In the popular imagination, success stories in the tech world are due to two things: a unique vision and exemplary execution. And that often implies that there is a brilliant founder at the origin of it all.
But the reality is often very different.
In the early 90s, there was a book that fascinated me: “Accidental Empires” by Robert X. Cringely.
It is the pseudonym of Mark Stephens, an American journalist, columnist and author specializing in IT and the tech industry, who worked at Infoworld, among others, and the book is one of the...
As the saying goes, “Predictions are difficult, especially when they concern the future” (Pierre Dac). And yet we might expect people who have succeeded...
1994: the Thery report on "information highways"
The year is 1994. The world was beginning to whisper the word Internet, Al Gore was dreaming of “global...
Every business claims it's customer centric. At least that's the discourse, reality being very different. Between those thinking they know their clients while their...