved with the software side of things, I can’t help but see how technological innovation is making every business a digital business.

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No Product Is an Island: The Need for Product Partners
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Innovation is about the intersection of everything going on in technology. It’s about solving real-world problems, and that’s not done alone.

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Observations from TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2013
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I had the opportunity to attend TechCrunch Disrupt this week. Here are my quick takeaways.

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Professionals Aren’t Going to Evaporate Due to Innovation
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Karen Cator nailed it – your teacher is not going to be replaced by a robot. Despite common misconceptions, innovation does not destroy professions. Disruption occurs within an industry, but…

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Great Design = Doing It For Them
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Seth Godin proposes that “great design = getting people to do what you want.” Good designs get people to do what you want, while great designs get people to ask…

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Don’t Be Afraid of Progress
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Who would have thought that the homeschool dad was the “progressive”? Last week, Teresa and I received a letter from the junior high school that our daughter is about to…

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It’s not about the WaPo (or Bezos)
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The news of Jeff Bezos’ acquisition of the Washington Post for $250M has created a flurry of prognostication about the impact Bezos will have on the DC newspaper. The more…

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The World’s Still Waiting on Technology to Disrupt
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Software products have taken over the business world. I’ve mentioned before that your software is now your brand. Despite the dramatic shift that has already taken place, digital productization is…

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Your Software Is Your Brand
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Your brand is a promise. It is a commitment to a value proposition. It must be lived. The brand promise must permeate every interaction with your consumer; it must be executed…

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Cloud Collapse? Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water…
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Today’s EC2 outage took the IT sector and news media by storm. Many people have taken the opportunity to bash the concept of the public cloud and others outsourcing in…

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