Paul AselRegulatory Capture: Navigating the Third Rail of InnovationTrailing through the darkened corridors of political power are the insidious tendrils of corporate and elite influence. A particularly…Nov 1Nov 1
Paul AselMapping the Territory: Exploring Uncharted Markets“The Earth’s surface is 70% water. That water is uncarbonated. Therefore, the Earth is … flat.” When Mapping the Territory, beware of maps…Oct 8Oct 8
Paul AselExit Strategy: Reverse Engineering Successful Outcomes from the OutsetThe above want ad applies as well to startups as the Antarctic: “hazardous journey, small wages … long months of complete darkness…Sep 27Sep 27
Paul AselThe Five Forces: Five Startup Strategies for Winner Take Most Markets“Full many a flower was meant to blush unseen and waste its fragrance on the desert air. Full many a man was meant to scale the heights but…Sep 16Sep 16
Paul AselThree Cardinal Sins of Investing: How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Identify Founder FitWhat do Amazon, Alibaba, AirBnB, Bentley Systems, Cisco, DataDog, PagerDuty, Peloton, Pinterest, Robinhood, SquareSpace, Uber, Udemy and…Sep 10Sep 10
Paul AselDominant Design: The Superhighway to Industry GrowthIn February, I predicted a tepid response to the release of Apple Vision Pro. This was a contrarian view as Barron’s projected a $174…Aug 30Aug 30
Paul AselParadigm Shifts: Ten Winning Strategies for Disruptive Innovators“There is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage than the creation of a new order of things…Aug 24Aug 24
Paul AselSocial Capital: Six Startup Strategies to Upend IncumbentsIn 2015, thousands of taxi drivers in Paris rioted blocking thoroughfares, damaging cars, and threatening Uber drivers while seeking a ban…Aug 19Aug 19
Paul AselThe Checklist Manifesto: Three Best Practices to Improve Venture Capital PerformanceSummit day on Mount McKinley! Tent bound at 18,000 feet for two days in blizzard conditions, we were eager for our summit bid on the…Jun 26Jun 26
Paul AselSuperforecasting: Ten Investment Practices to Improve PerformanceInvesting requires good judgment, which is blurred by bounded rationality in an uncertain world. Early-stage venture investing is further…Jun 5Jun 5