Entrepreneurship
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November 2026
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Entrepreneurship & innovation10 min readThe Business Model Canvas, drawn for AirAsia and Airbnb
For owners and founders who need to describe a company on one page. Drawing the nine blocks for AirAsia and Airbnb from public sources shows an airline held tight by cost, a platform held tight by two groups that need each other, and which cells the sources leave empty.
- Entrepreneurship & innovation10 min read
Platforms and the chicken-and-egg problem: which side first?
For anyone building an app or marketplace that links two groups, such as repairers and householders. Without customers the repairers do not come, and without repairers the customers do not; a study of three start-ups shows three ways to start, and what each costs.
- Entrepreneurship & innovation10 min read
Innovation is not invention: three tests for the word "breakthrough"
For owners reading a proposal or funding pitch that promises a "breakthrough". Invention produces an idea; innovation puts something new to work. Three questions on size, novelty and market effect show whether the label has been earned.