Exponential technologies are exponential because they grow at a rate that aligns with or even surpasses Moore’s law; their power or speed doubles yearly while the cost of the technology reduces by half. They are characterized by relevance, near-immediate impact, scalability, durability, and their ability to shape humanity. These technologies…

According to Clayson Christensen, every year, at least 30,000 new products are launched into the market, but only 5% of them succeed. This figure is alarming. The market is becoming saturated with similar products and services, making it difficult for new offerings to make the impact they had hoped for…

Fundamentally, to create and run a successful business, an entrepreneur must first know what is needed and then devise a strategy to meet that need in a way that is different and better than the rest of the market. That’s simple enough. …

Burnout happens when you’re overwhelmed, emotionally drained, and unable to keep up with life’s incessant demands. Burnout is the state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by prolonged stress and it is accompanied by the constant feeling of being swamped and unable to cope, usually with work. …

According to the World Bank, small and Medium-sized Enterprises represent 90% of businesses and are responsible for 50% of employment globally. Its data also shows that formal SMEs contribute about 40% to the national GDP. …

Economic growth in any sector is supposed to be an advantage for a population, especially because it often means job creation. Technology makes it possible to improve operations, output, and income. …

Background on the Bottom Billion — In 2007, Paul Collier coined the term “Bottom Billion Countries” (BBCs). It referred to the countries that were falling behind the rest of the world on the most important indices of development. BBCs were so-called because they were home to one billion poorest people in the world. Collier’s work critically…

The earliest recorded use of the wheel was in Uruk, Mesopotamia sometime around 3500 BCE, and the initial use case was as potters’ wheels. The adoption of this ‘novel machinery’ facilitated the increase in the number of pottery artifacts being produced and traded by local craftsmen in the geographical area…

Definition M. Treacy and F. Wiersema postulated, in their book The Discipline of Market Leaders, that an organization can only succeed and be a leader in its market by focusing on one of three value disciplines while maintaining a threshold value in the other value disciplines. By definition, value discipline is…