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Why We Read Books: The Value of Long Form Content in a Sound Bite Era

Books are taken a beating. In 2023, 767 million printed books were sold in the United States, down 2.7% from 2022 and 9% from a record 843…

10h ago

Why We Read Books: The Value of Long Form Content in a Sound Bite Era

10h ago

THINK: Making Our Comments Count

THINK was the one engraved sign that adorned the desk of Thomas Watson, founder of the world’s most powerful technology company. In the…

Jan 18

THINK: Making Our Comments Count

Jan 18

Atomic Habits: Forcing Functions to Form Good Habits and Fulfill New Year’s Resolutions

‘The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.’ Samuel Johnson

Jan 2

Atomic Habits: Forcing Functions to Form Good Habits and Fulfill New Year’s Resolutions

Jan 2

The Executive in Action: Review of Books on Self-Management

The holiday season is a natural time to reflect on the past year and consider adjustments for the year ahead. A few themes emerge in…

Dec 27, 2024

The Executive in Action: Review of Books on Self-Management

Dec 27, 2024

Regulatory Capture: Navigating the Third Rail of Innovation

Trailing through the darkened corridors of political power are the insidious tendrils of corporate and elite influence. A particularly…

Nov 1, 2024

Regulatory Capture: Navigating the Third Rail of Innovation

Nov 1, 2024

Mapping 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 8, 2024

Mapping the Territory: Exploring Uncharted Markets

Oct 8, 2024

Exit Strategy: Reverse Engineering Successful Outcomes from the Outset

The above want ad applies as well to startups as the Antarctic: “hazardous journey, small wages … long months of complete darkness…

Sep 27, 2024

Exit Strategy: Reverse Engineering Successful Outcomes from the Outset

Sep 27, 2024

The 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 16, 2024

The Five Forces: Five Startup Strategies for Winner Take Most Markets

Sep 16, 2024

Three Cardinal Sins of Investing: How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Identify Founder Fit

What do Amazon, Alibaba, AirBnB, Bentley Systems, Cisco, DataDog, PagerDuty, Peloton, Pinterest, Robinhood, SquareSpace, Uber, Udemy and…

Sep 10, 2024

Three Cardinal Sins of Investing: How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Identify Founder Fit

Sep 10, 2024

Dominant Design: The Superhighway to Industry Growth

In 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 30, 2024

Dominant Design: The Superhighway to Industry Growth

Aug 30, 2024

Paul Asel

Paul Asel

Managing Partner @ngpcapital, a global VC with $1.6B AUM. Portfolio: Lime, Zum, SVT, Workfusion ... Writes about innovation, VC, AI, entrepreneurship.

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