Mar 17, 2020
A Case of Mistaken Identity
No, Every Company Is Not a Tech Company By Hannah Landers What do a coworking space, a dog-walking service, vitamin delivery subscriptions, a ridesharing service, and a fast-casual, salad-slinging restaurant […]
May 29, 2019
“Do Not Pass Go”
“Conformity is…the enemy of growth.”
President John F. Kennedy wasn’t addressing business when he spoke these words, but they have more weight in today’s economy than ever. It’s been reported that America is currently undergoing a “Competition Crisis” — one that has made the economy less dynamic thanks to the dominance of major corporations. Monopolies are on the rise as mergers are happening more and more frequently, and that consolidation makes it increasingly difficult for smaller and younger firms to survive.
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Mar 21, 2019
Hitting the Sweet Spot: When to Get Your Story Straight
By Hannah Landers At the height of the early 2000s American cupcake craze, Crumbs Bake Shop appeared poised to take the cake. What began in 2003 as a joint venture […]
Nov 29, 2018
WeWork & Starbucks Agree: Father Knows Best
Arrogance Has Founders Seeing Red (Cups, Meat, and Eyes) By Ed Lynes Of the icons that mark the holiday season, few are more celebrated than the Starbucks Red Cup. Communities […]
Nov 16, 2018
Find Your Constant and Pivot with Purpose
By Hannah Landers The scene is familiar in any popular bar on a weekend night: the crowd is four-or-five people deep, and there’s a single bartender trying to keep up […]
Jan 2, 2018
Put Your Customer in the Driver’s Seat
Ford Knows the Customers They Want — And They’re Willing to Toss Them the Keys By Kelly Sarabyn For passionate drivers who wanted to add the 2017 Ford GT […]
Sep 26, 2017
Villains in the Valley: How America’s Innovators Have Lost Their Way
By Zach Kliger Silicon Valley startup Bodega believed they could reinvent the traditional corner store as a glorified vending machine — and they were very, very wrong. As soon as […]
Oct 18, 2016
Seeking disruption? Tap the Secrets of Shaolin
What to learn from Witty, Unpredictable Talent And Natural Game. By Ed Lynes “If you living in the world today You been hearing the slang that the Wu-Tang say.” In […]
Sep 21, 2015
8 Things I Learned the Hard Way as a Startup Founder
This post was originally published by Woden partner Ed Lynes September 9 on LinkedIn. Woden finally unleashed our new website upon the world today. It’s amazing to consider that about 18 months […]
May 5, 2015
What Story is TIDAL, Jay-Z’s Streaming Service, telling?
A few weeks ago, Jay-Z stood alongside an A-list of pop stars and announced a “movement” to “change the course of history.” Jay, with the First Lady of Hip Hop […]