This is a post in my "In search of disruption" series, inspired by Christensen's great books on the subject. I want to open up with a quote from Christensen's "Innovator's Dilemma": Disruptive technologies bring to a market a very different value proposition than had been available previously. Generally, disruptive technologies underperform established products in mainstream [...]

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Lately, many analysts have been talking about Netflix' streaming library. I don't assert that I have understood it completely, but my best, simplified, guess for Netflix' streaming strategy is the following: Offer the cheapest possible library that is just good enough to keep customers paying. You can also replace the word "cheapest" with "worst", depending [...]

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Countless number of traits bring success to people. Among those, my vote goes to the ability of learning. In today's world where everything is changing and evolving in a faster pace than ever before, a person's capability to learn, unlearn, and relearn is the most fundamental driver of personal competitive advantage. How I cope with [...]

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It pisses me badly when I see travel websites promoting their "price match" feature as a benefit to their customers. It is amazing how, in fact, price match policies take advantage of travelers, help keep prices higher, and create tacit collusion opportunities among industry players. Put yourself in the shoes of a travel website owner [...]

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