The Magnificent 7: Navigating the extraordinary growth of titans
Introduction In the modern digital era, where innovation meets capital, a group of titans have risen, asserting their dominance not just in their respective industries but in the global marketplace. 2023 was no ordinary year for the S&P 500, but amidst its constellation of companies, seven stars shone brighter than the rest. Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, […]
Artificial Intelligence. Towards a frictionless world.
The Internet is the greatest friction remover that humans invented. In the vast tapestry of human history, few inventions have reshaped the way we live, work, and interact as profoundly as the internet. Born from a vision of interconnected computers in the late 20th century, the internet quickly grew from a niche technological experiment to […]
The 5 stages of Social Media
I gave today a presentation to a group of students from Sapienza University, who visited our university for the Foresight project. Given the strategy context of Italian companies, the mention of Social Media was inevitable, so I had to rely on the ideas of Sam Lessin, a former Facebook executive, on describing the stages/waves of […]
Who killed the metaverse?
Who killed the metaverse? I’d say that it didn’t have the chance to take off. Instead, LLMs (Chat GPT & co) and top Chinese apps are the new winners. Temu was the most downloaded app in the USA, Shein will have a $100 bn market valuation and TikTok will reach the “$1 trillion club” …if […]
META’s “year of efficiency”
Source: https://1000logos.net/ “At this point, I think we should prepare ourselves for the possibility that this new economic reality will continue for many years. Higher interest rates lead to the economy running leaner, more geopolitical instability leads to more volatility, and increased regulation leads to slower growth and increased costs of innovation. Given this outlook, […]